The Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program supports, inspires, and empowers talented undergraduate students as they address society's most pressing problems. Through service-learning, internships, activism, leadership, and research, Sondheim Scholars work alongside communities and prepare for impactful careers in public service fields such as government, policy, law, non-profit leadership, education, healthcare, and environmental sustainability.

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The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (often referred to as UMBC) is a public research university in Baltimore County, Maryland. It has a fall 2019 enrollment of 13,602 students, 61 undergraduate majors, over 92 graduate programs (38 masters, 25 doctoral, and 29 graduate certificate programs) and the first university research park in Maryland. It is classified among &quot;R2: Doctoral Universities &ndash; High research activity&quot;.

Established as a part of the University of Maryland System in 1966, the university became the first public college or university in Maryland to be inclusive of all races. UMBC has the fourth-highest enrollment in&nbsp;the University System of Maryland, specializing in natural sciences and engineering, as well as programs in the liberal arts and social sciences. Athletically, the UMBC Retrievers have 17 NCAA Division I teams that participate in the America East Conference.

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On-campus Accommodation

The&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Residential Life&quot; is responsible to find the best accommodation for&nbsp;the students&nbsp;according to their liking.

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	<li>There are various residential housing available at the university such as the&nbsp;Chesapeake Hall, Erickson Hall, Harbor Hall, Patapsco Hall, Potomac Hall, Susquehanna Hall,&nbsp;Hillside Apartments, Terrace Apartments, Walker Avenue Apartments and the West Hill Apartments.</li>
	<li>Apart from housing the university also provides dining and gym facilities to all its students.</li>
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Off-campus Accommodations -&nbsp;

The university helps its students who want to opt for off-campus accommodations according to their preferences.

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Brian Rowland &ndash; Canada men&#39;s national soccer team

Mohamed Hussein &ndash; Professional Swimmer

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International students will find the University of Maryland&#39;s admissions process to be quite welcoming, and the procedure is also very manageable. Furthermore, the admissions process for foreign and domestic students is very comparable.

Application Portal -&nbsp;<a href="https://undergraduate.umbc.edu/international/first-year-international/">Apply Now!</a>

Application Fee:&nbsp;UG -&nbsp;USD 75 ||&nbsp;PG -&nbsp;USD 50.

The&nbsp;University of Maryland, Baltimore County has a very beautiful campus.

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	<li>The students admire and enjoy the student associations and clubs that are available at the university.</li>
	<li>The Resident Student Association and Student Events Board provide social programming during all academic semesters at UMBC.</li>
	<li>Over 220 student-run organizations exist on campus.</li>
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In conclusion, we here at Azent would definitely recommend you this university. The&nbsp;University of Maryland, Baltimore County&nbsp;has everything that a student can look for in terms of the best education.&nbsp;

The UMBC is known as the Honor University of Maryland because it attracts outstanding students who will be able to work with professors that work on developing the student's discipline. According to Yelp reviews of the faculty, students claim that the faculty is all very well-qualified and that professors establish great relationships with their students always keeping in mind their student's success; also, they claim that the classes are very challenging yet rewarding.

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Both foreign and domestic students can apply for financial help at UMBC. Loans, scholarships, grants, parent loans, prizes, and other forms of financial help are available to students. Every semester, the institution offers merit-based scholarships, which students can apply for using an online general scholarship application form.

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	<li>Richard K Barksdale Scholarship Fund</li>
	<li>Roger Michael Davis Endowed Scholarship</li>
	<li>AEGON Scholars Program</li>
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The campus size of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County is 500 acres and it counts with more than 30 buildings not including the housing halls.

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	<li>Besides all the building diversity the campus has beautiful green areas and even students developed some projects of green roofs to research the impact on hydrology, or the flow of water through the landscape&nbsp;now both the Residential Life Community Center and the Administration Building possess green roofs.</li>
	<li>Furthermore, the campus offers students different services like daycare, health insurance, health service and security service maintaining a 24-hour police staff for any inconvenience&nbsp;that takes place.</li>
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infrastructure

The UMBC is located in the Hilltop Circle in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, limiting with the communities of Catonsville and Arbutus, 10 minutes away from downtown Baltimore City and just 9 minutes away from the Baltimore&ndash;Washington International Airport. Its setting is suburban, even though is not located in the city, supermarkets like Save-A-Lot, Giant and Weis Markets #89 are 6 minutes away from campus for those students that do not have a meal plan and like to do their own groceries. However, most of the students prefer to buy meals at&nbsp;restaurants nearby like Chick-fil-A which&nbsp;is set on campus or Subway which is located a few blocks away.

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The university is known for its placement record and it&nbsp;offers its students&nbsp;periodic placement testing phases.

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	<li>The university also helps&nbsp;its students in&nbsp;terms of mock interviews, career planning workshops, resume building, etc.&nbsp;through the university&rsquo;s placement centre.</li>
	<li>The average salary of a Master&#39;s&nbsp;graduate is around $100000-$120000.</li>
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The weather in Baltimore, Maryland is partly cloudy year-round, during the year the average low and high temperature can go from 30&deg;F to 89&deg;F. Summers last&nbsp;for approximately 3 months and a half usually from June to the first week of September and mostly the summer days are hot and humid. In contrast, the cold season lasts for about 3 months too, usually from December to March and commonly the winter&#39;s days are very windy and chilly; however, the temperature is rarely below 18&deg;F. In brief, if moving to Baltimore to apply to the UMBC is the plan, with a good jacket for the windy days you will be good to go.

Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program

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