Tue, 02 Sep 2003 04:00:00 -0400
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UMBC’s Impressive Incoming Classes

UMBC�s reputation just got hotter with the arrival of our incoming undergraduate and graduate classes. This year�s freshman class of 1550 is our largest since 1986. Graduate School enrollment is on the rise, and 500 new graduate students will attend UMBC this year. We also welcome 1100 talented transfer students.

Our incoming freshman class boasts an impressive and diverse list of achievements.

*Their average SAT is 1220. The average SAT for incoming UMBC Honors College students is 1400.

*They are extremely accomplished, and include: National Merit Scholars, Eagle Scouts, Model U.N. participants, community activists, chess champions, members of all-state choruses, Baltimore Sun and Washington Post 1st -team athletes.

*Their future goals include becoming a member of Congress and joining the Foreign Service.

Our new graduate students are already becoming well known in their fields.

*They come from prestigious undergraduate programs at MIT, University of Virginia, University of Texas at Austin, James Madison University, University of Beijing, University of Illinois, and the University of Wisconsin. And UMBC, of course.

*They include a principal and co-principal investigator on several NIMH grants; a Fulbright Scholar; a first author publishing in prestigious journals and presenting at international conferences; and a 2002 Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies Cooperative Research Fellow.

Watch this space for individual profiles of the newest members of the UMBC community.