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 * About 69% of applicants are permitted
 * About 85% of them return for their sophomore year
 * In-state tuition $9,171 a year
 * Out-of-state tuition $19,108
 * Required units: English: 4, Foreign Language: 2, Math: 3, Science: 3 (though 4 is suggested), Social Studies: 3
 * Essay and SAT of ACT scores required for admission, but secondary school record, standardized test scores, and high school GPA, class rank, recommendations, and talent and ability, while not necessary, are highly important, and character and personality and extracurricular activities are considered
 * Admission fee is $50
 * Room and board $9,620
 * Offers Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degree
 * 5 miles from Baltimore, 35 from D.C
 * The one subject most students major in is Social Studies at 17%
 * 72% of freshmen live on campus
 * 1,704 out of 2,088 transfer students are accepted
 * Offers badminton, baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cricket, cross-country, diving, football, fencing, field hockey, handball, ice hockey, lacrosse, judo, rugby, rowing, sailing, soccer, skiing, swimming, softball, track and field, indoor and outdoor track, tennis, volleyball, ultimate frisbee, wrestling, and weightlifting, jujitsu, aikido, cycling, ballroom dance, tae kwon doe, and sky diving
 * 1,110 computers stations available, which are available in libraries, student centers, computer centers, and dorms
 * Cost per credit hour: $278 in-state, $691 out-of-state
 * Books cost around $1,200 a year
 * Personal expenses estimated at $1,450 a year
 * 3% of men and women join fraternities and sororities respectively
 * Has over 200 clubs

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 * Current president C.D "Dan" Mote Jr.
 * Has an Alumini Association
 * First president Benjamin Hallowell
 * Land bought on March 6th, 1856
 * Land bought from Charles Benedict Calvert
 * Originally started as Maryland Agricultural College
 * Only 34 students originally enrolled
 * All applications done online
 * First degrees awarded in 1862
 * George Washington Custis Lee, the son of Robert E. Lee, was president in 1867, but didn't stay there for even a year
 * The first Korean to earn a U.S degree went there, was killed by a train shortly after graduating
 * Wright brothers build College Park Airport there in 1909
 * First women enrolled in 1916
 * Dr. Wallace Loh will be president starting November 2010
 * In University System of Maryland
 * Have libraries, book stores, dining, athletic facilites, and much more
 * First African American student enrolls in 1951
 * First organized into different buildings in 1919
 * College goes bankrupt and becomes preparatory school from 1864-1867, but opens back in October 1967, and pays off debt by 1873
 * Accepts international students
 * First Chinese student enrolled in 1918