UMD Smith School Direct Admit - Test Optional

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Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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.

Yeah it was the revenue, margin is probably 15%. It's probably not something he is going to do long term but who knows. I think it's a good learning experience and involve a lot market analysis, searching for trends, buyers, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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.

Yeah it was the revenue, margin is probably 15%. It's probably not something he is going to do long term but who knows. I think it's a good learning experience and involve a lot market analysis, searching for trends, buyers, etc.

Got it. Reminds of my kid's friend who resells sneakers. Buys the latest "drop" from Nike et al for $500 and resells for $1,000+. There are real businesses that exist for this, but it's interesting and relatively low-risk for the kid and parents (not out buying 10,000 pairs at a time which is impossible to do anyway) and this kid can clear $10,000+ of profit in a year.