UMD EA Today?

[Anonymous]

Accepted, CS and Honors (in-state)

[Anonymous]

Does the UMD Honors program cost more in tuition?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does the UMD Honors program cost more in tuition?

no

[Anonymous]

I like the name UMD.. like a med school. Sounds good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like the name UMD.. like a med school. Sounds good.

Ha! Refreshing thought.

I went to grad school there and didn't particularly like the atmosphere and campus. My undergrad students were nice kids, but they complained about their dorms all the time - I hope the dorms have been overhauled! However UMD offered me the best stipend and I was grateful for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like the name UMD.. like a med school. Sounds good.

Ha! Refreshing thought.

I went to grad school there and didn't particularly like the atmosphere and campus. My undergrad students were nice kids, but they complained about their dorms all the time - I hope the dorms have been overhauled! However UMD offered me the best stipend and I was grateful for that.

When I went to UMD we lived off campus in a party friendly house. A total blast! But now the kids all have granite and stainless apartments … is that really progress? To live in a better dorm than the first house you buy? We need to get back to the hardscrabble character building ..internal toughness hardscape needed for the genius alumni UMD churns out. The inventors and creators of Google, Underarmour, the Universal Price Code, Pulse Doppler Radar, Sirius Satellite Radio, Fortnite, the Hybrid Engine, Creator of Seinfeld, The Wire, The Muppets, FlavorX, the Octane System, Birth control pills, soft contacts, artificial pancreas, broke watergate, linear programming …

I think the coddling sucks.

[Anonymous]

Accepted (Smith business) !

What a relief.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like the name UMD.. like a med school. Sounds good.

Ha! Refreshing thought.

I went to grad school there and didn't particularly like the atmosphere and campus. My undergrad students were nice kids, but they complained about their dorms all the time - I hope the dorms have been overhauled! However UMD offered me the best stipend and I was grateful for that.

When I went to UMD we lived off campus in a party friendly house. A total blast! But now the kids all have granite and stainless apartments … is that really progress? To live in a better dorm than the first house you buy? We need to get back to the hardscrabble character building ..internal toughness hardscape needed for the genius alumni UMD churns out. The inventors and creators of Google, Underarmour, the Universal Price Code, Pulse Doppler Radar, Sirius Satellite Radio, Fortnite, the Hybrid Engine, Creator of Seinfeld, The Wire, The Muppets, FlavorX, the Octane System, Birth control pills, soft contacts, artificial pancreas, broke watergate, linear programming …

I think the coddling sucks.

It’s called maintenance and renovation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like the name UMD.. like a med school. Sounds good.

Ha! Refreshing thought.

I went to grad school there and didn't particularly like the atmosphere and campus. My undergrad students were nice kids, but they complained about their dorms all the time - I hope the dorms have been overhauled! However UMD offered me the best stipend and I was grateful for that.

When I went to UMD we lived off campus in a party friendly house. A total blast! But now the kids all have granite and stainless apartments … is that really progress? To live in a better dorm than the first house you buy? We need to get back to the hardscrabble character building ..internal toughness hardscape needed for the genius alumni UMD churns out. The inventors and creators of Google, Underarmour, the Universal Price Code, Pulse Doppler Radar, Sirius Satellite Radio, Fortnite, the Hybrid Engine, Creator of Seinfeld, The Wire, The Muppets, FlavorX, the Octane System, Birth control pills, soft contacts, artificial pancreas, broke watergate, linear programming …

I think the coddling sucks.

PP you replied to. Oh no. They were talking about mold. Serious things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like the name UMD.. like a med school. Sounds good.

Ha! Refreshing thought.

I went to grad school there and didn't particularly like the atmosphere and campus. My undergrad students were nice kids, but they complained about their dorms all the time - I hope the dorms have been overhauled! However UMD offered me the best stipend and I was grateful for that.

When I went to UMD we lived off campus in a party friendly house. A total blast! But now the kids all have granite and stainless apartments … is that really progress? To live in a better dorm than the first house you buy? We need to get back to the hardscrabble character building ..internal toughness hardscape needed for the genius alumni UMD churns out. The inventors and creators of Google, Underarmour, the Universal Price Code, Pulse Doppler Radar, Sirius Satellite Radio, Fortnite, the Hybrid Engine, Creator of Seinfeld, The Wire, The Muppets, FlavorX, the Octane System, Birth control pills, soft contacts, artificial pancreas, broke watergate, linear programming …

I think the coddling sucks.

Holy crap. In the 80s we all lived in southern md pg county mold basements in CP. Everybody was happy to be in party central. Nobody had allergies or got sick. What’s happened to the population? Why is everybody allergic, sick and weak immune systems? Something is wrong.

PP you replied to. Oh no. They were talking about mold. Serious things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like the name UMD.. like a med school. Sounds good.

U MD? Me MD 2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Accepted.
Honors invite.
High stats, private school
Tons of EC
Recs ? solid I assume
Essay. Average to good?

NOT admitted direct to CS. Kind of amusing.

Mine got into CS out of state, high stats, public. Not invited to honors. I’m
A little shocked honestly because I’m seeing everyone else here saying CS and honors.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected. In total shock. High stats (4.6 W, 11 APs, 34 ACT), great ECs, MCPS. We're hoping it's a yield thing, and this doesn't bode badly for DCs RD applications

I empathize. My kid had basically that same stats, except your ACT was better, and was denied. Ticks me off being an alum and now I'm going to have to shell out more money.

Think that I'll mention that fact the next time the University asks me for donations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rejected. In total shock. High stats (4.6 W, 11 APs, 34 ACT), great ECs, MCPS. We're hoping it's a yield thing, and this doesn't bode badly for DCs RD applications

I empathize. My kid had basically that same stats, except your ACT was better, and was denied. Ticks me off being an alum and now I'm going to have to shell out more money.

Think that I'll mention that fact the next time the University asks me for donations.

What is their unweighted GPA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rejected. In total shock. High stats (4.6 W, 11 APs, 34 ACT), great ECs, MCPS. We're hoping it's a yield thing, and this doesn't bode badly for DCs RD applications

I empathize. My kid had basically that same stats, except your ACT was better, and was denied. Ticks me off being an alum and now I'm going to have to shell out more money.

Think that I'll mention that fact the next time the University asks me for donations.

If you read your kid's essay, was it particularly mature and thoughtful, and/or did it make a good story, possibly related to what they want to study?
Did your child take several AP exams with high scores that they reported, and did they make sense for their declared major?

I ask because my kid with similar stats got into Honors, and had those two things: he had a great story in his personal statement that explained why he wanted the major he picked; and he had all 5s in the AP exams his school offered in the broad general field of that major. I'm on the verge of concluding that this made the difference, because it built a profile that hung together and was really convincing. I will take it to heart for my senior's much younger siblings, who will likely face even stiffer competition when it's their turn.

Usually posters on DCUM throw out the number of AP courses, but stay mum on exam scores and essays, which muddies the waters. At the end of the day, with the ridiculous competition going on for certain colleges like UMD, I think building a convincing profile really counts.