Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:The Umd campus is nice, the surrounding area not so much. Supposedly , 15 projects proposed and started on rt 1 between the school and the beltway are addressing that. A four star 400 room conference center hotel, marriott suites , marriott extended stay, a whole foods and founding farmers center, a new 2nd cvs center, two new apt buildings , a town home community, a new urban outfitters building , 2 office buildings , a new 300 room student apt with university bookstore on first level.

Rumours of a 250 million indoor football facility by Underarmour.

Retention of the university golf course, a new soccer stadium , a new best western , burying all power lines and resurfacing, roads and bricking sidewalks.


The word on the street is , the area will be transformed over the next 10 years.

Wow, an extended stay hotel and another CVS! Then it will be a great campus!

just saying, the area is next on the list of inside the beltway boomtown.

I'll believe it when I see it; for now and the foreseeable future, Maryland is the epitome of a "bad college campus."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Umd campus is nice, the surrounding area not so much. Supposedly , 15 projects proposed and started on rt 1 between the school and the beltway are addressing that. A four star 400 room conference center hotel, marriott suites , marriott extended stay, a whole foods and founding farmers center, a new 2nd cvs center, two new apt buildings , a town home community, a new urban outfitters building , 2 office buildings , a new 300 room student apt with university bookstore on first level.

Rumours of a 250 million indoor football facility by Underarmour.

Retention of the university golf course, a new soccer stadium , a new best western , burying all power lines and resurfacing, roads and bricking sidewalks.


The word on the street is , the area will be transformed over the next 10 years.

Wow, an extended stay hotel and another CVS! Then it will be a great campus!

just saying, the area is next on the list of inside the beltway boomtown.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, but it only ranks blankety blank on some idiot list so they were hoping DC could do better.

Not at all but Maryland exemplifies an ugly campus in a bad location which is the topic of this thread. Too bad it's not a classy urban campus or in a beautiful location in western Maryland, instead of a giant suburban commuter school.

It is a respectable choice for those who can't get into U Va.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Umd campus is nice, the surrounding area not so much. Supposedly , 15 projects proposed and started on rt 1 between the school and the beltway are addressing that. A four star 400 room conference center hotel, marriott suites , marriott extended stay, a whole foods and founding farmers center, a new 2nd cvs center, two new apt buildings , a town home community, a new urban outfitters building , 2 office buildings , a new 300 room student apt with university bookstore on first level.

Rumours of a 250 million indoor football facility by Underarmour.

Retention of the university golf course, a new soccer stadium , a new best western , burying all power lines and resurfacing, roads and bricking sidewalks.


The word on the street is , the area will be transformed over the next 10 years.

Wow, an extended stay hotel and another CVS! Then it will be a great campus!

Anonymous wrote:The Umd campus is nice, the surrounding area not so much. Supposedly , 15 projects proposed and started on rt 1 between the school and the beltway are addressing that. A four star 400 room conference center hotel, marriott suites , marriott extended stay, a whole foods and founding farmers center, a new 2nd cvs center, two new apt buildings , a town home community, a new urban outfitters building , 2 office buildings , a new 300 room student apt with university bookstore on first level.

Rumours of a 250 million indoor football facility by Underarmour.

Retention of the university golf course, a new soccer stadium , a new best western , burying all power lines and resurfacing, roads and bricking sidewalks.


The word on the street is , the area will be transformed over the next 10 years.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, but it only ranks blankety blank on some idiot list so they were hoping DC could do better.

Not at all but Maryland exemplifies an ugly campus in a bad location which is the topic of this thread. Too bad it's not a classy urban campus or in a beautiful location in western Maryland, instead of a giant suburban commuter school.

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, but it only ranks blankety blank on some idiot list so they were hoping DC could do better.

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Anonymous wrote:There's actually an honor code at W-L that many schools with more diverse and cut-throat student bodies would do well to emulate. Please send your kid to College Park and let them riot and burn couches.



Every school we've toured has an honor code. My SLAC and law school also had one. I don't think there's anything unique about W&L's at all. VMI next door has it. UVA. VT. GMU, etc.

W&L's honor code has been widely recognized as playing a more important role at the school than is the case at a big state university.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/college-inc/post/matters-of-honor-and-testing-at-college/2012/12/13/c43d3db6-451d-11e2-8061-253bccfc7532_blog.html

Anonymous wrote:There's actually an honor code at W-L that many schools with more diverse and cut-throat student bodies would do well to emulate. Please send your kid to College Park and let them riot and burn couches.



Every school we've toured has an honor code. My SLAC and law school also had one. I don't think there's anything unique about W&L's at all. VMI next door has it. UVA. VT. GMU, etc.