r/UMD 17d ago

Discussion This Week at UMD - August 17, 2026

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Welcome to r/UMD’s weekly open thread. Feel free to promote your student events, talk about upcoming sports games, big happenings on campus, list items for sale, or just talk about your week. Go Terps!

Also join the UMD Discord!


r/UMD 3d ago

Discussion This Week at UMD - August 31, 2026

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Welcome to r/UMD’s weekly open thread. Feel free to promote your student events, talk about upcoming sports games, big happenings on campus, list items for sale, or just talk about your week. Go Terps!

Also join the UMD Discord!


r/UMD 13h ago

Help Found pandora(?) bracelet outside of the physics building

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Found it around 5:30 ish, will bring it to the service desk at stamp. hope it finds its owner.


r/UMD 7h ago

Discussion Power Outage - South Campus(The Standard)

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The power went out in the southern apartments area. Im at the Standard. Is anyone else having this issue?


r/UMD 11h ago

Help making friends as a transfer

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I transferred here last semester as a Animal Science major and I still have yet to make friends. i have made acquaintances, but nothing really stuck. i have tried to make friends in my classes, but a lot of the people i've tried to talk to just seemed stand offish. it was really hard transfering in the middle of the school year and i had a really tough time. i am now living off campus, which makes it more hard to reach out. im just posting here to show my interests and see if i can make some friends or join a group :)

really any genre of movie, marvel + DC (especially spiderman), music (Conan Gray, The Cure, The B-52s, Queen, Pheobe Bridgers etc), theatre (musical theatre, classic plays), comedy shows (parks and recreation, ap bio), snoopy, history, anything pop culture, comic book shopping, record collecting, trixie and katya (really drag race in general)


r/UMD 5h ago

Housing Parking at Courtyards

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Hi everyone. So I don’t drive and I’m at the Courtyards. Can my parents just park in an open spot by my building since I don’t have a vehicle? I was just curious about how this works.


r/UMD 8h ago

Help Does anyone know student barbers?

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I’m looking for a barber on campus the off campus ones want 50 per cut.


r/UMD 6h ago

Discussion Any umd barbers on campus?

2 Upvotes

Need a tough barber who is on campus


r/UMD 18h ago

Photo Just Atlantic building things

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r/UMD 13h ago

Discussion Parent Plus loan not posted

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My daughter is a freshman at UMD. The first week of fall classes are wrapping up and my Parent Plus loan has still not been posted/applied to her account? I called the financial aid office a few weeks ago because my daughter was starting to stress out about her classes being dropped and having to continue living at home (the horror!) .

After sitting on hold for 1.5 hours the person I spoke with was able to find my loan approval. She said it was there but hadn't been processed because the Big Beautiful Bill's new requirements were delaying everything. The 9/20 grace period is quickly approaching and since the BBB is limiting loan amounts for Parent Plus loans--I have to set up a payment plan for the gap amount. My daughter js having the time of her life away at UMD and now I am the one stressing out.

Before I call--again--and sit on the phone for 2 hours--again--is anyone else still waiting for their Parent Plus loans to disburse?


r/UMD 10h ago

Help How to connect to eduroam without SecureW2

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Windows and Apple devices

  1. If you have previously connected to eduroam successfully and can no longer do so, remove it from your saved networks
    • On windows 11, go to Settings > Network & internet > Wi-Fi > Manage know networks and click the Forget button next to eduroam
    • For apple devices, follow these instructions to forget the eduroam network
  2. Select eduroam from the list of available Wi-Fi networks
  3. In the username box, enter your UMD username​@umd.edu
    • Your UMD username is the username you use to log in to Testudo and Canvas, also known as your Directory ID.
    • You must put @umd.edu after your username. You cannot omit this, nor can you use ‌@terpmail.umd.edu
  4. In the password box, enter your UMD passphrase
    • This is the same password you use when logging in to Testudo and Canvas
  5. Click Connect
  6. Accept any warnings that may appear

Android Devices

  1. If you have previously connected to eduroam successfully and can no longer do so, remove it from your saved networks.
    • On Samsung devices, go to Settings > Connections > Wi-Fi > ⋮ > Advanced settings > Manage networks > eduroam > Forget
    • On most other Android devices, go to Settings > Network & internet > Saved networks > eduroam > Forget
  2. Select eduroam from the list of available Wi-Fi networks
  3. In the CA certificate dropdown menu, select Use system certificates
    • Leave all other dropdown menus at their default values.
  4. In the Domain box, enter umd.edu
  5. In the username box, enter your UMD username​@umd.edu
    • Your UMD username is the username you use to log in to Testudo and Canvas, also known as your Directory ID.
    • You must put @umd.edu after your username. You cannot omit this, nor can you use ‌@terpmail.umd.edu
  6. In the password box, enter your UMD passphrase
    • This is the same password you use when logging in to Testudo and Canvas
  7. IMPORTANT EXTRA STEP FOR NON-SAMSUNG DEVICES: Delete ALL text from the Anonymous Identity box. It must be completely blank, otherwise it will not work.
  8. Tap Connect or Save
  9. Accept any warnings that may appear

r/UMD 8h ago

Help GA Grant

2 Upvotes

I still haven’t received my grant and I emailed the UMD financial office. I called MDCAPS and they said they have no update. I have been receiving it for three years. What should I do?


r/UMD 5h ago

Discussion I'm a UMD student and I built an app so neighbors can borrow (or lend) the stuff that just sits in the garage. Check it out!

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r/UMD 18h ago

Academic Is InfoSci really as weak as some people say? How much do minors help

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I'm in the fall of my junior year and have been in infosci for a couple semesters now, I've heard troubling stuff about the infosci major not being enough to prepare people for the workforce and the grade distributions in the classes being way skewed. I am split between adding a minor to get more technical skills (leaning towards something like GIS?) or trying to switch into the InfoSys school in smith (I happen to have completed most of the lower level smith courses or equivalents from InfoSci and would only need to switch a 2 classes before the drop date/get my GPA from a 3.59 to a 3.6, so its feasible to apply this semester i think). Is the extra rigor from InfoSys and the benefits of the smith school worth probably having to take an extra year or would it be better to try and augment InfoSci to make it more competitive? Would love advice from anyone with experience in these fields.


r/UMD 15h ago

Housing Looking for place to live for this Fall

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Hello!

I currently don’t have any housing and I’m trying to find a place to live for this semester. Does anyone know any places or apartments for a female student that are less than $1000. Or if there are any resources to find a place. The off campus housing data base hasn’t been super helpful.

Thanks!


r/UMD 14h ago

Help Computer repair?

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Are there any good computer repair spots near or at UMD? I have an HP laptop that’s been kinda falling apart for a while now. The screen came apart from the hinge so opening or closing the laptop came at a genuine risk of just popping the entire screen off. I managed to fix it with some epoxy, but I knew it wouldn’t hold forever. Eight months later and it is now officially breaking again and I think it’s time I take it to get actually repaired. Are there places at or near UMD where I can get a laptop fixed? I tried Terrapin Tech the first time it broke but they either couldn’t help me or weren’t available.


r/UMD 13h ago

Help Keys

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Hey yall, yesterday around 4-8 pm I had lost my keys and I’m not sure if anyone has seen them. could be at the learning and teaching center or tydings if anyone finds them lmk! It’s just some keys and a key fob if anyone has seen them.


r/UMD 19h ago

Help How do yall get to Campus from New Carrollton Station?

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Hi, I commute from New Carrollton station to Campus around 10:15 am and was wondering how you guys get to campus or if you guys know any routes I’m not thinking of.

The P31 (formerly F6) is almost always delayed so it doesn’t come at 10:30 and I end up riding the 11 AM one arriving to campus late.

Is there another way to do this commute that could get me to campus by 11 AM? There use to be a few people who I’d see doing the same commute as me but I rarely see them anymore so idk if they found a better route or something.

Would appreciate any help!


r/UMD 17h ago

Academic Vera Rhoads / Beth St Jean - INST352

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Thinking of switching Vera Rhoads for Beth St Jean. Beth St Jean is rated much better but has discussion on fridays. Anyone have insight?


r/UMD 22h ago

Help No canvas yet

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Anyone else taking Inst 352 with Vera and still doesn’t have the elms page ? It says that it’s not published yet and her first online lecture is today …


r/UMD 1d ago

Discussion Making friends

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Okay I'm just gonna shoot my shot here. I'm a UMD junior that transferred in last spring. Yesterday I was reading a webtoon in the dining hall (south) and to the girl who came up to me and asked what I was reading (and then dapped me up), I realized too late that I should've asked for your contact info. You seemed cool and I want to be friends. UMD's a big school so I'm hoping I can find you on here. But also anyone else who likes to read comics/webtoons please reply too. I want to get to know more people.


r/UMD 1d ago

Discussion Where are all the older undergrad students?

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I’m in my late 20s doing my second bachelor’s in engineering here. Everyone I’ve met in my program so far has been nice, but I’ve got nearly a decade on most of the folks in my classes and it would be great to talk to some folks my age.

Are there any groups or events or spots around campus that draw in the 25+ crowd?


r/UMD 20h ago

Academic No open seats on INST346

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Why is every class for 346 waitlisted, will they add more course during drop/add period?


r/UMD 20h ago

Academic BSCI 451 Mam Phys Lab

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has anyone taken this? what was it like, what do you do in it, is it hard, etc...


r/UMD 17h ago

Academic Phys161

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What youtuber helped you pass physics?