Visiting soon, what should I do?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Maryland - College Park
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<p>I am going to visit UMCP soon and I was wondering what places I should visit, who I should meet, and what I should do to get the full UMCP expireience.</p>

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<p>Are you going to a spring open house?</p>

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<p>nope, just visiting some classes and going on a campus tour</p>

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<p>Ah I see. Well definitely walk around your department (of whatever intended major you have) and talk with the students there. Do you know much of the surrounding city/area?</p>

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<p>College Park as a town is craappyyy. But you could ride the metro to DC to get a feel for what's around the city and how easy it is to get there from campus, if you have time.</p>

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<p>Yeah the town is pretty crappy and isn't the safest place on earth. I'm not that familiar with the metro/shuttle way to come to CP though.</p>

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<p>tip of the day: don't park at the wrong place, park at visitor or pay meter every 30 minutes (plan before you go). They will ticket your car and they will come back every hour to add more tickets. I'm not kidding. If you park at the wrong place they will KNOW, don't test them! They have patrol every hour to kill people with tickets. THey make over $2 million just on tickets.</p>

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<p>I always park in the garage by the student center. It's the most convenient place on campus (for me, anyway...) and is pretty cheap whenever I go.</p>

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<p>what chaoses said about tickets is true. got a ticket there on a sunday. and know many people who have gotten tickets from parking 2 minutes after their meter expired.</p>

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<p>Yes- parking is so bad, I dread every time I have to take my d back to school, or pick her up. I got a 70 dollar ticket once for running her stuff up to her dorm. There is no where to park.......They should really loosen up on the first day after breaks, etc. Obviously parents have to drop off and pick up. They see us as easy targets to get money.</p>

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<p>If you look on the resnet site, there's a parking permit for move-in/out days that lets you park in most of the numbered lots for the duration of move-in/out day, and the "special move-in/out" spots right in front of the dorm. That said, I left my minivan parked without a permit out in front of Denton for a time while I moved in after spring break and didn't get a ticket.</p>

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<p>thanks somebody new-- I didn't know that . Will check it out.</p>