<p>U of Maryland College Park is ranked a bit higher than U of Colorado by US News and the like, but there’s more to selecting a school than just that. Can anyone provide insight into things like:
- percentage of physics, math, and engineering courses taught by TAs/Grad students (teaching skill, language barrier, etc.)
- Quality of counseling and guidance for major, class selection, etc.
- Quality of career counseling
- housing quality, issues,
- Other quality of life issues like safety, student body attitude, competitiveness vs. cooperativeness, etc.
- Anything else that affects a student’s day-to-day life
- Anything else I should know that affects the overall experience and eventual education that I didn’t think of or ask?</p>
<p>I’m looking for first hand insights that go a bit deeper than rankings or what can be found in the Princeton Review type books. </p>
<p>All comments are welcome. The more the better. All the tidbits, when put together, can sometimes form a pretty good picture.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>