UMD vs UDel - 2 Days to Decide!!!!!

umcp11
Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:59:15 +0000

Well, I really can’t recommend one or the other for you but I can expand on things and provide some corrections to your assumptions. I’m not sure you can say MD is a “much better school academically.” I believe the two are ranked closely? MD does have a more respected business program, which you pointed out. Additionally, $4,000/yr is sizable but it is not like we’re comparing a 50K/yr private versus 20K/yr for in-state. $4,000 can easily be made over the summer or even during the year. Would you be struggling with the costs/need to work over summer and during the semester even without the added $4,000? Then it might make a bigger difference. I think the perception of MD as high crime is extremely inaccurate. It’s more urban than UDel but that just means you have to be more street smart. I wouldn’t count it as a minus.

However, its size can be a problem. I have found it to be a problem for myself. They say you can “make a big school smaller” but sometimes a big school is just a big school - the advising can be bad, you can feel like a number, etc. Humanities classes are hurt by being so large. As a business major, however, MD’s size is less of an issue, both because of the type of classes you’ll be involved in as well as because as an LEP, business is a “school within the school” at MD and is fairly small. What is the difference in student:faculty ratio within the business school between UDel and MD? It might not be that big.

I prefer MD’s location near DC and the greater metro area (+ Baltimore) for internship opportunities in business. DC is also just cool in general.