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I’m new to the school as a graduate student at UMD and I want to make friends who like to study but also like anime, tv shows and games like Roblox and all that cool stuff. 🎀 also preferably a women 🙏

Also bonus if you have discord or anything since It’s easier to reach me sometimes. ✨ but I don’t have a heavy preference on where to text.

is there anyone that’s 25 & up at umd? i’m a junior, it seems like every class im in im the oldest person in there!! if you are too & feel alone just know you’re not. its been so hard to make friends bc everyone is literally younger than me.

I’m a transfer student and currently a junior majoring in Information Science. I’ve been hearing some worrying things about my major, and while I understand the whole “it is what you make it” perspective, I’m curious about what the job market actually looks like.
I specialized in cybersecurity at my community college, so I was considering pursuing the cybersecurity track within my major. However, it seems like data science might be more lucrative. Which track would give me the best chance of landing a job right out of college? At the career fair, it seemed like everyone was looking for data science candidates, even within my major.
I’m not big on coding—in fact, I actually hate it—so I’m wondering what career options I have with this degree. Is it realistic to land a six-figure job right out of college, or at least a job with a decent starting salary?

Please share. Let’s bring Dilan home.

I got to campus a little later than a lot of people, and honestly, I’m not the best at making friends or putting myself out there, so I feel like I’m still trying to figure out the social aspect of college.
I’ve been lucky enough to get invited to a few parties and meet some people, and I genuinely like them! The thing is, it’s usually the same person inviting me, and they already have their own close-knit group of friends. I can hang out with everyone, talk to them, and have a good time, but I still don’t feel like they’re my friends, if that makes sense?
I think part of it is that I don’t really talk to most of them individually outside of those gatherings. They’re already close with each other, and I find it difficult to figure out how to get closer to any one person without feeling like I’m trying too hard or intruding on an established friendship.
And sometimes I think about how, if that one person stopped inviting me, I’d probably lose touch with the entire group. It’s not that anyone has been unwelcoming or anything. I just feel like my connection to everyone depends on that one person, and I wish I had friendships of my own that didn’t depend on someone else bringing me along.

I’d like to make my own friends and have people I can reach out to, make plans with, and hang out with without needing someone else to bring us together.

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YAY! So glad to hear it! I smiled so big when I got this text

How old are you?.

NB: Grad students only, not PHD.

I know it’s technically the same thing, but this is geared towards those enrolled only in a masters program.

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How are CMSC417 and CMSC414? Which one is easier, and also how are the exams?

Zur Einordnung: Ich habe beide Kurse belegt, weil Informatik (mit Schwerpunkt Machine Learning) mein Hauptfach war und beide Kurse für diesen Schwerpunkt vorgeschrieben waren. Mir persönlich hat CMSC421 besser gefallen, da der Kurs breiter und allgemeiner angelegt war und eine größere Vielfalt an KI-relevanten Themen behandelte. Mich würde aber interessieren, wie ihr das seht – ich bin gespannt auf die Meinungen meiner Mit-Redditor.

I just wanna rant here

Trying to get more ppl to get it to be cheaper

Update: Missing student has been found! Thanks to the immense efforts of UMPD and our entire community, Dilan has been reunited with family. We thank all Terps and community members who spread the word and supported this search. 

To read the campus wide email, please visit https://umpdnews.umd.edu/major-update-missing-umd-student-has-been-found .

I am a commuter and I have a huge gap in between classes. I have to be on campus early so I usually don’t have time to do my makeup at home. So, now I want to start doing my makeup during my gaps. Where are some good, sort of isolated spots where it would be fine/ comfortable to do my makeup?? Thank youuu

turning 21 soon and want to go out to a bar, but none of the bars here by campus are really my vibe/ at all amusing to me lol. was wondering if anyone had bar recommendations for places with cool dive bar vibes with a chill atmosphere (and still young crowd) to have a couple drinks and hangout for a lowkey weekday outing. major plus if they have live music or just cool music in general. not sure if places like looneys and cstone match what im looking for lmao

Got some exams coming up and want to study. However, the libraries on campus will be closed over break.