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Hi! This is my second post here about this topic but is anyone interested in a 2 Bedroom Space (2 Bed/ 2 Bath) in South Campus Commons with a female RA roommate? The start date of the housing is August 1st, 2026 and it lasts until July 1st, 2027! Please message me if interested I need someone to transfer this space to ASAP!

how credible is rate my professor?? i’m an incoming freshman and i looked up all of my professors and all of them have 4.5 or higher, it kinda shocked me, so ig i was just wondering if that is legit or not.

I’m an incoming freshman majoring in public health science on the pre med track, but I’m a bit worried. I’ve heard from numerous people that it’s super difficult to balance pre reqs with just regular major coursework? I don’t want to end up missing my pre reqs, so I want to ask any current pre-meds in a semi “non trad” major how you balance your schedule to ensure your pre reqs are completed alongside major requirements, or who I can speak with to know if I’m on track.

Thanks lots.

I am an upcoming freshman going to UMD and I was wondering how to get internships at any of the labs there. Should I just email professors or heads of the lab that I want to work at? Also do some labs pay their interns or is it just volunteering?
(I want to major in mechanical engineering or materials science so any labs that pertain to that)

I’m planning to take MATH 246 at UMD and I’m deciding between Alice Wang and Kendall Williams.

For anyone who has taken either professor, how was the class? I’m mainly wondering about teaching style, exam difficulty, grading, workload, and how helpful they are if you’re struggling.

Out of the two, which professor would you recommend taking for MATH 246?

does anyone have any suggestions or professors to avoid? anything would be greatly appreciated🙏

I’ve been trying this entire summer to find pictures or videos of what the Denton dorms look like so ik how much space is in the room but I can’t find ANYTHING (I’ve checked the school site, Reddit, TikTok, Instagram 😭) does anyone have any they can send me💔 also the bathroom too.. so I know how much I need to mentally prepare myself🫩

I was thinking about buying an e scooter for the upcoming year because i'll be off campus, but I was wondering how often they're stolen. I don't plan on storing it outside unless i'm in class.

Must have been nice

I’m a rising sophomore and I’m going to have a kitchen for the first time next semester (Allegheny Hall) and will most likely switch to a commuter plan (so basically no dining hall). I’ve talked to everyone in the suite already and this is what we have to bring so far:

- microwave
- toaster oven
- air fryer
- crock pot
- various plates and silverware
- I plan on bringing a few pans

Is there anything else that might be useful to bring or will this be enough to at least last the semester?

it’s so dead, i’m taking classes so im stuck here all summer ☹️

Has anyone gotten their financial aid offer yet? I submitted my fafsa in fall

Hi everyone.

Please pardon the strange question, but I have a terrible fear of insects that's been steadily growing worse, and I've heard that exposure therapy can be a good thing to help control it. I've also heard that some entomology departments in universities offer tours where they explain insects to visitors and maybe also offer some handling/looking at them behind glass. I think that this would be helpful for me to deal with my fear.

So, I was considering contacting the department to ask whether they would be open to this, but first wanted to ask the community of whether UMD hosts these sorts of opportunities at any point during the year to the general public. I wouldn't want to schedule something that they already offer sometime later.

If it helps, I'm starting my 2nd year at UMD this fall.

Thank you for any help!

Got admitted as a CS major. RAS is nonnegotiable and I just have a choice between doing Physics or Math double major. Considering my passion in robotics, I think physics would be more useful to me but it seems like there is like no overlap :<. Therefore, if anyone here has done it before, how doable is it and how much free time do you guys have? I'm transferring about 40 credits from HS stuff.

Looking for roommates for sophomore year — Parkside Apartments, College Park

Unit: 2x2 Shared (4 bed / 2 bath, ~814 sq ft)
Address: 8125 48th Ave, College Park, MD 20740

Rent: From $665/month per room (plus fees) with current move-in special

Each pair of people gets their own bathroom. Looking for 1-3 roommates who are clean, communicative, and easy to live with.

Availability: Now or August 23rd move-in

DM if interested!

Hello guys, I developed a webapp called SeatStalker which notifies you when a course seat you want is empty. Its as simple as creating an account and adding the courses you want to the watchlist, and when a seat opens up in the courses you've watchlisted, you get a notification on your registered email.

This service helps you grab the opened up seat quickly, and also saves you the hassle of checking manually everyday.

Important: You require a [gmail.com] email to register. It seems a bit counter intuitive, but UMD emails have filtering systems which break my whole registration system. I will try to find an actual solution to this, but until then, SeatStalker will only accept [gmail.com] accounts for registration.

I have also limited the number of courses/sections one can monitor because of the constraints I face with the services I use to send emails / run the backend. I will have to spend money out of my pocket to remove these limitations.

It can be advantageous for:

1. Those who change their upper level course permission considerably late and want to get into a closed section.
2. People who typically get late course registration dates as compared to their peers who are in the same grade.
3. Those who cannot be on the waitlist due to credit limits or the course is capped (CMSC216 - Kauffman for example).
4. People who want to switch sections to make their schedule better.

Once you get the course seat you wanted, you can just remove the course from your watchlist, and perhaps add another one if you wish to do so. At the bottom of the landing page, you will find my contact info, which you can use to contact me if you want to report any bugs or give me any suggestions on how to improve anything. I rarely use reddit, and would much rather communicate through discord.

Please note that this is a student built project which is in no way affiliated with the University. All the data featured is scraped from the public Testudo course registration website (testudo.umd.edu). For more information, find the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service linked at the bottom of the website.

This works for all courses, not just CS ones. So people from any major can try it out.

My contact info is at the bottom of the launch page, which can be used to give me suggestions on how I can improve the service or to report bugs.

The URL is - seat-stalker(DOT)vercel(DOT)app

EDIT 1: We've crossed 15 users! Might seem small but a huge milestone for me. Thank you to everyone who signed up!

so i’m going to university of maryland college park this fall and me and my friends are thinking about getting microwaves, mini fridges, a cooktop/grittle, candle warmer, and an air fryer. These items aren’t allowed. Do the RA’s actually do room checks and are they frequent because we don’t want our stuff taken. I’ll most likely be in la plata hall bc of my living learning program.

I plan to take the calculus-based physics sequences on a pre-med track (not a physics major though). The course sequence planning if you take this route is PHYS161, PHYS260/PHYS261, and PHYS271. However, I hear that you cannot take PHYS271 without PHYS270. Is PHYS270 really required despite not being listed on the pre-med sample sheet?