He’s extremely impressive (we ran a business together in HS), but he credits the internship almost entirely to GT’s name. According to him, HP made the exception of hiring him (he said they don’t hire many freshman before they have a semester down) because of his skills and that he was associated with GT.
Of course, this is an anecdote and shouldn’t be taken as the norm! For computer science, OP’s field, UMD > GT.
A bit after orientation, but still in the summer before he started his freshman year!