Do you know if any RMIB kids who got rejected from UMD (in any year)?

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Anonymous wrote:https://moco360.media/2022/09/13/here-are-the-colleges-where-bethesda-area-high-school-grads-applied-got-accepted-and-enrolled/

I'm not usually a fan of putting stock in where other people report their kids got into college but you can get a sense here, especially when you look at numbers for RMIB and Blair, about where kids are applying in droves and where they're not getting in

Thanks PP, I've seen this and it is somewhat helpful.

But if you accept the premise that the IB magnet program is a separate cohort, this doesn't offer much insight to the question asked.

They aren't a separate cohort, they can present with the same profile as any other MCPS kid applying to UMD, so certainly not immune from rejection.

OP is asking about RMIB kids acceptance rates. She gets to choose the group she is asking about. Could be varsity athletes, could be first generation, could be frama club kids. In this case it is RMIB. So it is the cohort in question.

Thank you ♥️

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I just heard that a Blair magnet kid didn’t get into College Park. So I bet some RMIB kids were similarly unlucky.

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From RMIB? Zero so far. From RM, yes, plenty.

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Anonymous wrote:The good news is also, with those stats and coming from a strong magnet program, your kid has excellent odds to get in with merit and any number of private universities and colleges and actually pay less for their education.

This. OP, your child’s stats and profile (RMIB) are very good. Also I would recommend that they may try to up the test score (SAT) and never do TO. I wouldn’t worry about ECs. Good luck!

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Anonymous wrote:OP it is not too late for your child to start up some ECs. They also have the whole summer to do something interesting. The key is to pick one or two activities that align with the student's preferred major. Maybe your child could ask around to do unpaid work for a nonprofit or small business, or tutor younger students, or write some articles about a topic of interest. Something to show more of their depth and engagement with a community outside of just their high school academic community.

Worthless at UMD

It is a data only school period. They do not give a shit about EC's no matter what this forum tells you.

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Yes OP it can happen but super rare.

More likely accepted not to major of choice or some other program that has some conditions like taking some classes at Shady Grove campus.

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I know of at least one from like 2 years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:I just heard that a Blair magnet kid didn’t get into College Park. So I bet some RMIB kids were similarly unlucky.

For Engineering or Comp Sci, this is not shocking.

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Anonymous wrote:I just heard that a Blair magnet kid didn’t get into College Park. So I bet some RMIB kids were similarly unlucky.

For Engineering or Comp Sci, this is not shocking.

Yeah, probably 3/4 of Blair magnet applying to these two majors. They're all competing against each other.

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Anonymous wrote:The good news is also, with those stats and coming from a strong magnet program, your kid has excellent odds to get in with merit and any number of private universities and colleges and actually pay less for their education.

This. OP, your child’s stats and profile (RMIB) are very good. Also I would recommend that they may try to up the test score (SAT) and never do TO. I wouldn’t worry about ECs. Good luck!

This. UMD cares about the numbers.

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Anonymous wrote:I just heard that a Blair magnet kid didn’t get into College Park. So I bet some RMIB kids were similarly unlucky.

For Engineering or Comp Sci, this is not shocking.

Yeah, probably 3/4 of Blair magnet applying to these two majors. They're all competing against each other.

Maybe more comp sci. Wheaton has the biggest cohort in engineering at UMD, I think.

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Anonymous wrote:The good news is also, with those stats and coming from a strong magnet program, your kid has excellent odds to get in with merit and any number of private universities and colleges and actually pay less for their education.

Pay less than in state tuition at UMD?

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Anonymous wrote:The good news is also, with those stats and coming from a strong magnet program, your kid has excellent odds to get in with merit and any number of private universities and colleges and actually pay less for their education.

This. OP, your child’s stats and profile (RMIB) are very good. Also I would recommend that they may try to up the test score (SAT) and never do TO. I wouldn’t worry about ECs. Good luck!

This. UMD cares about the numbers.

And YOU know how?

Oh wait.....you don't.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The good news is also, with those stats and coming from a strong magnet program, your kid has excellent odds to get in with merit and any number of private universities and colleges and actually pay less for their education.

This. OP, your child’s stats and profile (RMIB) are very good. Also I would recommend that they may try to up the test score (SAT) and never do TO. I wouldn’t worry about ECs. Good luck!

This. UMD cares about the numbers.

And YOU know how?

Oh wait.....you don't.

They promote average stats of accepted students and always post weighted figure, so they do care about that. High weighted GPA and good test scores are very helpful.

Not dismissing value of efforts in other areas, but it makes sense, given immense number of applicants, that data would be a driving factor. The ECs and essays probably factor more in awards, honors or borderline cases.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The good news is also, with those stats and coming from a strong magnet program, your kid has excellent odds to get in with merit and any number of private universities and colleges and actually pay less for their education.

This. OP, your child’s stats and profile (RMIB) are very good. Also I would recommend that they may try to up the test score (SAT) and never do TO. I wouldn’t worry about ECs. Good luck!

This. UMD cares about the numbers.

And YOU know how?

Oh wait.....you don't.

They promote average stats of accepted students and always post weighted figure, so they do care about that. High weighted GPA and good test scores are very helpful.

Not dismissing value of efforts in other areas, but it makes sense, given immense number of applicants, that data would be a driving factor. The ECs and essays probably factor more in awards, honors or borderline cases.

Luckily for everyone, UMD and other schools post in their CDS what they look at. Read it instead of posting random theories.