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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Take a drive on over to College Park, maybe when the Cherry Blossoms are blooming.  Definitely worth a look at the new development.  You might be surprised.  Also interesting to see where Purple Line is going in.[/quote]

For education and personal advancement, it is the best location. Not good for shrinking violets though since it is a little hardscrabble. Maybe that’s why UMD grads are better inventors and creators than other schools because the students are generally more resilient and tougher from the beginning. [/quote]

Can you elaborate on the "hardscrabble" part.  you make it sound like they have fight their way to class and/or have their lunch money taken away in the hallways..[/quote]

Hardscrabble ... what a funny way to describe UMD.  Now the students are super-competitive (a lot of them are basically cream of the crop from MD’s top high schools).  The MD high schools send a lot of kids to UMD and they bring the overachiever mindset (some of them, but not all, also bring their dads bmw).  It’s a big school so kids need to be a self-starter and resilient.  Is that hardscrabble?  Don’t think so.[/quote]

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