University of Maryland CP - how hard is it really to get in now?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone with a PhD in a STEM field or social sciences knows that UVA is not an academic powerhouse.

I know a girl who got into UVA with 1520/2400 SAT and 3.2-3.3 unweighted GPA, no ECs, no officer positions, no awards, nothing noteworthy except for some volunteer work, average essays (poor writer in fact) and recommendations, no hooks, not URM. This person would have a tough time getting into UMD or any decent colleges.

Is she majoring in nursing by any chance?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone with a PhD in a STEM field or social sciences knows that UVA is not an academic powerhouse.

I know a girl who got into UVA with 1520/2400 SAT and 3.2-3.3 unweighted GPA, no ECs, no officer positions, no awards, nothing noteworthy except for some volunteer work, average essays (poor writer in fact) and recommendations, no hooks, not URM. This person would have a tough time getting into UMD or any decent colleges.

Is she majoring in nursing by any chance?

No. She is majoring in (trying at least)the easiest major possible under the sun (not Art History, not anything related to sports or physiology etc. and not fine arts).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone with a PhD in a STEM field or social sciences knows that UVA is not an academic powerhouse.

I know a girl who got into UVA with 1520/2400 SAT and 3.2-3.3 unweighted GPA, no ECs, no officer positions, no awards, nothing noteworthy except for some volunteer work, average essays (poor writer in fact) and recommendations, no hooks, not URM. This person would have a tough time getting into UMD or any decent colleges.

Is she majoring in nursing by any chance?

No. She is majoring in (trying at least)the easiest major possible under the sun (not Art History, not anything related to sports or physiology etc. and not fine arts).

Drama or Disability studies, or linguistics then.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone with a PhD in a STEM field or social sciences knows that UVA is not an academic powerhouse.

I know a girl who got into UVA with 1520/2400 SAT and 3.2-3.3 unweighted GPA, no ECs, no officer positions, no awards, nothing noteworthy except for some volunteer work, average essays (poor writer in fact) and recommendations, no hooks, not URM. This person would have a tough time getting into UMD or any decent colleges.

Is she majoring in nursing by any chance?

No. She is majoring in (trying at least)the easiest major possible under the sun (not Art History, not anything related to sports or physiology etc. and not fine arts).

Drama or Disability studies, or linguistics then.

I believe drama comes under "fine arts", I have never heard of "disability studies" and "linguistics" is not an easy major.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone with a PhD in a STEM field or social sciences knows that UVA is not an academic powerhouse.

I know a girl who got into UVA with 1520/2400 SAT and 3.2-3.3 unweighted GPA, no ECs, no officer positions, no awards, nothing noteworthy except for some volunteer work, average essays (poor writer in fact) and recommendations, no hooks, not URM. This person would have a tough time getting into UMD or any decent colleges.

Is she majoring in nursing by any chance?

No. She is majoring in (trying at least)the easiest major possible under the sun (not Art History, not anything related to sports or physiology etc. and not fine arts).

I don't know why people say art history is an easy major. I'm a quant person who has an appreciation of fine art so I tried to take a couple of art history classes over and above the intro level and that shit kicked my ass. So much to memorize and the amount of writing was insane.

Art History at an elite school is no joke of a major. I would say polisci and even regular history are easier than art history, which requires way more abstract thought coupled with all the skills you need to be a strong history or any other writing intensive major.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone with a PhD in a STEM field or social sciences knows that UVA is not an academic powerhouse.

I know a girl who got into UVA with 1520/2400 SAT and 3.2-3.3 unweighted GPA, no ECs, no officer positions, no awards, nothing noteworthy except for some volunteer work, average essays (poor writer in fact) and recommendations, no hooks, not URM. This person would have a tough time getting into UMD or any decent colleges.

Is she majoring in nursing by any chance?

No. She is majoring in (trying at least)the easiest major possible under the sun (not Art History, not anything related to sports or physiology etc. and not fine arts).

Drama or Disability studies, or linguistics then.

I believe drama comes under "fine arts", I have never heard of "disability studies" and "linguistics" is not an easy major.

Wrong. Fine Arts - is painting, sculpture, drawing etc. Look at the goddamn website you moron - both Disability Studies and Linguistics are majors. And both are clearly fluff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another school I don't get - just like UVa - is UNC. I know they ranked high (like UVa) if you follow ranking... But, seriously, I can't think of anything great that came out of UNC (expect MJ).

U.MD
Google , Underarmour , the Universal Price Code, launched Sirius Satellite Radio, the Muppets, Broke Watergate, Linear Programming, Pulse Dopplar Radar, the Jumbotron, the Hybrid Engine, the Octane System, the Wire, the first Oral contraceptives , the miniturized insulin pump, the embedded defribulator, FLAVORx , oculus rift.

UVA .. A title search
Unc.. Andy Griffith and Michael Jordan

[Anonymous]

^^^ U.MD has more nobel, fields medal , Emmy, academy award , Pulitzer alumni than both. And more total national championships all time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^^ U.MD has more nobel, fields medal , Emmy, academy award , Pulitzer alumni than both. And more total national championships all time.

Please don't do this UMD booster.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^^^ U.MD has more nobel, fields medal , Emmy, academy award , Pulitzer alumni than both. And more total national championships all time.

Please don't do this UMD booster.

Why shouldn't they? I am here to find out more about this place and this saves me doing the google searches myself.

[Anonymous]

U.Md alum created Muppets ,Seinfeld and The Wire. Cornering decades of quality TV programming!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous[b wrote:]U.Md alum created Muppets ,Seinfeld and The Wire. Cornering decades of quality TV programming[/b]!

HAHAHA!

[Anonymous]

UVA way more difficult to get into thank UM-CP according to Princeton Review. https://www.princetonreview.com/schools/1022826/college/university-virginia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UVA way more difficult to get into thank UM-CP according to Princeton Review. https://www.princetonreview.com/schools/1022826/college/university-virginia

That means they spend a lot of $ on PR. Even you should know it has NOTHING to do with quality of education

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone with a PhD in a STEM field or social sciences knows that UVA is not an academic powerhouse.

If this poster is still around could you weigh in on how people with a Ph.D in a STEM field view UMD (which is after all the topic of this thread!).
Interested for my kid who wants to pursue a Ph.D in the life sciences
TIA