Anonymous wrote:How guaranteed is the scholarship? Read the fine print.

100%. Mom is a professor.

Anonymous wrote:The schools are so different that I can't believe this is a difficult choice. Does the student prefer the urban campus feel of GW or the more traditional campus feel of UMD?

Good point, I'll point that out about the campuses.

UMD.
46 national championships
2 Nobel laureates
4 fields medals
3 academy awards
52 Emmys
8 pulitzers
950 million per year research funding #3 in US


Alumni invented/created
Google
Sirius satellite
Underarmour
The Jumbotron
The universal price code
Pulse Dopplar radar
Seinfeld
The muppets
The wire
Diary of a wimpy kid
Apollo 13
Liberty meadows
Boondocks
Nautica
Outback Steakhouse
Linear programming
The octane system
Broke watergate
Miniaturized insulin pumps
Coronary stents
Automatic landing gear
Automatic parachute

Famous alumni
Jim Henson , Sergi Brin , boomer esiason, randy white , Juliana depandi , Connie Chung, Gail King, Heidi Collins , Kiren chetry , Karen Allen , Scott van pelt , norm chad ,Bonnie Bernstein , Larry David , David Simon , Carl Bernstein , Gary Williams , Pam ward , Tim kirkjian , Dianne weist, Len Elmore ,mark mcewen,

Federal installations on campus
FDA
NASA
HHS
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
DEPT OF AGRICULTURE
HMS
NOAA
AMERICAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE
FDA

College park violent crime rate 60% lower than Charlottesville Va.


GW

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My H and I both started out at GW for graduate school and switched out. I hate GW. I went to MD for undergraduate and loved it. I was a STEM major though so I think that might be why.

The schools are so different that I can't believe this is a difficult choice. Does the student prefer the urban campus feel of GW or the more traditional campus feel of UMD? Also, consider living costs. Many merit aid packages don't include housing costs which are very high at GW. I went to GW and received a very generous merit award (for all 4 years) but it did not include housing. I loved GW and had a great experience. But I also knew I wanted to major in International Relations so it was no brainer for me.

How guaranteed is the scholarship? Read the fine print.

Having been to both, I like GW better

I think UMD is overall a better school, but I'd guess that they're close enough that you would have to examine it by major. Merit scholarships aren't always guaranteed all 4 years either.

Anonymous wrote:does he at least know if he is interested in STEM, the humanities, or the arts?

He likes all of it, but doesn't especially like any one subject. He has no idea what he wants to do major-wise.

I'd choose GW. Oh, wait. I did choose GW.

Anonymous wrote:Do they care about safety? GW.

You are joking, right?

does he at least know if he is interested in STEM, the humanities, or the arts?

Do they care about safety? GW.

Friend asked for advice. I wasn't sure what to say.

He has a significant merit scholarship to GW so they're actually the same price. He doesn't know what he's going to major in.