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=﻿University of Maryland, College Park=

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 * 1) Tuition for in-state: $8,416
 * 2) Tuition for out of state: $24,831
 * 3) Room and board: 0n campus-$9,599 At home-$3,828 Commuting-$9,377
 * 4) Type of school: public, four-year, coed
 * 5) 68% of students have a 3.75 GPA or high
 * 6) sports include: badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, cheer-leading, cross country, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, ice hockey, racquetball, rugby, rowing, sailing, soccer, softball, swimming, softball, table tennis, tennis, track and field, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, wrestling.
 * 7) team name is terrapins (also known as the turtles)
 * 8) 93% of first year students live in college housing
 * 9) housing options include: coed housing, woman's housing, single student apartments, fraternity/sorority housing, and wellness house
 * 10) there is special housing for disabled and international students
 * 11) middle 50% of first year students SAT reading scores are 580-680
 * 12) middle 50% of first year students SAT math scores are 620-710
 * 13) 42% of applicants admitted
 * 14) 93% come back for sophomore year
 * 15) application fee (both regular and online) is $55
 * 16) 21% of bachelor degrees have majors in social sciences
 * 17) has a student newspaper called Diamondback
 * 18) 13% of men join fraternity
 * 19) 10% of women join sororities
 * 20) has a engineering wind tunnel and nuclear reactor

official site
 * 1) sports slogan: "fear the turtle"
 * 2) school colors are black, white, red, and yellow (Maryland flag colors)
 * 3) school mascot is Testudo the diamondback terrapin
 * 4) the diamondback terrapin is also the Maryland state reptile
 * 5) destinations for study abroad programs include Spain, UK, China, Germany, Israel, France and Italy
 * 6) has over 100 majors available
 * 7) requires 4 years of English
 * 8) requires 3 years of math, including algebra 1, 2 and geometry
 * 9) 4 years of math are preferred
 * 10) requires 3 years of history/ social studies
 * 11) requires 3 years of science
 * 12) requires two years of foreign language
 * 13) 50% of first year students join special programs
 * 14) was ranked #8 in //Kiplinger's personal// finance magazine "100 best values in public colleges"
 * 15) you can apply to various merit based scholarships or need based finacial aid
 * 16) estimated tutition + other fees is $22,115 for residents
 * 17) estamated tution + other fees is $38,530 for non-residents
 * 18) it is a tradition to rub the nose of the Testudo staute on campus for good-luck
 * 19) people often leave offerings to the testudo statue in hopes they will get good luck for final exams
 * 20) from the 1920s to 60s freshmen were requied to wer beanies everywhere on campus