Your post title SOOO resonated with me (I’m a parent of D20)! Ridiculous! Just wanted to share my husband (CEEE/CS a long time ago), myself (Communications) and my D16 (Chem E - graduating in May) are all UMD!
If you’re going north, the tunnels make this the perfect school for MN winters. You can tell who lives on campus: the ones wearing shorts to class in January… It’s big enough and small enough, plenty of school spirit and a beautiful area to explore. Best of luck to you!!