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UMUC for master
#1
I'm considering UMUC (university of Maryland university college ) for graduate school.

The Master of Science in information technology with a software engineering specialization.


Any recommendations, warnings, or advises.
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#2
My only warning: they have a stupid name.
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#3
A really stupid name. I'm from Maryland. I hate the name. I'm such a name snob
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#4
I have to agree they have a stupid name - but it's not as bad as any of the big 3.
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#5
Excelsior is kind of a dumb name but the other two are pretty vanilla names.
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(02-25-2018, 05:16 PM)videogamesrock Wrote: I have to agree they have a stupid name - but it's not as bad as any of the big 3.

Charter Oak State College seems legit enough.

Thomas Edison State University is a bit odd, though not much different from Western Governors University.

Excelsior is a pretty bad name.
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(02-25-2018, 05:30 PM)Thorne Wrote:
(02-25-2018, 05:16 PM)videogamesrock Wrote: I have to agree they have a stupid name - but it's not as bad as any of the big 3.

Charter Oak State College seems legit enough.

Thomas Edison State University is a bit odd, though not much different from Western Governors University.

Excelsior is a pretty bad name.

What's odd about TESU?  Thomas Edison was a very famous American inventor, who lived and worked in NJ.  Makes sense that they would name a college after him.  There are LOTS of colleges named after people (Stanford, Yale, Harvard, Brown, Cornell - were all named after people).
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(02-25-2018, 05:54 PM)dfrecore Wrote:
(02-25-2018, 05:30 PM)Thorne Wrote:
(02-25-2018, 05:16 PM)videogamesrock Wrote: I have to agree they have a stupid name - but it's not as bad as any of the big 3.

Charter Oak State College seems legit enough.

Thomas Edison State University is a bit odd, though not much different from Western Governors University.

Excelsior is a pretty bad name.

What's odd about TESU?  Thomas Edison was a very famous American inventor, who lived and worked in NJ.  Makes sense that they would name a college after him.  There are LOTS of colleges named after people (Stanford, Yale, Harvard, Brown, Cornell - were all named after people).

It's probably the fact that they used the full name. Had it been just "Edison State University" it would sound a little less like a middle school.
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(02-25-2018, 06:50 PM)davewill Wrote: It's probably the fact that they used the full name. Had it been just "Edison State University" it would sound a little less like a middle school.

Haha!  You're right.  And, I just happened to go to Louis Pasteur Jr. High School, which immediately came to mind when you said that.
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EXAMS: TECEP Tech Wrtg, Comp II, LA Math, PR, Computers  DSST Computers, Pers Fin  CLEP Mgmt, Mktg
COURSES: TESU Capstone  Study.com Pers Fin, Microecon, Stats  Ed4Credit Acct 2  PF Fin Mgmt  ALEKS Int & Coll Alg  Sophia Proj Mgmt The Institutes - Ins Ethics  Kaplan PLA
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#10
I really like TESU's name. I like COSC too although "College" is not as good.

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