My advice to prospective students...

Reach out to people! That goes for people in classes and out of them -- nearly everyone wants to make friends but people who are willing to take the first step are much rarer.

I chose UMBC because...

it has a 5-year masters program that I was interested in, and the Honors College seemed really cool.

During my first semester, I wish I would have known...

that basically any issue you have, academically or otherwise, you can find someone on campus whose job it is to help you. The Career Center is really useful for resume workshopping, for instance, and you can go without an appointment.

Favorite Local Shop or Restaurant

On campus: Halal Shack, off campus would have to be Fire Wok.

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