University of Maryland 2012
By Jen Memmolo
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University of Maryland Students Tell It Like It Is
This insider guide to University of Maryland in College Park, MD, features more than 160 pages of in-depth information, including student reviews, rankings across 20 campus life topics, and insider tips from students on campus. Written by a student at Maryland, this guidebook gives you the inside scoop on everything from academics and nightlife to housing and the meal plan. Read both the good and the bad and discover if UMCP is right for you.
One of nearly 500 College Prowler guides, this Maryland guide features updated facts and figures along with the latest student reviews and insider tips from current students on campus. Find out what it’s like to be a student at Maryland and see if UMCP is the place for you.
Jen Memmolo
Name: Jen Memmolo Hometown: Woodbridge, NJ Major: Journalism Fun Fact: Jen directed a YouTube video for an internship that has more than 5,000 hits. Previous Contributors: Jared Meyer
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When I was trying to find the perfect college, I used every resource that was available to me. I went online to visit school Web sites; I talked with my high school guidance counselor; I read book after book; I hired a private counselor. Sure, this was all very helpful, but nothing really told me what life was like at the schools I cared about. These sources weren’t giving me enough information to be totally confident in my decision.
In all my research, there were only two ways to get the information I wanted.
The first was to physically visit the campuses and see if things were really how the brochures described them, but this was quite expensive and not always feasible. The second involved a missing ingredient: the students. Actually talking to a few students at those schools gave me a taste of the information that I needed so badly. The problem was that I wanted more but didn’t have access to enough people.
In the end, I weighed my options and decided on a school that felt right and had a great academic reputation, but truth be told, the choice was still very much a crapshoot. I had done as much research as any other student, but was I 100 percent positive that I had picked the school of my dreams?
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Report Card Summary
By the Numbers
School Contact
Address:
University of Maryland
Mitchell Building
College Park, MD 20742
Control:
Public
Academic Calendar:
Semester
Religious Affiliation:
None
Founded:
1856
Web Site:
www.umd.edu
Main Phone:
(301) 405-1000
Student Body
Full-Time Undergraduates:
24,617
Part-Time Undergraduates:
1,925
Total Male Undergraduates:
15,837
Total Female Undergraduates:
14,845
Admission Stats
Acceptance Rate:
42%
Total Applicants:
28,331
Total Acceptances:
11,870
Freshman Enrollment:
4,202
Yield (% of admitted students who enroll):
35%
Transfer Applications Received:
6,580
Transfer Applications Accepted:
3,830
Transfer Students Enrolled:
2,266
Transfer Application Acceptance Rate:
58%
SAT I or ACT Required?
Either
SAT I Range (25th–75th Percentile):
1760–2060
SAT I Verbal Range (25th–75th Percentile):
580–680
SAT I Math Range (25th–75th Percentile):
620–710
SAT I Writing Range (25th–75th Percentile):
560–670
Top 10% of High School Class:
73%
Application Fee:
$55
Common Application