• There are various sports facilities for basketball, swimming, baseball, football and indoor games like snooker, chess, table tennis, and many more. A lot of events takes place throughout the year.

• Through whatsapp or facebook groups, I was able to connect with like minded people who were looking for accommodation.
• People can also look on websites like apartments.com or zillow to find the best suited apartment for them.
• The average rent for entire 2bhk apartment will be 1300-1400 usd

• My college has 2 campuses one in Catonsville and one more in college park
• My campus have library. Activity center for sports, fitness, pool, basketball court, volleyball court, tennis court, badminton court. Gym, Zumba classes. They also have medical and emergency services
• Major events like orientation for new students, bonfire event, fairgrounds, Diwali, Ganesh chaturthi, holi, thanksgiving events
• Extracurricular activities like sports even. Matches, traditional events and Indian students organization called EKTA community

• I found accommodation through my college social media groups like whatsapp, telegram, instagram, facebook
• My monthly rent is $1500 which was shared by 4 people. So it would be $320 per person excluding WiFi and electricity which costs around $50
• Challenges like calculating the distance from my house to university was big difficult as I’m new to this state
• My recommendation would be search for instagram or telegram accounts of the university international students
• My accommodation was 3 miles from my university or 8kms from my university

• UMBC has two campuses, and the other one is called Shady Grove.
• The main campus has a large library and a great gym called the RAC (Recreation Activity Center) with facilities for tennis, swimming, and basketball. Most sports matches are held at the Chesapeake Arena.
• We also have RIH(retriever integrated health), which provides medical services and mental health counseling.

• I live off-campus, as most graduate students do because it’s more affordable and a great way to connect with other graduates.
• My monthly rent is around $400-450. There are plenty of housing options, but the better ones are farther from campus. Nearby housing often has issues with pests and rodents. And also it's difficult to find accommodation nearby.
• There are some Indian groups on Facebook called EKTA for housing updates at UMBC. And also WhatsApp group but it is available only after admission.

• My college has one campus

• Gym is available, Pantry, table tennis, swimming pool indoor and outdoor, Tennis lawn, badminton court, Pool table, foosball, starbucks, chick fill a, dunkin donuts, big library with many rooms to study in. Health center for vaccines and blood tests

• Major events - Home coming (contains fun carnivals, 5k runs etc), Holi party and Diwali party organized by indian student organization
   

• I opted for off campus housing as we have control over the expenses for wifi and electricity. We can share a room with another roommate that reduces rent per head.
• Monthly rent - 300$ included dishwasher, laundry, stove, oven (not microwave oven)
• Challenges - lot of students like to stay close to the university so finding an accommodation near the university is extremely competitive.
  My accommodation was 10 min walk away from the university called Westland gardens. That's where most of the UMBC indians students stay.

Well, coming to clubs and co-curricular activities there are a lot! A lot!!! It's only been 1 month since my college started every single day there will be an event in my college. The things like library and sports facilities are very good.

I prefer off-campus housing there are various apartments near UMBC like West Land Gardens, Mount Ridge Apartments and Jamestown Apartments. These are the popular apartments in which students live. Some prefer to live on campus too.

WIFI is available all the time on campus, it's free! We have a huge 6 storey building all dedicated to Library, you may see it's picture online. For sports, we have indoor and outdoor court for all sports. When it comes to clubs, UMBC has multiple clubs for all communities, for Indians we have HSC, Hindu Student Community, they organize events quite frequently to keep us connected with our roots.

UMBC provide on campus accommodation as well. But we choose to live outside but near the campus, rent will be around $280-$350 monthly for a shared room, without utilities like electricity and water bill. Two people sharing a room. You can find rooms with 2 Bedrooms, 3 Bedrooms or 4-5 bedrooms around the campus area, they all include basement. Almost all apartments have all kinds of facility, some may lack a laundry unit and dish washer.

There is always something or the other going on campus. There is Graduate Student Association for Grad students which is very helpful and organize lot of events.

It is always sharing. If a room is shared per month rent goes around 300 USD.

The library, campus WiFi and sports facilities are up to the mark at UMBC as they have been recently renovated, sports facilities include an indoor gym, swimming pool, basketball court, badminton court, mini football court, volleyball court and a running track. The outdoor facilities include an outdoor swimming pool, lacrose field.

Usually students get shared accommodations as majority of the cost is split there by reducing the financial burden on the student, on an average accommodations can range from 1500$ - 2100$.