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I decided to take some pictures at school with my new camera.
My school has a beautiful campus.
Here is the brand new Kim engineering building. We did a google search on the chairs in our computer lab and each one costs a grand! No penny was saved in the construction of the building.
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5141/pict0013wy5.jpg
The main engineering building.
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5192/pict0015ak3.jpg
This camera is nice!
Here is the math building outside and inside, very nice.
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1115/pict0016wd4.jpg
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5538/pict0042qi0.jpg
This is one of the two major libraries.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/176/pict0024pz5.jpg
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4433/pict0025lv0.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8700/pict0032pj3.jpg
devious_
Oct14-06, 03:46 PM
That is nice!
Here is one of the two walkways that are on either side of the mall and a small garden with sculptures.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5345/pict0021th4.jpg
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5186/pict0026vh5.jpg
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9894/pict0029xi5.jpg
^^That building is the other major library.
Administration building:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3889/pict0022gp1.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4084/pict0023pr6.jpg
Other buildings that look nice/
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5928/pict0020mq2.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1904/pict0028kk8.jpg
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1649/pict0035bo7.jpg
^^microbiology building.
larkspur
Oct14-06, 04:30 PM
Beautiful!
And when I took these pictures I heard a bunch of jets and looked up. What did I see but the air force F-16 thunderbirds flying overhead in formation! :biggrin:
There are still many other nice buildings I have left out. It's hard to get good pictures becuase there is so many big trees.
Integral
Oct14-06, 04:42 PM
What is the University?
U of Bangladesh. :tongue2:
larkspur
Oct14-06, 04:51 PM
U of Bangladesh. :tongue2:
:rofl: :rofl: There you go being funny again!
Ivan Seeking
Oct14-06, 05:07 PM
It's the U of Maryland.
It's the U of Maryland.
I thought the Maryland Flags, my location, and the names of the buildings would have gave it away. :rofl: :uhh:
Aerial view:
http://www.urhome.umd.edu/marylandimages/image/fs/70.jpg
Ivan Seeking
Oct14-06, 05:14 PM
You only have one school? :uhh:
You only have one school? :uhh:
I don't get it?
Edit: Oh, now I get it. Smart guy.....
Integral
Oct14-06, 05:32 PM
I thought the Maryland Flags, my location, and the names of the buildings would have gave it away. :rofl: :uhh:
Aerial view:
http://www.urhome.umd.edu/marylandimages/image/fs/70.jpg
As far as I am concerned you are back east. Sorry but there is a single pic with a flag, it is unID'able.
Building names a dead give away? :surprised
So if I was to say to you Memorial Union, or Packer Hall you would be able to tell me what campus they are on!
:rofl: Read what it says above the admin building in the scroll!!
Dooooooooooooooo OH!! :biggrin:
The pronounciation of Symons Hall (assuming its like simmons), is seriously at almost every college Ive ever visited. What I mean is that Ive seen a Symons, Simmons, or Simons hall at so many colleges. Such a generic building name...
Just how many colleges have Euclid as one of their street names.
Anyway, I'm actually applying to UMD! If UMich decides to hate me, I will most likely be going to UMD... O_O (Unless Maryland rejects me too... then it's off to Arizona [oooo, speaking of which, a few days ago I got my acceptance to UA and they're paying tuition if I go, woot!])
Im glad to see how nice the campus is! Is having that huge *** mile-long trail to the library UMD's idea of a funny joke? :devil:
:smile:
EDIT: Umm, I have friends and online acquaintances studying at Cornell, MIT, UMich, and Arizona, but none at UMD. If I have any questions, then ehh, I hope you read your PMs :)
EDIT2: F-16s fly by my house constantly. At UA, A-10s fly by constantly. What's with planes and colleges????
Im glad to see how nice the campus is! Is having that huge *** mile-long trail to the library UMD's idea of a funny joke? :devil:
:smile:
All the girls sunbathe in bikinis in that lawn buddy.
**Notice you dont see the parking anywhere do you? That's a hike! You can always take the shuttle bus driving around, but Its faster to walk.
All the girls sunbath in bikinis in that lawn buddy.
So those Maryland people really are clever, aren't they...hmm
Integral
Oct14-06, 06:11 PM
:rofl: Read what it says above the admin building in the scroll!!
Dooooooooooooooo OH!! :biggrin:
Illegible Doooooo oH! Sorry. remember that I do not get your full resolution pic.
I didn't know I was supposed to examine these things with a microscope...
What strikes me is how flat the campus is. I have seen parking lots with more significant terrain features.
But then I attended Lehigh for a while...
Integral, have you seen Brown U? Dear god, the hills are insane. The change in altitude is never large, but it changes constantly... Cornell had some decent hills. MIT was flat. UA is kind of its own little hill. Yale is generally flat with the exception of the northeast ish part of campus. Harvard was also flat. Boston U, flat... It is kind of weird though, I would expect more slopes in such an environment....
I'll try and grab some pics tomorrow, there is much left out still.
leright
Oct14-06, 06:36 PM
lol, my university looks like a wasteland. It seems all universities with the words technical or technological look like crap. There's also no girls. Why the hell did I pick this school??
Nope, this semester will complete my 3rd year. I probably should have been in my 4th year by now, but I don't really care at this point im close enough to being done.
Piece of advice for you my friend, take as many classes as you are comfortable taking, not as many as your friends are taking. I take 12 credits a semester and not a credit more. Its more than enough work, and I can sit back and really study the small amount of material. Some people try to blast through 16-18 credits. I took 18 credits once and hated it. You only have enough time to do work and finish just so you don't fall behind, it's stupid. College is go your own pace, so you should do just that.
Though, I did feel like I was falling a bit behind and so I took 12 credits last fall, then a winter class 3 credits, then 12 credits again in the spring, followed by 12 credits in the summer, and 12 credits now. So I have been in school for 5 straight semester and am about to shoot someone. But I still perfer this over more than 12 credits during any one semester. So in the end it works out to the same as taking 20 credits a semester.
I just have two more semester of 12 credits and maybe some extra stuff ill take for the hell of it during the summer and I'll apply to grad school or find a job.
But just dont be those people that take 16 credits and dont learn jack in any of their classes. I've seen it all too often.
JasonRox
Oct14-06, 06:46 PM
Nope, this semester will complete my 3rd year. I probably should have been in my 4th year by now, but I don't really care at this point im close enough to being done.
Piece of advice for you my friend, take as many classes as you are comfortable taking, not as many as your friends are taking. I take 12 credits a semester and not a credit more. Its more than enough work, and I can sit back and really study the small amount of material. Some people try to blast through 16-18 credits. I took 18 credits once and hated it. You only have enough time to do work and finish just so you don't fall behind, it's stupid. College is go your own pace, so you should do just that.
Though, I did feel like I was falling a bit behind and so I took 12 credits last fall, then a winter class 3 credits, then 12 credits again in the spring, followed by 12 credits in the summer, and 12 credits now. So I have been in school for 5 straight semester and am about to shoot someone. But I still perfer this over more than 12 credits during any one semester. So in the end it works out to the same as taking 20 credits a semester.
I just have two more semester of 12 credits and maybe some extra stuff ill take for the hell of it during the summer and I'll apply to grad school or find a job.
But just dont be those people that take 16 credits and dont learn jack in any of their classes. I've seen it all too often.
Well, yeah if you don't learn anything from doing 16 credits, don't do it.
Anyways, the campus looks really nice, but I do have one problem. All the buildings look identical. :grumpy:
Well, yeah if you don't learn anything from doing 16 credits, don't do it.
Anyways, the campus looks really nice, but I do have one problem. All the buildings look identical. :grumpy:
It's the whole east coast colonial motif. UVA looks very similar.
JasonRox
Oct14-06, 06:52 PM
It's the whole east coast colonial motif. UVA looks very similar.
That's what I was thinking.
I'd switch campus anyday though. :approve:
Fo-sho
I'm definitely planning on taking 12 credits my first semester. After that, I will see what I want to do. Several of my friends aren't enjoying their first semester of college enough due to their intense schedules...
JasonRox
Oct14-06, 06:58 PM
Fo-sho
I'm definitely planning on taking 12 credits my first semester. After that, I will see what I want to do. Several of my friends aren't enjoying their first semester of college enough due to their intense schedules...
My girlfriend had to take a crazy amount of classes. She used to love school, but now she hates it with a passion.
The average student in Ontario takes 5 classes per term. That's standard for everyone, and for some people this can be tough. In her program, she was taking 7-8 classes per term!!! Some schools have a maximum of 6 per term! Once she had 6 classes, and for her that was a break. :eek:
Fo-sho
I'm definitely planning on taking 12 credits my first semester. After that, I will see what I want to do. Several of my friends aren't enjoying their first semester of college enough due to their intense schedules...
What are you going to major?
What are you going to major?
physics
.
Oh, if your going to maryland, I would recomend engineering. They have a TON of money. The engineering department in comparison to the physics department is absolutely huge. And besides, engineering is much better. Dont you want a challenging, rewarding major? :rofl: /bias.
Wonderful, gorgeous pictures cyrus, thank you!
Oh, if your going to maryland, I would recomend engineering. They have a TON of money. The engineering department in comparison to the physics department is absolutely huge. And besides, engineering is much better. Dont you want a challenging, rewarding major? :rofl: /bias.
Im actually not exactly set on Physics or Engineering yet, so I guess Ill look into it.
Engineering is just applied physics, only we have specific concentrations (Aero, Mech, Chem, Civil, Nuclear). As for applied physics, why anyone would major in that beats me. What is applied physics? I guess it means you know a little of everything and a whole lot of nothing because applied physics is not the same cut as an engineer who is specific to an area. And guess what, research engineers study the physics of problems. It's just a different area of focus.
Eh, I guess im just cranky about too many people around this place thinking all engineers do is plug away into formula and they dont know what their doing physically....:uhh: Don't listen to that load of BS.
And another thing, don't fall into that trap that I hear people too often saying: "Oh, its not important if we dont know it well, they will teach you when you get a job".....those are the same people who get B's and C's.
WRONG, they will expect you to have a strong foundation in what you learned. There not going to hold your hand and teach you what you should already know, so make sure you pay attention from day 1. They will help you out at work, but they are not there to teach you!
Trust me when I tell you this, your sucess is going to depend on how well you master those concepts from your freshman courses. I've seen lots and lots of people struggle because they have weak foundations due to classes from freshman year. This bites alot of people in the *** later on. What I did to prevent this was review all the material over the summer break. By review, I mean reread every chapter and solve every problem in the back of the book. If you do that after your freshman year your going to be fine. It's the people that dont review on their own time that always struggle when the summer ends. Study habbits are super important.
FrogPad
Oct14-06, 09:09 PM
Here is the math building outside and inside, very nice.
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1115/pict0016wd4.jpg
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5538/pict0042qi0.jpg
wow... the inside is gorgeous
Pyrrhus
Oct15-06, 02:36 AM
Beautiful University, Cyrus!.
Back to pictures.
This is the armory:
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/3092/pict0008ov8.jpg
So bassically, all the buildings are identical except for the engineering buildings?
Good thing that the buildings look good in the first place... How many "modern" buildings (such as the first picture, the new engineering thing) are there?
EDIT: Dude, is the sky always that clear? O_O
Breadboard
Oct15-06, 08:11 PM
Fantastic University. Looks really great. But you have an armoury???.....must be an American thing. :)
Don't worry, modern is comming! And you will go wow.
The sky has been nice the last two days which is why I ran out to take pics.
Fantastic University. Looks really great. But you have an armoury???.....must be an American thing. :)
The school is 150 years old.
Here is a small farm we have on campus for the avian and animal sciences. Reminds me of moonbear every time I walk by because my parking lot is right across from it. There are usually horses, sheep, and chickens.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/435/pict0003zp7.jpg
The big building behind it are dorms.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/3830/pict0004ll3.jpg
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9951/pict0005hh7.jpg
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7343/pict0007pf6.jpg
Doesn't look to modern too me :confused: :confused: :confused:
:biggrin:
:rofl:
Have you seen Cornell's campus? Honestly, I believe it to be the best looking campus ever.
Here is the HUMUNGOUS basketball stadium, aka. the comcast center.
Next is the football bleachers.
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/3292/pict0001eh0.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/2285/pict0002pt7.jpg
^^This is my parking lot every day. When you walk to the left of that picture you run into the farm house.
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8574/pict0006gv0.jpg
Here is the church, it plays bells on the hour.
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/8859/pict0009pl2.jpg
I caught this nice green car driving by but was not fast enough!
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/2346/pict0011vz2.jpg
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8573/pict0012xb6.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/1662/pict0013ly1.jpg
Shoemaker building, also nice.
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9369/pict0014cp7.jpg
Here are some of the nicer dorms:
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6652/pict0015kc4.jpg
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/5995/pict0016hb6.jpg
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/6213/pict0017sl5.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8785/pict0018yw7.jpg
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2389/pict0030pi8.jpg
^^modern dorms for upperclassmen. More like appartments than dorms. Parking garage next to it.
larkspur
Oct15-06, 08:42 PM
My dad got his medical degree at the University of Maryland. He had fond memories. I remember visiting the campus as a kid. It is a beautiful campus.
So how's the food at UMD?
Ahhh, now for the business school :approve: Another new building they put tons and TONS of money into.
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/7866/pict0019cb2.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5125/pict0023rb6.jpg
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/6758/pict0020ev0.jpg
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4159/pict0021qs1.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6238/pict0022oo9.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8185/pict0025fm1.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4161/pict0026tm6.jpg
Classroom inside..
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7146/pict0028oi0.jpg
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/5026/pict0029xw6.jpg
That's all I got for now. I gota see how this camera does with night pictures. :devil:
What camera are you using?
I bought a cheap OPTIMUS brand camera from Radio shack. It was only $120!
5Mega pix and 1GIG SD memory card!
That's awesome.
So what's your general opinion of U Maryland? You're instate, right? Instate tuition is so much better than OOS :(
Gokul43201
Oct15-06, 10:15 PM
Oh, if your going to maryland, I would recomend engineering. They have a TON of money. The engineering department in comparison to the physics department is absolutely huge. And besides, engineering is much better. Dont you want a challenging, rewarding major? :rofl: /bias. <debiasing> UMd's Physics program is ranked way better than its Engg programs. I think EE is the only engg program that's also ranked in the top 20.
That is a beautiful campus!!!
The big *** cake from MD day. Each piece they gave out to people was HUGE!
http://www.physics.umd.edu/news/photon/iss47/images/DSC_0039_JPG.jpg
mattmns
Oct16-06, 12:47 AM
That is a huge cake! Great looking campus!!!!!
All the girls sunbathe in bikinis in that lawn buddy.
Really ???
Can i transfer my PhD to your place ? Do you guys do micro-electronics and CMOS stuff ?
You got a very cool university place man...
marlon
http://www.mse.umd.edu/research/laboratories.html
I don't know what your looking for specifically, search the website if you want to. www.umd.edu
If I were you though, I would stay in Europe. You have all the better looking women.
Here is inside the new Kim engineering building. Took these shots today.
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2206/pict0036fz0.jpg
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6595/pict0037nr9.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6902/pict0038ta2.jpg
For Zz.
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6332/pict0034tl2.jpg
For some reason, we have a busted up Huey infront of the Chem Nuke building. Don't ask me why...
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7820/pict0035jq8.jpg
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8065/pict0032sb4.jpg
That Kim Engineering building reminds me of the new optics building at UA.
It looks good!
FrogPad
Oct16-06, 09:27 PM
I hate you.
Your campus is too sexy
rhuthwaite
Oct16-06, 11:48 PM
Yeah I jealous!! too I have never seen uni campuses as amazing as the ones in these pics, I need to get an exchange over to there!!
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