My daughter was accepted to both GWU and UMD Public health…….she wants the campus and rah rah life of UMD but I have heard a lot of kids go home on weekends…can anyone offer advice on coming so far away and what the vibe will be like and what is hard for OOS kids
@mardonna90265 - I can provide some info about UMD. There is a lot of school spirit. Basketball is big, both the men’s and women’s teams. Football is not yet quite where it needs to be for a BIG 10 school, but they have a new coach, so that should. Soccer and Lacrosse are championship caliber.
In Fall 2018, there were about 30,800 undergraduate students students and maybe another 5.000 graduate students.
About 23,000 undergrads were in-state and about 8,000 undergrads were OOS.
About 12,500 undergrads lived on campus. 90% of new Freshmen lived on campus and about 40% of all undergrads lived on campus.
In Fall 2018, there were about 4,300 new freshmen
What these numbers do not show is the number of students living in nearby off-campus housing. There is a large number of private houses and apartment complexes where students can live.
There are 2 UMD associated apartment complexes - The Courtyards and South Campus Commons - that house thousands of Juniors and Seniors, but they are not considered to be campus housing, because they are not owned and managed by UMD. My D actually lived in South Campus Commons her last 2 years and it is physically located on campus.
So, yes, there are commuters and there are students who go home on weekends, but there are Plenty of students on campus every weekend. Also, weekend trips into DC are a popular activity. It’s a 20-30 minute trip.
I hope this answers some of your questions.
I can’t comment on Public Health and you may not get any answers on that. The reason being that only a very small percentage of the students at UMD participate in this forum.