Why did you choose UMBC?
The paper should answer the question Why did you choose UMBC? First, you can talk about how the school’s reputation about being heavy on STEM is one of the reasons. I wanted a school that was more academically rigorous and UMBC fit under the category I was looking for. Besides that, UMBC has a lot of research and internship opportunities which is my other reason. Finally, it’s the diversity and I used to hear that a lot of students at UMBC really do want to excel in school and that’s just the type of people I wanted to be surrounded by. It has to be 200 words.