马里兰大学世界排名_王牌专业_umd院校简介-申请方

Even students who appreciate the beauty of UMD’s campus and who enjoy taking advantage of its myriad resources can’t think of many positive things to say about College Park. The area is a run-down suburb located off the highway that connects Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, MD. Students with cars tend to prefer going in either direction to sampling the few student-centered options in the strip malls along Route 1, and students without cars can always take the Metro. Since most students do live off-campus, however, there is a lively house-party scene. Certain neighborhoods develop a real community feel. And the importance of having two major urban centers accessible cannot be overstated: students often pursue high-level internships or summer jobs there, as well as recreational opportunities.

Maryland’s campus is green and spacious, with broad, well-maintained lawns and matching austere red-brick white-columned colonial buildings. It is also huge, which befits a school with a total student population of over 70,000. Students need bikes or cars to get around. The towering dorms built to accommodate several hundred underclassmen each are modern and less aesthetically pleasing; they’re also relatively far from the central areas, including McKeldin Mall, where students congregate on sunny days, the ODK Fountain, and the Stamp Student Union, as well as Shipley Field and Byrd Stadium.

Maryland has been suffering from a housing crunch since 1994, so freshmen often live in makeshift triples or quads. They are the only ones who are guaranteed housing; almost everyone else lives off-campus. Sophomores can usually find a place in the dorms, too, but they do not have priority, and sometimes even first-years end up on the daunting 1,500 person waitlist. Cumberland, Centreville, Denton, Easton, Ellicott, Elkton, Hagerstown, and LaPlata are all high rise, traditional, co-ed dorms that date back to the ‘60s. They house 500-650 students each in a range of singles, doubles, triples, and suites. Cecil Hall is the only single-sex dorm. Old and New Leonardtown are large, co-ed apartment-style residence halls that house 670 students. Dorchester is a traditional, co-ed, medium size dorm, home to the Jimenez-Porter Writers House and Global Communities.

The athletic culture at Maryland is raucous and all-consuming, especially in regards to football—tailgating is a way of life, as is rioting when things don’t go well. The school ranks third, behind Clemson and Florida State, for its number of Conference Championships. Basketball is also incredibly popular: in 2006, the Terps beat Duke to win the Women’s National Championship for the first time. From February through March, the campus is “Garyland,” a reference to alum and Coach Gary Williams, who has led his team to eleven straight appearances in the NCAA tournament. The school is Division I in the Atlantic Coast Conference and boasts championship-winning teams in field hockey, lacrosse, and soccer, too. This is a serious sports school. Students need to be talented to play even on intramurals teams, and many do.