UMD is not worth the stress, low QoL, and crazy admissions rates.
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The GPA was too low. |
I completely disagree. Schools are looking for a certain profile. |
Been great for my kid. |
Excuse my ignorance but has the SATs gotten significantly easier since the late 90s, early 2000? I looked at average scores at various colleges today and they all seem so high! No way back when I took it could that many people get scores in mid-high 1400s. Are we talking about the same test? My kids are nowhere near college age so I haven't paid attention to how the test has changed. |
Nothing to do with UMD. |
They have gotten easier but umd also has gotten more competitive A lot more gunners and gunner fams live in md in 2024 compared to 1998 |
The scaling has changed to target around 1000 as average. There is around a 150 pt difference vs. the older test. There have been several iterations, but the scale change was in April 1995 (I just Googled it). So 1500 today might have been 1350ish back then. |
Maryland demographics in 2000:
5.2 million people, 200k asians. mayland demographics in 2020: 6 million people, 384k asians. so yes, it's a lot more competitive admissions landscape. |
Yes, keep trying with testing. UMD really cares about numbers, weighted GPA, which your kid has, and scores. Have you tried ACT? Try a practice test and Princeton Review book. Mine took a practice, didn't score great, but liked the test better than SAT, so we got the Princeton Review book, and she worked through that and took several practice tests along the way. In the actual, she scored a 35 on the first try, which was awesome, since testing for her is like taking a roll at the craps table sometimes. Might be worth a try. |
Yes, it is.
S24 was offered spring admission with SAT over 1400 (700 or higher on both subsections) and a 4.0 unweighted GPA. APs/honors, varsity athlete, thousands of volunteer hours. He chose another in state school because he doesn’t like the idea of evening classes to start college. I thought he was lucky to even get a chance because he goes to private school. |
The scale was changed again much more recently but the scores are normed nationally. Same with AP. It’s just a USNWR/TO game. |
What county?
I think my kid got in partly due to the obvious (GPA, etc) and also the county where we live. It's harder to get in from MoCo. Their admissions team says UMD is not the "University of Montgomery County." The kids there are super smart. My kid applied TO. They struggle big time with math due to LDs while their writing surpasses the college level. |
I don't think it's the TO. Their admissions team says they compare TO against TO applications and SAT applications against SAT applications. My kid got in with 4.2 TO PT job 4-year varsity sport 6 APs Also top 12% ish like the PP's kid. Excellent essays Lots of involvement with UMD over the years They did have some involvement with UMD before applying and that may have helped to show how they'd contribute to the community. The TO didn't seem to matter. My kid did not crack 1400. |
Not MoCo, but that’s all. |