Take some pictures at school with my new camera

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The discussion revolves around a user sharing photos of the University of Maryland's campus, highlighting its beauty and modern facilities, including the new Kim Engineering Building and various libraries. The user notes the high costs associated with the campus's construction, such as expensive chairs in the computer lab. Participants express admiration for the campus's aesthetic, mentioning the flat terrain and the colonial architectural style of the buildings. There are discussions about college life, including course loads and the importance of managing credits effectively to ensure a good learning experience. The conversation also touches on the engineering and physics programs at UMD, with some users recommending engineering due to its funding and resources. Additionally, there are light-hearted comments about campus life, including sunbathing students and the presence of military aircraft overhead. Overall, the thread combines appreciation for the university's facilities with practical advice for prospective students.
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***Warning, if you have dial-up don't open this page.

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!
 
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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
 
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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
 
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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.
 
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Administration building:

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3889/pict0022gp1.jpg

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4084/pict0023pr6.jpg
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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What is the University?
 
  • #11
U of Bangladesh. :-p
 
  • #12
cyrusabdollahi said:
U of Bangladesh. :-p

:smile: :smile: There you go being funny again!
 
  • #13
It's the U of Maryland.
 
  • #14
Ivan Seeking said:
It's the U of Maryland.

I thought the Maryland Flags, my location, and the names of the buildings would have gave it away. :smile: :rolleyes:

Aerial view:

http://www.urhome.umd.edu/marylandimages/image/fs/70.jpg
 
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  • #15
You only have one school? :rolleyes:
 
  • #16
Ivan Seeking said:
You only have one school? :rolleyes:

I don't get it?

Edit: Oh, now I get it. Smart guy...
 
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cyrusabdollahi said:
I thought the Maryland Flags, my location, and the names of the buildings would have gave it away. :smile: :rolleyes:

Aerial view:

http://www.urhome.umd.edu/marylandimages/image/fs/70.jpg
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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?

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!
 
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:smile: Read what it says above the admin building in the scroll!

Dooooooooooooooo OH! :biggrin:
 
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The pronounciation of Symons Hall (assuming its like simmons), is seriously at almost every college I've ever visited. What I mean is that I've 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 ass 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?
 
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moose said:
Im glad to see how nice the campus is! Is having that huge ass 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 don't see the parking anywhere do you? That's a hike! You can always take the shuttle bus driving around, but Its faster to walk.
 
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cyrusabdollahi said:
All the girls sunbath in bikinis in that lawn buddy.
So those Maryland people really are clever, aren't they...hmm
 
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cyrusabdollahi said:
:smile: 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...
 
  • #23
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...
 
  • #24
I'll try and grab some pics tomorrow, there is much left out still.
 
  • #25
Cyrus, are you 4th year?
 
  • #26
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??
 
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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 I am 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 anyone 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 don't be those people that take 16 credits and don't learn jack in any of their classes. I've seen it all too often.
 
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cyrusabdollahi said:
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 I am 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 anyone 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 don't be those people that take 16 credits and don't 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.
 
  • #29
JasonRox said:
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.

It's the whole east coast colonial motif. UVA looks very similar.
 
  • #30
cyrusabdollahi said:
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:
 
  • #31
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...
 
  • #32
moose said:
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:
 
  • #33
moose said:
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?
 
  • #34
cyrusabdollahi said:
What are you going to major?
physics
.
 
  • #35
Oh, if your going to maryland, I would recommend 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? :smile: /bias.
 
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Wonderful, gorgeous pictures cyrus, thank you!
 
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cyrusabdollahi said:
Oh, if your going to maryland, I would recommend 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? :smile: /bias.
Im actually not exactly set on Physics or Engineering yet, so I guess Ill look into it.
 
  • #38
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 I am just cranky about too many people around this place thinking all engineers do is plug away into formula and they don't know what their doing physically...:rolleyes: 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 don't 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 a lot of people in the ass 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 don't review on their own time that always struggle when the summer ends. Study habbits are super important.
 
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cyrusabdollahi said:
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
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wow... the inside is gorgeous
 
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  • #40
Beautiful University, Cyrus!.
 
  • #41
Back to pictures.

This is the armory:

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/3092/pict0008ov8.jpg
 
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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
 
  • #43
Fantastic University. Looks really great. But you have an armoury?...must be an American thing. :)
 
  • #44
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.
 
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  • #45
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
 
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  • #46
Doesn't look to modern too me :confused: :confused: :confused:
:biggrin:

:smile:

Have you seen Cornell's campus? Honestly, I believe it to be the best looking campus ever.
 
  • #47
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
 
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  • #48
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

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  • #49
Shoemaker building, also nice.

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9369/pict0014cp7.jpg
 
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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.
 
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