<p>does anyone know how hard it is to transfer to college park for the spring semester. also, does anyone know the gpa that admissions looks for in transfers. thanks.</p>
<p>For some reason, Maryland is MUCH easier to get admitted into as a transfer.</p>
<p>For example, if you graduate from an accredited Maryland Junior college, they must take you. I think you need a 2.5 from these junior colleges. I don't know what it takes from other colleges,but I am reasonably sure that you don't need over a 3.0.</p>
<p>thanks, yeah i currently go to UMBC and I am going to transfer for spring of 07, i just dont know what the chances are for spring versus fall.</p>
<p>HMatt- I'm curious-- why are you leaving UMBC?
I have one daughter going to College Park this fall, and taking my other d. who will be a senior this fall to look at UMBC next week. I am hoping she likes UMBC....................</p>
<p>well i like UMBC its just that I plan to major in either criminology or psychology and college park has some pretty good programs in those fields. i also want to go to a larger school.</p>
<p>yea maryland is tought to get into but because it has contractual agreements with other md colleges there reluctant to admit many students.</p>
<p>i am just wondering whether or not it is easier to transfer for the spring or the fall. i hear that the spring is easier and i just want to know what grades admissions look for. thanks.</p>
<p>yea spring is easier, less applicants i would try my shots at spring.</p>
<p>so if i have around a 2.8, do i still have a chance?</p>
<p>abemartin-what "contractual agreements" does MD have with other colleges? I'm curious. I've never heard of that before. What does that mean? I know that it has goten very difficult to get into recently. thanks.</p>
<p>maryland girl: what is bothering you about your d. at college park?? mine is currently a soph. and loves it. she also visited umbc but didn't care for it much at all. campus was ok, but small...they had a decent program for her major, but she was more interested in a bigger school and when asked about greek life at umbc, she was told it was "frowned upon" and that made the decision very easy. nothing much is around it...had to drive a few miles to get to fast food from what i remember...dorms were decent, but it's pretty much a commuter school. umd is the perfect fit for her and she's estatic there...couldn't wait to go back from summer break!</p>
<p>desvw- I think college park is fine-- it's probably just a combination me being a nervous mom with my first to go to college, and partly my shy daughter. Every kid we know who goes there really likes it. She's only been there a week so I guess it will take time for her to meet people and make friends. I also went to this web site call student rev. (I abbreviated it because I think we are not supposed to name other sites here???), and there were a bunch of bad comments and I freaked out a little. She also looked at UMBC and did not care for it at all. (I liked it) I went to visit her today and there wasn't too much going on since it's a long weekend. (the only bad thing I saw was 2 dead rats in front of a dorm yuk!! ) I like college park because there is always something to do. I went to a small school with nothing to do but drink. Such a waste. Hopefully by Christmas, we will all be settled and loving it. Did your daughter take a while to settle in?</p>
<p>Honestly, first semester is touch and go. It takes awhile to get used to everything, but that's anywhere, really. My d. is on a squad/team, so she, thankfully, had people to ask questions to almost from the start...considering she knew NO ONE, that was a blessing. In the spring she did "rushing" and joined a sorority...that was the best thing for her. She's already one of the most outgoing people I know and it was rather easy for her to talk to all the different girls about the greek life... but she wanted another connection besides her teammates, etc...and she went from knowing 100 people to hundreds once she joined the sorority. I imagine you are worried your d. if she's shy...be patient, it is hard at first but it does get better...fall freshmen year is a huge adjustment.</p>
<p>marylandgirl: most students here at UMD love it....but we don't spend a lot of time on websites telling people that!! it's so much easier to complain on message boards/review sites than say good things, i think that's why you saw some negative things on studrev. (but i know what you mean with the rats....i have a rat that lives near my apartment also...i'd rather it be dead, to tell the truth!)</p>
<p>desvw is right; it takes a little while to get settled in. i also joined a sorority my freshman year and met a ton of people, which helped me feel more 'at home' here. but it takes some time to learn about things and people and get your bearings. don't worry, i'm sure your daughter will meet some people--give it a few more weeks! what dorm is she living in?</p>
<p>Thanks for the encouragement guys.......she is in Centerville in the scholars program. (cambridge community) Centerville is a strange dorm because there is this big firewall down the middle of the dorm, so if you want to go see someone at the end of the hall, you have to go back down to the lobby and then back up again. She knows a couple of people in cambridge (I think) ,right across from hers and even 'tho it is just as old, it seems a little nicer--more going on- moe things on the wall. I guess each dorm has it's own "personality"........................................</p>