Much obliged to you to the greater part of the first-year candidates who have been working so hard to finish their applications by November 1, our early action due date, is just two weeks away. We...
October 21, 2014
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How to Finish Your Degree in 4 Years (or thereabouts)!
Finishing your bachelor’s degree in four years (or a bit longer if your program is extensive) is a worthy goal for many reasons. Here are five of the most compelling: Long-term economic...
October 21, 2014
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1:19 PM
by David Hoffman The application for UMBC's STRiVE 2015 leadership retreats (attend either January 12-16, 2015 or March 16-20, 2015) is now available. If you're a UMBC undergraduate...
October 20, 2014
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12:37 PM
Friday, October 17 was not only our second Retriever Day of the year, but it was also the greatly anticipated grand opening of the Performing Arts and Humanities Building! And indeed, it was a...
October 20, 2014
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10:24 AM
Friday, October 17 was not only our second Retriever Day of the year, but it was also the greatly anticipated grand opening of the Performing Arts and Humanities Building! And indeed, it was a...
October 20, 2014
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10:24 AM
by David Hoffman I'm kind of a nerd, and there's no shortage of evidence. I can tell you which episode of the original Star Trek series aired for the first time on the day I was born (it was this...
October 19, 2014
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7:04 PM
It was my first time in an Arabic country. IT WAS AWESOME! We traveled to Fes ( spelled with an ‘S’, the Fessi are very particular about that) and went to the Medina which is the largest market in...
October 19, 2014
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2:27 PM
I have been unable to post recently because I have had extremely limited access to the internet. Last week, I went to Morocco, where I did not even have cell phone service, and when I did find...
October 19, 2014
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2:13 PM
Before I came to UMBC, I considered myself to be an adventurer. I had been up and down the East Coast, and had even been to California and Russia! I thought I knew what it was like to try new …...
October 18, 2014
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10:43 PM
There are seven main ingredients! Read on!
Strong letters of recommendation are very important to a student’s likelihood of landing internships, scholarships, admission to graduate and professional schools, and even jobs. But it takes...
October 16, 2014
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11:23 AM