Anonymous
04/21/2026 13:58
Subject: Tufts Engineering vs UMD Engineering
Anonymous wrote:Re: your location question, are you trying to ask which is safer, less diverse, more diverse or something else?
Weather is better in MD
UMD has Jewish students. So does Tufts (and well duh every other college) and greater Boston area if that is a must have or must not have factor. Fewer black students in Boston or New England generally (no need to refute the facts, folks)
Program quality (you already know this)
Proximity to home if important to be close or further away.
That is debatable. DMV acts like they don't know how to deal with snow. MCPS closed for 5 days during snowcrete, Western Maryland closed for 1.
Anonymous
04/21/2026 13:14
Subject: Tufts Engineering vs UMD Engineering
Brag about Honors or Scholars?! Who does that? Only on this forum. Sheesh
Anonymous
04/20/2026 16:58
Subject: Tufts Engineering vs UMD Engineering
Anonymous wrote:They improve the Maryland experience for Marylnand parents by giving them something to brag about to other Maryland parents whose students are not in honors or scholars.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Honors or Scholars at UMd? Those experiences really improve the Maryland experience.
How do each of those improve the UMD experience?
This is total nothing burger. UMD is a good school but not because honors/scholars.
- parent of 3 honors kids
Anonymous
04/20/2026 16:35
Subject: Tufts Engineering vs UMD Engineering
They improve the Maryland experience for Marylnand parents by giving them something to brag about to other Maryland parents whose students are not in honors or scholars.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Honors or Scholars at UMd? Those experiences really improve the Maryland experience.
How do each of those improve the UMD experience?
Anonymous
04/20/2026 14:09
Subject: Tufts Engineering vs UMD Engineering
Anonymous wrote:Honors or Scholars at UMd? Those experiences really improve the Maryland experience.
How do each of those improve the UMD experience?
Anonymous
04/20/2026 12:11
Subject: Tufts Engineering vs UMD Engineering
Honors or Scholars at UMd? Those experiences really improve the Maryland experience.
Anonymous
04/19/2026 22:48
Subject: Tufts Engineering vs UMD Engineering
Re: your location question, are you trying to ask which is safer, less diverse, more diverse or something else?
Weather is better in MD
UMD has Jewish students. So does Tufts (and well duh every other college) and greater Boston area if that is a must have or must not have factor. Fewer black students in Boston or New England generally (no need to refute the facts, folks)
Program quality (you already know this)
Proximity to home if important to be close or further away.
Weather is better in MD
UMD has Jewish students. So does Tufts (and well duh every other college) and greater Boston area if that is a must have or must not have factor. Fewer black students in Boston or New England generally (no need to refute the facts, folks)
Program quality (you already know this)
Proximity to home if important to be close or further away.