<p>How is the program? Does anyone have any insights? Do people generally get jobs right away after graduation? How generous are there FA for OOS? Are the dorms new, decent, or just bad? What about ethnicity? Is there a lot of diversity here?</p>
<p>How hard is it to get into?</p>
<p>Try it out. Believe me, you don’t want to be in computer science at UMD. Trust me. </p>
<p>MIS is a great alternative for those interested enough in technology but who are not ‘geeks’. I didn’t know MIS was even a major back at UMD! I ended up transfering out of UMD to an easy school in New York to finish my computer science bachelors’ degree. I later completed my masters’ in MIS. If I knew UMD offered this major, I would have been all over it and I would have graduated from UMD which is one of the most amazing universities in the US! </p>
<p>Some dorms are new, the old dorms are awful. When I went, there was no air conditioning and no cable tv. That’s just baaad… I’m against not having cable tv in this day and age. I understand the idea was to have students study more and get involved on campus more, but sorry this is 2010 now haha</p>
<p>Yea, there is alot of racial diversity on campus. If you are from a very diverse area, it will be a bit of a culture shock. It’s okay though, it’s a part of growing up.</p>
<p>I don’t know what dorm you lived in, but they do have cable and wi-fi. Certain dorms still do not have AC though.</p>
<p>sn1022,
Please tell me more details why :you don’t want to be in computer science at UMD? Is it the dorm ?</p>
<p>Note the other active thread. As Gina points out, sn1022 went to UMD in 1998 and then transferred. D1 has several friends who are comp sci majors who love it, and who vary significantly on the geek vs. non-geek scale!!! As with any school, you are better to ask these questions of current students (and their meddling mothers) :). There are no dorms specifically for certain dorms, although there are living learning programs that may (but not necessarily) have more majors related to the “purpose” of that community. i.e., I suspect there are a higher number of foreign language majors living in the Language House than in the general UMD population.</p>
<p>For your ORIGINAL question, sorry, I cannot comment on the MIS program… And yes, you will find a LOT of diversity at UMD.</p>
<p>@gotmilklol, I just keep noticing we post on the same threads everywhere 
- like you even posted on one of my MFE threads.</p>
<p>Where are you going to be applying?</p>
<p>The UMD MIS program is ranked 6th by [url=<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/spec-mis]USNWR[/url”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/spec-mis]USNWR[/url</a>] for undergraduates.</p>