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GreenCard78: Apr 25, 2005; It's all in the game, yo.

Anyone have any additional information on Towson University, University of Maryland College Park, University of Maryland Baltimore County, and strangely enough University of New Mexico?

# ¿ Feb 12, 2010 07:26

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# ¿ May 21, 2013 22:07

GreenCard78: Apr 25, 2005; It's all in the game, yo.

Pees With Boner posted:

Maryland, College Park

-College Park is a shithole, students get robbed/raped/assaulted on a regular basis by the local PG county trash. Most people I knew there were at least victims of some sort of property crime (e.g. burglary, GTA, vandalism) at one point, including myself (car was stolen). Property crimes don't get reported in the campus alerts, that's only for violent crime.
-Don't get TOO involved in drugs; they're pretty easily available from students, but if you start selling drugs you will almost definitely get kicked out eventually and if you get involved with locals you can get in way over your head very quickly due to the area--you're ultimately dealing with Baltimore City and Southeast DC which are extremely dangerous places.

I'm from the area (Silver Spring) and was just visiting College Park/Berwyn Heights last night and man, that's crazy people are so scared. Yes robberies, burglaries, and murders occur in College Park and the surrounding area but you can't be scared to go to the 7/11 on Greenbelt and Route 1 (or wherever the gently caress). This has always frustrated me. College Park's email alert about nearby crime is probably the craziest of any school in this thread, weekends having multiple nearby murders (some of students), etc. You should really warn how bad night life in College Park can suck. Unless you know someone in a fraternity (or join), half the parties are closed events. Frisbee house on Adelphi used to get crazy, though. Turtle and 'Fe are closed, both for good reason. Cornerstone and Bentley's are ok but there's only two and the diversity of places to go sucks.

Also, I was once arrested on felony drug distribution charges in Northeast DC, been to jail there (D-3 represent), etc. poo poo's crazy but I don't know why you brought it up here. Unless you actively seek that stuff, which someone would no matter where they went if they are that person, you won't spiral down. And these days, Southeast is improving incredibly. Places you want to avoid are the sections of PG those DC dudes were pushed into.

I ended up choosing Towson University over College Park because it would have been the same as high school and here I'm far enough away to make whole new circles of friends. If anyone wants to know about Towson University I'd be glad to tell them.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2011 04:27

GreenCard78: Apr 25, 2005; It's all in the game, yo.

You mean you wouldn't live in and around Langley Park or those other apartments on Adelphi?!

psydude posted:

Can't say I would have made the same decision, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.

College Park sucked in the '90s and was a mediocre school until relatively recently. I have family who has worked there and any of our parents generation (or even older siblings that graduated ~10 years ago) didn't need the strict requirements they would today. That's a recent event and College Park deserves credit where it's due, they've made big changes, but the mind set that College Park is so awesome is not true. For example, class sizes there are bigger and gently caress that. Towson has begun to implement the same measures College Park did not too long ago. Give it ten years and everyone's attitude about Towson will change.

I think anyone who doesn't go here but somewhere else in Maryland is just jealous 2/3 of the population is chicks.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2011 01:24

GreenCard78: Apr 25, 2005; It's all in the game, yo.

If anyone has information about any graduate school of urban planning I would really appreciate it. I don't know enough about any school to make a decision on which I even want to look at specifically. I'm about two years away from graduating college and decided I think this is the path I want to take.

# ¿ May 2, 2011 15:59

GreenCard78: Apr 25, 2005; It's all in the game, yo.

I just spent 9.95!! posted:

University of Maryland, College Park

Also, try to live in the Commons if you're on-campus, they're pretty much the closest you can possibly get to the bars. They're also new and pretty nice, although they have the slowest elevators known to mankind (apparently this is intentional and has something to do with some dumbshit notion that some idiot architect had about something).

Also, you could always run into the chance that one night while returning to your (or her) room at 2:30 in the morning that someone may not be able to wait to jump your bones and in for some elevator loving.

Just saying

# ¿ Apr 22, 2012 23:14

GreenCard78: Apr 25, 2005; It's all in the game, yo.

I checked the OP and only on page one was there any information and then I checked the last two years of posts so I would like something more recent, does anyone have information on San Diego State University? I'm really interested in going to grad school there.

# ¿ Jul 24, 2012 05:03

GreenCard78: Apr 25, 2005; It's all in the game, yo.

Petite Puppet posted:

Anybody have something to say about University of New Mexico (Albuquerque)?. Headed there for the spring semester and literally have no idea what to expect.

I'm applying there for grad school and only have limited knowledge from living there as a kid and being on campus a lot. What made you decide to go there without any knowledge? Not trying to be rude or anything, just curious.

# ¿ Oct 25, 2012 01:22

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# ¿ May 21, 2013 22:07

GreenCard78: Apr 25, 2005; It's all in the game, yo.

What's your program? I was looking at urban planning. Unless I get in state rates, I'm coming from Baltimore, for a TAship or something, I probably will not be attending there. Albuquerque is pretty cool. I've visited over the years (I was born there) but haven't been there since I as 19 so I'd be pretty interested to see what the real social scene is like.

# ¿ Jan 12, 2013 21:12

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