Freshman Connection UMD

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somebody, please explain Freshman Connection.

Basically you get to move into the dorms in the Fall just like everybody else. You have limits to what classes you can register for... something like classes after 3 and those that are Friday... or those with room after everybody else registers.

If you are in good standing after 1 semester, you are admitted.

This is not correct. Read below

https://oes.umd.edu/incoming-current-visiting-students/freshmen-connection

Please explain what is not correct rather than just giving a link. My interpretation is that the Freshman Connection people ARE already admitted for the spring semester.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS was accepted at Freshman Connection with a 1540 SAT. GPA was not calculated by his private school but was somewhere around the 3.3/3.4 range unweighted with the lowest grades, by far, in 9th grade.

Could you cite your child's declared major by any chance? On College Confidential, I have noticed that many of the high SAT students relegated to Freshman Connection and getting overlooked for Honors programs are Computer Science majors. Could this be true in your child's case? Or declared major in another Limited Enrollment Program?

Could be. We were at Maryland Discovery Day yesterday. For the College of Engineering, average incoming freshman GPA as 4.456 and middle 50% SAT was 1390-1510.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somebody, please explain Freshman Connection.

Basically you get to move into the dorms in the Fall just like everybody else. You have limits to what classes you can register for... something like classes after 3 and those that are Friday... or those with room after everybody else registers.

If you are in good standing after 1 semester, you are admitted.

This is not correct. Read below

https://oes.umd.edu/incoming-current-visiting-students/freshmen-connection

Please explain what is not correct rather than just giving a link. My interpretation is that the Freshman Connection people ARE already admitted for the spring semester.

it's not "If you are in good standing..., (then) you are admitted."

these kids are admitted already. they just have more restrictions to deal with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somebody, please explain Freshman Connection.

Basically you get to move into the dorms in the Fall just like everybody else. You have limits to what classes you can register for... something like classes after 3 and those that are Friday... or those with room after everybody else registers.

If you are in good standing after 1 semester, you are admitted.

This is not correct. Read below

https://oes.umd.edu/incoming-current-visiting-students/freshmen-connection

Please explain what is not correct rather than just giving a link. My interpretation is that the Freshman Connection people ARE already admitted for the spring semester.

You are correct (not so long ago the 'in good standing' part was in force).

The biggest part is that your classes will be in the late afternoon and evening (between 3 and 9 pm) M-Th and anytime on Friday. That limits what you can take.

I think it's as much about facility management as a statement on the students' preparedness.

[Anonymous]

Some FC classes are smaller (e.g., math lectures) which can actually be a benefit.

[Anonymous]

The FAQ is really comprehensive. You cannot participate in NCAA sports while in Freshman Connection. And you must take UNIV100 https://orientation.umd.edu/univoverview.html

https://oes.umd.edu/incoming-current-visiting-students/freshmen-connection

[Anonymous]

Other kids don't know and don't care about who is in FC and who is not.

[Anonymous]

Around 1300, but top score in language portion. You can put down some less competitive major though, psychology or such, and get in regular with much worse sat scores. You put engineering or stem, you need much better s
cores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somebody, please explain Freshman Connection.

Basically you get to move into the dorms in the Fall just like everybody else. You have limits to what classes you can register for... something like classes after 3 and those that are Friday... or those with room after everybody else registers.

If you are in good standing after 1 semester, you are admitted.

This is not correct. Read below

https://oes.umd.edu/incoming-current-visiting-students/freshmen-connection

Please explain what is not correct rather than just giving a link. My interpretation is that the Freshman Connection people ARE already admitted for the spring semester.

Why can't you click and read yourself, rather than make this poster reword the University's lengthy and accurate answer to your EXACT question?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somebody, please explain Freshman Connection.

Basically you get to move into the dorms in the Fall just like everybody else. You have limits to what classes you can register for... something like classes after 3 and those that are Friday... or those with room after everybody else registers.

If you are in good standing after 1 semester, you are admitted.

This is not correct. Read below

https://oes.umd.edu/incoming-current-visiting-students/freshmen-connection

Please explain what is not correct rather than just giving a link. My interpretation is that the Freshman Connection people ARE already admitted for the spring semester.

it's not "If you are in good standing..., (then) you are admitted."

these kids are admitted already. they just have more restrictions to deal with.

But you can decline to take any Fall courses and still get in.

D

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somebody, please explain Freshman Connection.

Basically you get to move into the dorms in the Fall just like everybody else. You have limits to what classes you can register for... something like classes after 3 and those that are Friday... or those with room after everybody else registers.

If you are in good standing after 1 semester, you are admitted.

This is not correct. Read below

https://oes.umd.edu/incoming-current-visiting-students/freshmen-connection

Please explain what is not correct rather than just giving a link. My interpretation is that the Freshman Connection people ARE already admitted for the spring semester.

You are correct (not so long ago the 'in good standing' part was in force).

The biggest part is that your classes will be in the late afternoon and evening (between 3 and 9 pm) M-Th and anytime on Friday. That limits what you can take.

I think it's as much about facility management as a statement on the students' preparedness.

It's about reporting high stats of regular (vs. Freshman Connection) freshmen to USNWR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS was accepted at Freshman Connection with a 1540 SAT. GPA was not calculated by his private school but was somewhere around the 3.3/3.4 range unweighted with the lowest grades, by far, in 9th grade.

Could you cite your child's declared major by any chance? On College Confidential, I have noticed that many of the high SAT students relegated to Freshman Connection and getting overlooked for Honors programs are Computer Science majors. Could this be true in your child's case? Or declared major in another Limited Enrollment Program?

Could be. We were at Maryland Discovery Day yesterday. For the College of Engineering, average incoming freshman GPA as 4.456 and middle 50% SAT was 1390-1510.

I find it disgusting they only list weighted gpa. That should not be important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS was accepted at Freshman Connection with a 1540 SAT. GPA was not calculated by his private school but was somewhere around the 3.3/3.4 range unweighted with the lowest grades, by far, in 9th grade.

Could you cite your child's declared major by any chance? On College Confidential, I have noticed that many of the high SAT students relegated to Freshman Connection and getting overlooked for Honors programs are Computer Science majors. Could this be true in your child's case? Or declared major in another Limited Enrollment Program?

Could be. We were at Maryland Discovery Day yesterday. For the College of Engineering, average incoming freshman GPA as 4.456 and middle 50% SAT was 1390-1510.

I find it disgusting they only list weighted gpa. That should not be important.

Well, they also said that the expectation is that you have taken the most difficult courses your high school offers and have gotten mostly, if not all, As in them. They specifically stated that if school does not offer many AP courses, that would not be held against a student.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS was accepted at Freshman Connection with a 1540 SAT. GPA was not calculated by his private school but was somewhere around the 3.3/3.4 range unweighted with the lowest grades, by far, in 9th grade.

Could you cite your child's declared major by any chance? On College Confidential, I have noticed that many of the high SAT students relegated to Freshman Connection and getting overlooked for Honors programs are Computer Science majors. Could this be true in your child's case? Or declared major in another Limited Enrollment Program?

Yes, was trying for engineering. DS also was clear with his high school counselor that he preferred to go elsewhere, and he was admitted to more highly ranked schools although not for engineering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS was accepted at Freshman Connection with a 1540 SAT. GPA was not calculated by his private school but was somewhere around the 3.3/3.4 range unweighted with the lowest grades, by far, in 9th grade.

Could you cite your child's declared major by any chance? On College Confidential, I have noticed that many of the high SAT students relegated to Freshman Connection and getting overlooked for Honors programs are Computer Science majors. Could this be true in your child's case? Or declared major in another Limited Enrollment Program?

Could be. We were at Maryland Discovery Day yesterday. For the College of Engineering, average incoming freshman GPA as 4.456 and middle 50% SAT was 1390-1510.

I find it disgusting they only list weighted gpa. That should not be important.

Well, they also said that the expectation is that you have taken the most difficult courses your high school offers and have gotten mostly, if not all, As in them. They specifically stated that if school does not offer many AP courses, that would not be held against a student.

Most schools do not offer 1.0 bumps in honors courses and don't allow freshman or sophomores to take AP's like MCPS does. And it is total BS that they don't count it against you. If it did, they wouldn't have a weighted GPA as the ONLY thing to see on their slide shows. Trust me.