Interesting Info from TERP

Colleges & Universities University of Maryland - College Park
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<p>Bullet is an alumni so we get TERP and there were 2 interesting articles in it.</p>

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<li><p>The admissions office goal by class of 2018 intends to quadruple their international enrollment from 600 undergrad to 2400 undergrad, while maintaining their 75% IS. That means with each yr OOS will become more competitive. The main thrust for the goal is to raise their international exposure.</p>

<p>This should not be seen as a shocker since 2 yrs ago they announced that they wanted to increase their national exposure, thus why it is becoming more difficult to get in from NJ/NY.</p></li>
<li><p>Behavioral Social Sciences got a new dean, with an impressive resume. Former UPenn Scholar and a Brookings Institute fellow will be the dean of Public Policy. I wonder how the govt and politics program will change.</p></li>
<li><p>Public Policy Prof Ivo H. Daalder was named the U.S. Ambassador to NATO. Pretty impressive!</p></li>
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<p>Donald Kettl, was appointed dean of the School of Public Policy. John Townshend was Named Dean of the College of Behavioral & Social Sciences. Townshend was formerly head of the geography dept at UMCP.</p>

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<p>Well let’s hope that Townshend heard the cry out of of BS last yr when they did their sit in! I laughed a few weeks later we, as parents received a letter asking to donate money to the behavioral school. Bullet and I looked at each other with a quizzical face, and said at the exact same time, I thought that was what we paid our tuition for?</p>

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<p>Do you think the NY/NJ area stretches to us in Connecticut?
My S is applying early for engineering.</p>

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<p>Connecticut is far less represented on campus for OOS than NY/NJ, so the geography shouldn’t be an issue; just what pima points out as harder OOS admissions in general. Best of luck to your son!</p>