UMD College Park Results thread

[Anonymous]

Wow - congratulations to all the new Terps and sympathy to those who got bad news. My kid got into a SLAC ED so we had to pull his UMD app. The stats here are really really impressive. I sometimes wonder if parents in MoCo have a good sense of how competitive admissions at UMD really are.

[Anonymous]

Girl, 4.0 uw GPA; 1480 SAT; accepted to scholars and Psych major.

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Anonymous wrote:3.6 uw/1520/top private school. In at a top 10 university already. Rejected from Maryland. What a wild ride.

That's astonishing. Makes no sense whatsoever.

Congrats on the T10 acceptance!!

Maybe you can appeal? Seems crazy to be rejected with those stats.

I wonder if this is an example of how lower grades at private schools hurt when applying to public universities that are more stat driven and don’t take into account different programs the same way private colleges do.

This is what we think happened. A 3.6 doesn't look great, but he has taken many APs etc. We were counting on UMD to help us compare financial aid packages. I'm more astonished than upset. I guess we're heading to Philadelphia!

Wait. Your kid got in ED to UPenn, and you're not pulling apps? Aren't you supposed to do that for the binding ED decision?

I was thinking the same thing. Guessing they’re lying about a “t10”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is the difference between scholars and honors? I know honors is the most prestigious, but what is the actual difference.

What I hear from others is that the Honors program has some very specialized academic programs, such as Integrated Life Sciences (generally full of pre-meds) and ACES (cybersecurity). The Honors students are the only ones who can be awarded Banneker Key scholarships (the biggest academic awards). The Scholars students are often still very strong academically, but also have members who excelled more in the extracurricular realm in HS. They are supposed to have a lot of fun field trips and service projects. Both the Honors and Scholars programs are excellent opportunities. I see any Living-Learning community at UMD as a chance to have a smaller, close-knit experience within a larger university.

Please do not be insulted if your high-achieving student was not chosen for the Honors College. The university makes an effort to select students from a variety of majors, geographic diversity, ethnic diversity, etc. It can often seem like a lottery.

Actually, she did get in. It just came as a separate letter later. But this makes sense.

[Anonymous]

You need to keep in mind most of in/reject posts are true many are not. Have no idea why people troll here though.

[Anonymous]

These reports scare me. My straight A junior daughter is taking a few AP classes but not the most rigorous course load. Her PSAT this fall was 1280. I hoped UMD would be a match school for her, but looking at these stats, I’m thinking reach?

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Anonymous wrote:3.6 uw/1520/top private school. In at a top 10 university already. Rejected from Maryland. What a wild ride.

That's astonishing. Makes no sense whatsoever.

Congrats on the T10 acceptance!!

Maybe you can appeal? Seems crazy to be rejected with those stats.

I wonder if this is an example of how lower grades at private schools hurt when applying to public universities that are more stat driven and don’t take into account different programs the same way private colleges do.

This is what we think happened. A 3.6 doesn't look great, but he has taken many APs etc. We were counting on UMD to help us compare financial aid packages. I'm more astonished than upset. I guess we're heading to Philadelphia!

Wait. Your kid got in ED to UPenn, and you're not pulling apps? Aren't you supposed to do that for the binding ED decision?

I was thinking the same thing. Guessing they’re lying about a “t10”

Or they didn’t pull other apps, which apparently some people think is ok to do.

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Anonymous wrote:3.6 uw/1520/top private school. In at a top 10 university already. Rejected from Maryland. What a wild ride.

That's astonishing. Makes no sense whatsoever.

Congrats on the T10 acceptance!!

Maybe you can appeal? Seems crazy to be rejected with those stats.

I wonder if this is an example of how lower grades at private schools hurt when applying to public universities that are more stat driven and don’t take into account different programs the same way private colleges do.

This is what we think happened. A 3.6 doesn't look great, but he has taken many APs etc. We were counting on UMD to help us compare financial aid packages. I'm more astonished than upset. I guess we're heading to Philadelphia!

Wait. Your kid got in ED to UPenn, and you're not pulling apps? Aren't you supposed to do that for the binding ED decision?

I was thinking the same thing. Guessing they’re lying about a “t10”

Or they didn’t pull other apps, which apparently some people think is ok to do.

At ED schools my kids’ applied to, you have to pull all apps except for your state flagship. I guess for financial reasons?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spring Admission - In state - 32 ACT and 3.8 UW with 7 APs. Internship, sports. Very dissapointed. Trying to decide what to do now.

Congrats! Why disappointed Spring is still a yes just a semester late

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Anonymous wrote:3.6 uw/1520/top private school. In at a top 10 university already. Rejected from Maryland. What a wild ride.

That's astonishing. Makes no sense whatsoever.

Congrats on the T10 acceptance!!

Maybe you can appeal? Seems crazy to be rejected with those stats.

I wonder if this is an example of how lower grades at private schools hurt when applying to public universities that are more stat driven and don’t take into account different programs the same way private colleges do.

This is what we think happened. A 3.6 doesn't look great, but he has taken many APs etc. We were counting on UMD to help us compare financial aid packages. I'm more astonished than upset. I guess we're heading to Philadelphia!

Wait. Your kid got in ED to UPenn, and you're not pulling apps? Aren't you supposed to do that for the binding ED decision?

I was thinking the same thing. Guessing they’re lying about a “t10”

Yup. Even if talking SLACs, Swarthmore doesn’t have EA.

[Anonymous]

The stats here are amazing! It looks like UMD is hard to get in without really good stats.

Can anyone tell what the difference is between honors and scholars? Do you get into honors in a specific department?

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Anonymous wrote:3.6 uw/1520/top private school. In at a top 10 university already. Rejected from Maryland. What a wild ride.

That's astonishing. Makes no sense whatsoever.

Congrats on the T10 acceptance!!

Maybe you can appeal? Seems crazy to be rejected with those stats.

I wonder if this is an example of how lower grades at private schools hurt when applying to public universities that are more stat driven and don’t take into account different programs the same way private colleges do.

This is what we think happened. A 3.6 doesn't look great, but he has taken many APs etc. We were counting on UMD to help us compare financial aid packages. I'm more astonished than upset. I guess we're heading to Philadelphia!

Wait. Your kid got in ED to UPenn, and you're not pulling apps? Aren't you supposed to do that for the binding ED decision?

I was thinking the same thing. Guessing they’re lying about a “t10”

Or they didn’t pull other apps, which apparently some people think is ok to do.

At ED schools my kids’ applied to, you have to pull all apps except for your state flagship. I guess for financial reasons?

But Penn requires all be withdrawn:
https://ask.admissions.upenn.edu/hc/en-us/articles/360031637151-Can-I-apply-Early-Decision-to-Penn-and-apply-to-other-schools-

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These reports scare me. My straight A junior daughter is taking a few AP classes but not the most rigorous course load. Her PSAT this fall was 1280. I hoped UMD would be a match school for her, but looking at these stats, I’m thinking reach?

As the parent of a freshman who will not be a straight A student it is very eye opening! My perception of UMDCP is clearly 15 years out of date. I guess we’ll stop pointing out how awesome it would be to go there when we drive through on our way to IKEA…maybe we’ll start taking drives and up near UMBC. Or Frostburg? Wowza.

Congrats on your hard working kids, everyone - those who got in and those who didn’t. They are all going to do great, and I admire them!

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Anonymous wrote:Spring Admission - In state - 32 ACT and 3.8 UW with 7 APs. Internship, sports. Very dissapointed. Trying to decide what to do now.

Congrats! Why disappointed Spring is still a yes just a semester late

There’s a good study abroad program for fall that is for Freshman Spring Admits and Freshman Connection students. That’s one option.

Another is community college in fall then transfer the credits.

A job or internship in area of interest is another way to fill the gap.

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Anonymous wrote:These reports scare me. My straight A junior daughter is taking a few AP classes but not the most rigorous course load. Her PSAT this fall was 1280. I hoped UMD would be a match school for her, but looking at these stats, I’m thinking reach?

As the parent of a freshman who will not be a straight A student it is very eye opening! My perception of UMDCP is clearly 15 years out of date. I guess we’ll stop pointing out how awesome it would be to go there when we drive through on our way to IKEA…maybe we’ll start taking drives and up near UMBC. Or Frostburg? Wowza.

Congrats on your hard working kids, everyone - those who got in and those who didn’t. They are all going to do great, and I admire them!

A few years ago I posted something here asking how many schools posters visited back when they were applying to colleges (so 20+ years ago.)
I remember one poster said she didn't visit any colleges-her parents told her she was going to U Maryland CP and that was that. I remember thinking "What if she didn't get in? There's no guarantee of getting in!"