UMD Test-optional through Fall 2027

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:57 percent of Maryland is white. 40 percent of UMD is white.

32% of Maryland is Black. 12% of UMD is Black.

What’s your point?

[Anonymous]

Touché! Getting my popcorn and waiting for the answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are inviting themselves needless Federal attention. You can anticipate that testing policies would be one criteria Feds would be looking next.

I wonder if this is why they haven't made a big deal of it continuing. I just found out by Google search. I follow their admissions on social media and have not seen an announcement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:57 percent of Maryland is white. 40 percent of UMD is white.

This is common at many schools.

+1 look to our neighbor UVA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:May be TO for admissions, but I believe (based only in my kid’s and his classmates’ experiences) that a strong SAT helps with LEPs and Banneker Key.

If you're white or asian and coming from an affluent and competitive school in MoCo, you need those test scores.

Same goes for private schools, we were told they expect our kids to take the test and if you don't report the assumption is that it was low.

+1

You need test scores if you are from. W school in MCPS.

[ritap19]

A look at scores since they have gone test optional show a relatively significant increase in the middle 50% score range, especially on the lower end.
Before COVID/test optional, admitted student SAT scores were relatively stable for many years with the middle 50% between 1290-1460. Those stats steadily increased and are now between 1410-1520, with less than 40% of kids submitting scores. Have their applicants really improved by 120 points? No. I would argue it has either gone down or not really changed at all (as it had not in the ten years prior).

If they are going to allow test optional, the policy should not punish kids that achieve a score of, say, 1350 or higher (in the top 10% of all test takers). Because I can guarantee you that the 60% of kids not submitting are well below that score.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:57 percent of Maryland is white. 40 percent of UMD is white.

This is common at many schools.

Maryland’s white, non-Hispanic population is about 48%. PP is trolling

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are inviting themselves needless Federal attention. You can anticipate that testing policies would be one criteria Feds would be looking next.

I wonder if this is why they haven't made a big deal of it continuing. I just found out by Google search. I follow their admissions on social media and have not seen an announcement.

it's on their admission site.