r/UMBC • • Dec 10 '18

UMBC Discord Server!

90 Upvotes

Hello fellow UMBC students!

So a friend of mine and I have created a Discord server for the UMBC campus. We think it would be a great way to make connections with peers and share study help, meetups, memes, and anything related to UMBC. The invite is here! Good luck to @everyone with your finals!

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EDIT: Formatting


r/UMBC • • 3h ago

My roommate

15 Upvotes

Yall I need help. My roommate brought her boyfriend over and they were in the same bed. I felt extremely uncomfortable and as im writing this i haven't gone back up, im in the 1st floor lounge. Im genuinely scared to go back up but I need to. Im now seriously considering changing roommates.

P.S. she didnt tell me that he was coming over and I haven't brought my parents in while she's there.


r/UMBC • • 6h ago

Is Homecoming happening this year?

11 Upvotes

I haven’t seen any emails or mail or notifications about events happening, does anyone on campus know whats going on?


r/UMBC • • 55m ago

research opportunities for meche majors

• Upvotes

hey ive been wanting to get into research in my major for a while, worried how it would be since i have no experience and no idea how rigorous the research here is. does anyone recommend any interesting engineering labs or professors worth talking to


r/UMBC • • 3h ago

Missing keys

1 Upvotes

This girl lost her car keys. They’re silver and not attached to anything.

If you happen to find them please let me know! Or if you know of what campus resources to reach out to, thank would also be appreciated.

Thank you!!


r/UMBC • • 7h ago

Need some advice for classes next semester

1 Upvotes

Hello guys I am a junior biology major and for next semester I was planning on doing PHYS112 and BIOL300L since I will be finishing PHYS111 this semester. The problem is BIOL300L has a lecture now and it overlaps with physics. I need to take bio lab next semester as i still need 2 upper level labs to graduate and i want to just get physics over with so i don’t forget and i can take them in sequence. What should I do?


r/UMBC • • 8h ago

Cmsc 461 Kalpakis exam tips

1 Upvotes

I have Kalpakis 461 midterm exam worth 35% of my grade soon. Ive heard that its very sql heavy but some of the questions or parts of the test are trick questions or weirdly formatted. Anyone that has already taken the class with him have any tips or help?


r/UMBC • • 14h ago

Jennifer Hughes - BIOL 109

1 Upvotes

Has anyone took her for BIOL 109, specially in the Winter? If so how is the class?


r/UMBC • • 7h ago

Spacious 1 BR + Home Office Basement Suite in Ellicott City

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0 Upvotes

This spacious ~800 sq. ft. basement suite features a private entrance, dedicated home office, full kitchen, in-unit laundry, and independent climate control with free high-speed Wi-Fi. Near the intersection of Montgomery and Waterloo Roads. Ideal for a clean, quiet single professional, it is located near major commuter routes and tech/medical hubs for $2,000 per month (plus 1/4 utilities), available starting November 17.

Craigslist listing link with more information: https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/ellicott-city-spacious-br-home-office/5zMoZp5ZsJwYy6Uk8JUBbx


r/UMBC • • 1d ago

Need some advice on wether to take BIOC 438 and PHYS 122 for Spring 2027

3 Upvotes

Yo, what is this timeslot for BIOC 438. There is one class at 8:45-9:50 AM MWF. For physics, exams are on 8-8:50 on Monday.

I am a junior bioc major and it's pretty frustrating that I can't take both at the same time. If I take BIOC 438 and PHYS 122, it'd be a continuation of this semester, 437 & 121. However, since I can't take both at the same time due to the time slots being overlapping, which one should I take in the spring semester and which one in the fall.

BIOC is with Prof Songon An

Physics is with Prof Cody Goolsby-Cole


r/UMBC • • 1d ago

BIOL 416 with Maricel Kann

1 Upvotes

Hi! Has anyone taken BIOL 416 with Maricel Kann? What was your experience like in the class, and would you consider it a relatively easy 400-level BIOL elective? This would also be my first computer science-related class at UMBC, so would you recommend taking it without any prior experience, or do you think I would struggle?


r/UMBC • • 1d ago

spring off campus housing

2 Upvotes

Hi! I’m a female junior student im interested in finding an off campus housing just for the spring semester ^^ my budget is around 500-1000! the cheaper the better <3 pls lmk if anyone’s looking for a housemate!

alternatively, if anyone knows any good apartments around the area pls lmk!


r/UMBC • • 2d ago

UMBC application questions after submitting Common App

6 Upvotes

I will submit my common app for UMBC tomorrow. I now see on the website that after I apply I will get an email and I will have to confirm supporting documents were received and complete the “required application questions”. Does that all need to happen before the early action Nov 1 deadline?


r/UMBC • • 2d ago

UMBC alumni application fee waiver

2 Upvotes

Hi! My daughter is a Maryland high school senior applying to UMBC for Fall 2027.

Are there any UMBC alumni here who participate in the referral program and have an unused code they’d be willing to offer?


r/UMBC • • 2d ago

West Hill vs Walker

1 Upvotes

hii i’m currently living jn hillside and thinking about either doing west hill or walker next year

if someone has lived in both and can compare the major pros and cons of both that would be great — but i also had a few questions specifically abt west hill

• how big are the individual rooms (compared to hillside if possible)
• how is the bathroom situation
• how thin are the walls (asking bcuz hillside has the thinnest walls ever 😭)

also is that thing abt mold in west hill true …
thx!


r/UMBC • • 2d ago

PBHL420 with Dr. Park

3 Upvotes

Hello! I’m currently taking pbhl 300 with Dr. R and 420 with Dr. Park so, I’m very much aware of the fact that Dr. R is a way more lenient teacher with less workload. However, she is not teaching 420 next semester and I would like to take 420 so that it could possibly transfer and satisfy a major req at UMD.

I want to know if Dr. Park’s 420 classes are hard and how they compare to either Dr. R’s 420 or his 202 class.


r/UMBC • • 4d ago

UMBC Queer Student Alliance has been founded

49 Upvotes

We've founded a Queer Student Alliance and are trying to gain enough traction to go for SGA approval. If you're interested, join and follow!

We are also looking for officers. Please apply if interested.

Thank you!

https://linktr.ee/qsaumbc


r/UMBC • • 3d ago

Course with Culture (C)

3 Upvotes

Does anyone know a good class to take for this, i’m having trouble finding one.


r/UMBC • • 4d ago

Am I tripping or did the food portions become smaller at Commons? The food looks more expensive and more rationed.

29 Upvotes

I just bought something from halal shack today, it only had big bowls, but the portions were unbelievably rationed more than yesterday, I was able to see the food drowning deeper in the bowl.


r/UMBC • • 4d ago

Jubilee Singers

23 Upvotes

Hey guys! I posted a while back about my audition and it went really well! I got in and I’m super excited to be back in choir in January since I haven’t been in choir since March.


r/UMBC • • 4d ago

BIOL414 with Philip Farabaugh

3 Upvotes

Has anyone taken this class with him? If so, how was it? What's the workload like? How is he as a professor? It's listed as writing intensive too, so like....what does that look like in a biology class?? And if someone has the syllabus, send it my way please!!

thanks so much!!


r/UMBC • • 4d ago

Calc 3 or diffeq in summer

2 Upvotes

hi everyone, I’m a sophomore in chemE and to not make myself behind, I have to take a math class in the summer. I have to decide if I should take calc 3 or diff eq in the summer. does anyone have any advice? I was thinking maybe diff eq in summer since I’m im calc 2 now and it will be easier to do calc 3 in a row


r/UMBC • • 4d ago

Prof xiaofang xue psych 230? Anyone

1 Upvotes

r/UMBC • • 5d ago

Too depressed to study. (Just venting)

51 Upvotes

I havent studied for the past 2 days and i dont feel like today either. I was suddenly terminated yesterday from a new job i was at after only 1 week due to some stupid lack of communication on their end. I had to look for a bew job because my previous employer quite literally ghosted me. I was working as a new dental assistant and i told him when he hired me that I had very little experience so I would need alot of training.

Well i guess he probably thought I wasn't serious so after like 4 months of working with him he tells me towards the end of august "you wont have hours the whole week of september because im looking to hire a new dentist" which makes ZERO sense why i couldn't get hours because everyone else in the office was still working.

He told me hed hear from me again towards end if september. Well now we are nearing november and I never heard back from him.

I filed for unemployment. It was my first time so I made some mistakes on the application and now im waiting for an appeal to be approved so I wont get financial help anytime soon.

Well after getting terminated so suddenly yesterday from the new job I was offered my depression has returned and I dont want to do anything. I just want to go home and stay in my bed.

Im already not doing well in my classes but I was starting to improve and even got a better score on my recent midterm but now that im depressed again idk what will happen with this semester.

Im literally so tired of worrying about work when im taking classes. I dont want to work. I wish i could just focus on my semesters and nothing else. Im so fckin tired man.


r/UMBC • • 4d ago

Selling Dog since family member developed allergy :(

0 Upvotes

Hello, sadly I am helping a family member sell their Dog unfortunately one of my family members kids has developed an allergy to the dog :(. It is a Maltese breed if you have any questions send me a private DM I will be checking constantly over the next couple of days. I will not be responding to comments under this unless you tell me to check DM.

Looking for a good family preferably have had a dog previously.

(also I did post this 1 week ago but put the wrong breed so reposting)