Hi all! I am a senior at my highschool and I am about to make my college decision! I wanted to ask what you all think! I have a 4.7 weighted GPA and a 2320 SAT score. I got into both UMBC and UMCP. I was offered a really good scholarship to UMBC and was accepted into their STEM and honors program. I work currently as a biochemist intern at one of the neurological and biochemical research labs and have been given the opportunity to continue working there all four years in my undergrad studies. I am majoring in neuroscience and biochemistry and going for my Ph D.
I heard UMBC is an amazing school for the major I am going into, but I know it doesn’t get as much recognition as UMCP. I want to make sure the college I go to reflects my work effort in highschool. Which school do you think I would like the best?
Thank you!
This sounds like an absolutely golden opportunity for you. Congratulations on the scholarship and acceptance into the honors program. With the really good scholarship, will UMBC be much more affordable for you than College Park? Have you visited both schools and sat in on classes and met some professors yet? Perhaps you should do this before you make a final decision, so you can determine empirically that UMBC is amazing for your major rather than just going by what you have heard. Only you can decide which one you like best, as we don’t even know you.
I like UMBC, I think they punch above their weight. I do think a lot of students go home on weekends (but if you live in MD, you may want to do that, too). Do you have the opportunity to go to accepted student days at both?
Dr. Hrabowski was the commencement speaker at my son’s high school graduation. He’s an inspiration and have left his mark on UMBC.
Thank you! Because I work at UMBC I have been to the campus, and I really like how small it is. I went to College Park and enjoyed the campus too, but it seems to be more of a party school and I am not really into partying. I am definitely leaning towards UMBC more than I am CP, but I wanted to know if UMBC carried the same weight with employers as CP does!
I do! I went to the college park one and didn’t really like the feel of the campus. I will be staying full time at the college I pick and will only be going home for holidays.