UMD Smith School Direct Admit - Test Optional
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Anonymous
| I would like to know if your child was admitted without test scores. I have a junior applying next year. We are instate and UMD is his first choice. |
Anonymous
| No OP, but I'm curious to know stats of kids who got into UMD Smith School as a direct admit. Is it as competitive as computer science seems to be? |
Anonymous
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My son was admitted but did submit test scores.
3.97 uw/ 4.8 weighted 31 ACT / 33 superscore Sadly not into but I'm going have him tour! |
Anonymous
| My 2022 kid MoCo (non W) was accepted to smith/honors/presidential ($5K per year) 3.9/4.7 W- 1580 SAT. |
Anonymous
maybe more difficult nowadays but 2023 stats for direct admit/honors: 3.9/4.75 1500 main ec - small business with 6 figures revenue annually i think cs is still more competitive but business is not far off. |
Anonymous
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2022 if it is still helpful.
3.97/4.7 GPA 1480 SAT |
Anonymous
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“ My 2022 kid MoCo (non W) was accepted to smith/honors/presidential ($5K per year) 3.9/4.7 W- 1580 SAT.”
Mine was denied with this gpa but only a 1460. May have been better off TO. |
Anonymous
Ugh sorry. This test thing is making me nuts. Did he want maryland? |
Anonymous
What year 2024? I think it has gotten harder in state, even in the last two years. I have a friend that had a 2022 and 2024, with similar stats and test scores, first child was honors and Engineering and 2nd child freshman connection, Letters and Science. |
Anonymous
Does MoCo weight grades differently? For my DCPS kid it is literally impossible to get a weighted 4.7 even with an unweighted 4.0 and just going absolutely nuts with A/P classes (like taking as many randoms like A/P Psyche, AP Human Geography, etc.)...too many required classes (P/E, music, foreign language, etc.) are only offered grade-level until you get to AP. |
Anonymous
Yeah mcps has have same weight between honors and AP. But my kid ended up with 16 APs at the end. |
Anonymous
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2024 Direct Admit to Smith with Honors (no word on merit yet)
4.0 uw/4.93 w 35 ACT 10 AP's; prior ones scores 4-5 MCPS |
Anonymous
| Can someone reply to OP vs. just answering that you submitted high scores. It's taking up bandwidth and isn't helpful. |
Anonymous
It seems that it’s rare to get in the business school test optional, or that would be my conclusion, at least. |
Anonymous
Just curious...does Smith offer something special with respect to entrepreneurship or otherwise? I guess I would be far more strategic for college with a kid that has a small business already generating 6 figures annually unless it is something like re-selling tons of stuff on Amazon (where you can have high revenue, but also a high cost of sales...so profit is fairly small) and is not something that your kid intends to continue for a career. Again, not saying Smith does not satisfy that strategy, but would probably be a different college search in general. |