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UMBC was/is an awful place to be. I went into it with my AA degree from a community college and LOVED social work. I am now about to be in my senior year and absolutely hate my major and future career due to UMBC's ridiculous and unnecessary requirements that have nothing to do with the major itself. Every time I thought it was not that bad, UMBC did not disappoint and made me more miserable somehow. I am genuinely a good student who has never even missed a college class without a valid excuse and it is safe... Read More to say that I will leave UMBC embarrassed that I went here and unsure if I will even be able to pass the exam for my license. UMBC went out of its way to make every thing ten times more difficult than it needed to be and I would still end up learning nothing of value. If you want to go to a money-grabbing, mental health wrecking university, UMBC is the place to be (they will then send you 8 emails a day telling you to work on your mental health as they are single-handedly ruining it). Do yourself a favor and go anywhere else but here, trust me.

I am seeing many reviews complaining about the "lack of party scene." If you want a continuation of high school partying whilst getting by with mediocre grades, there's UMD, Townson, Sailsbury, and Frostburg. UMBC is not the place if your main reason for going to college is to RP American Pie Beta House. Pros: The academics for language majors are truly challenging. Especially the translation courses. Upper level courses are taught in the language, and faculty reach out to students all year round with opportunities... Read More to practice and meet exchange students. There is also a paid Fall&Spring internship for students pursuing Japanese to help teach English at a Japanese high-school. Furthermore, the Japanese faculty keep up to date with new material and make it a point to change the textbook about every 4 years. My professor went to Japan summer 2019 and met with the publishers of a textbook that was on Japanese tv due to it's effectiveness. We currently use this new textbook published in 2017. What I love about this textbook is it teaches speaking strategies and kanji recognition. So even if I forget the kanji when writing, I can remember when reading and typing papers. As a result I can read much more Japanese literature, and my speaking has improved greatly thanks to the strategies. Furthermore all the volunteering opportunities I participated in helped me make connections to practice with native Japanese speakers. The public transportation is pretty good. I live in Howard and can get to campus in an hour via public transport. Cons: The buildings are hella old, and way too many elevators are broken. The food is way way WAY too expensive. Also the lines to get food are always crazy long in the afternoon. On top of that, the food places close way too early. By time I get out of class at 4pm, everything's closed. And the student workers are often really slow which holds the lines up.