@yoitsdave - You’ll find many posts about Freshman Connection in this thread starting around page 50
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-maryland-college-park/2028451-umd-college-park-class-of-2022-ea-discussion.html#latest
and in this thread
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-maryland-college-park/2052164-umd-freshman-connection-hellp-p1.html