Freshman Connection UMD

[Anonymous]

DD will go freshman connection. 1300 SAT (not great test taker due to nerves) and 4.3 GPA. Took rigorous courses. All honors and AP. She’s really disappointed. I think the issue may be competition from kids at her own MCPS HS or maybe that she wanted a business major ends

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD will go freshman connection. 1300 SAT (not great test taker due to nerves) and 4.3 GPA. Took rigorous courses. All honors and AP. She’s really disappointed. I think the issue may be competition from kids at her own MCPS HS or maybe that she wanted a business major ends

Should have said maybe applying for a business major hurt her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD will go freshman connection. 1300 SAT (not great test taker due to nerves) and 4.3 GPA. Took rigorous courses. All honors and AP. She’s really disappointed. I think the issue may be competition from kids at her own MCPS HS or maybe that she wanted a business major ends

Why is she disappointed? It isn't like she will be wearing a FC tag.

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Anonymous wrote:DD will go freshman connection. 1300 SAT (not great test taker due to nerves) and 4.3 GPA. Took rigorous courses. All honors and AP. She’s really disappointed. I think the issue may be competition from kids at her own MCPS HS or maybe that she wanted a business major ends

Why is she disappointed? It isn't like she will be wearing a FC tag.

We explained that nobody will know the difference and after fall it’s all the same. Her friends made some comments apparently. Kids in our community are ridiculously competitive. DH and I told her we’re proud of her hard work and she should be too.

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Anonymous wrote:DD will go freshman connection. 1300 SAT (not great test taker due to nerves) and 4.3 GPA. Took rigorous courses. All honors and AP. She’s really disappointed. I think the issue may be competition from kids at her own MCPS HS or maybe that she wanted a business major ends

Why is she disappointed? It isn't like she will be wearing a FC tag.

We explained that nobody will know the difference and after fall it’s all the same. Her friends made some comments apparently. Kids in our community are ridiculously competitive. DH and I told her we’re proud of her hard work and she should be too.

I'd be more concerned about the business school at MD. Very hard to matriculate to if not accepted directly into the program. Taking business classes at Shady Grove not ideal either.

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Anonymous wrote:DD will go freshman connection. 1300 SAT (not great test taker due to nerves) and 4.3 GPA. Took rigorous courses. All honors and AP. She’s really disappointed. I think the issue may be competition from kids at her own MCPS HS or maybe that she wanted a business major ends

Why is she disappointed? It isn't like she will be wearing a FC tag.

We explained that nobody will know the difference and after fall it’s all the same. Her friends made some comments apparently. Kids in our community are ridiculously competitive. DH and I told her we’re proud of her hard work and she should be too.

I'd be more concerned about the business school at MD. Very hard to matriculate to if not accepted directly into the program. Taking business classes at Shady Grove not ideal either.

Not sure I agree with that. I read recently that FC students often do better than fall accepted students. It may be that Maryland for fall prioritizes SAT over GPA. My DD has a similar SAT but 4.7 WGPA. I would imagine that she'd do better than the 1350 SAT kid with a 4.0 Weighted.

[Anonymous]

Also PP for my daughter's major (she's a junior) she's applying to a limited enrollment plan. I was looking at the requirements to transfer and they aren't that high. Honestly if she can't get C's in her first 2 years in that major- well she doesn't belong there anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:DD will go freshman connection. 1300 SAT (not great test taker due to nerves) and 4.3 GPA. Took rigorous courses. All honors and AP. She’s really disappointed. I think the issue may be competition from kids at her own MCPS HS or maybe that she wanted a business major ends

Why is she disappointed? It isn't like she will be wearing a FC tag.

We explained that nobody will know the difference and after fall it’s all the same. Her friends made some comments apparently. Kids in our community are ridiculously competitive. DH and I told her we’re proud of her hard work and she should be too.

I'd be more concerned about the business school at MD. Very hard to matriculate to if not accepted directly into the program. Taking business classes at Shady Grove not ideal either.

Not sure I agree with that. I read recently that FC students often do better than fall accepted students. It may be that Maryland for fall prioritizes SAT over GPA. My DD has a similar SAT but 4.7 WGPA. I would imagine that she'd do better than the 1350 SAT kid with a 4.0 Weighted.

FWIW my DH is a prof at MD and vastly prefers teaching the FC students over other first-year students. On the whole he says the FC students are more engaged and likely to attend class regularly. Too late now, but I wouldn't even have shared that she was a spring admit since she can and (I assume) will start classes with the rest of them.