UMD EA Today?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DC admitted to CS + honors.

I thought merit scholarships and financial aid come later but another parent said her child received a full-tuition merit scholarship to UMD with the acceptance letter. Did I miss an application somewhere? Is that possible?

Check again. AFAIK merit info goes out late Feb.

OP here.

That's what I thought. Either they mixed up UMBC, the child lied to the parent, or someone is trying to create drama.

[Anonymous]

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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 don’t understand how this individual did not get into UMD? What is going on?

what is the kid UW GPA? 50% mcps kid have weight gpa of 4.5 and above so that 4.6 may not be a good indicator? any C's on AP classes?

That’s untrue about the weighted gpa percentage.

It depends on the school (and maybe program, I'm sure the magnet GPAs are high). Over 50% of the student population at Churchill has higher than a 4.5 weighted gpa. I'm guessing whitman has a similar profile. Maybe others. The grade inflation in MCPS is real. Their not doing our kids any favors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ I have three kids and have literally never heard it suggested that a kid needs to tweak the common app essay to personalize it for each school. My youngest was accepted last week to UMd and UNC with her common app essay, which was deliberately not school-specific.

DP here. Agree.
Yes, my kid did not tailor common app essay to schools. She was admitted to 3 T15 and a couple top LACs last year. She did put effort into supplements, though. Maybe that was what PP was referring to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC admitted to CS + honors.

I thought merit scholarships and financial aid come later but another parent said her child received a full-tuition merit scholarship to UMD with the acceptance letter. Did I miss an application somewhere? Is that possible?

Mine got Presidential with admit letter but then was offered additional from the Dept (music in her case) later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC admitted to CS + honors.

I thought merit scholarships and financial aid come later but another parent said her child received a full-tuition merit scholarship to UMD with the acceptance letter. Did I miss an application somewhere? Is that possible?

Mine got Presidential with admit letter but then was offered additional from the Dept (music in her case) later.

Sounds like this was a previous year? Website says April 1 notification for Presidential Scholarship.

https://www.admissions.umd.edu/finance/freshman-merit-scholarships#:~:text=The%20President's%20Scholarship%20provides%20four,to%20receive%20the%20President's%20Scholarship.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD accepted. FCPS 4.3wgpa, IB diploma candidate. Solid ECs, didn’t submit test scores. Didn’t get direct admit to Smith, but LEP. Also a legacy.

Happy, but it’s a backup as we wait on UVA and VT.

Is it easier to get in OOS? My 4.5 weighted gpa kids d got rejected

DP. Does OOS admits to the Honors program receive strong merit awards?

I've heard of high stats kid who didn't get admitted because they didn't fully complete the application.

[Anonymous]

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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 don’t understand how this individual did not get into UMD? What is going on?

what is the kid UW GPA? 50% mcps kid have weight gpa of 4.5 and above so that 4.6 may not be a good indicator? any C's on AP classes?

That’s untrue about the weighted gpa percentage.

It is at Churchill.. i would think other mcps schools will be similar, may not be 50% but upward of 40%. Check your school profile to make sure. So 4.6 is not categorized as high gpa unfortunatelly.

[Anonymous]

what is the kid UW GPA? 50% mcps kid have weight gpa of 4.5 and above so that 4.6 may not be a good indicator? any C's on AP classes?


That’s untrue about the weighted gpa percentage.

It's pretty accurate for the W schools - look at the WJ school profile posted in another thread.

[Anonymous]

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what is the kid UW GPA? 50% mcps kid have weight gpa of 4.5 and above so that 4.6 may not be a good indicator? any C's on AP classes?


That’s untrue about the weighted gpa percentage.

It's pretty accurate for the W schools - look at the WJ school profile posted in another thread.

Same for some of the schools in Howard County, RH, MR and Centennial. My 2020 kid had over a 4.7 and he was not in the top 25% of his class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is all anonymous, so I’ll say I’m shocked that DC got rejected. Shocked. I had no idea UMD had gotten so difficult.

She wasn’t going to go anyway, but still.

But is has, for years. It's on here a lot.
Since she was not going anyway...why did she apply? Any chance that came through in her application?
Good luck on the other places.

[Anonymous]

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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 don’t understand how this individual did not get into UMD? What is going on?

what is the kid UW GPA? 50% mcps kid have weight gpa of 4.5 and above so that 4.6 may not be a good indicator? any C's on AP classes?

That’s untrue about the weighted gpa percentage.

It is at Churchill.. i would think other mcps schools will be similar, may not be 50% but upward of 40%. Check your school profile to make sure. So 4.6 is not categorized as high gpa unfortunatelly.

Man MCPS is taking GPAs to the next level! Several of the FCPS schools have reached 40%+ over 4.0wGPA but 4.5wGPA is still top of the stack here for now.

[Anonymous]

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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 don’t understand how this individual did not get into UMD? What is going on?

what is the kid UW GPA? 50% mcps kid have weight gpa of 4.5 and above so that 4.6 may not be a good indicator? any C's on AP classes?

That’s untrue about the weighted gpa percentage.

Check for yourself (true with Churchill and WJ's only posted mcps not its own data):

Churchill's school profile: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EI5RAHMoBiE9q51Eh_NnwdvczscGFpcu/view

WJ's school profile: https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/wjhs/uploadedfiles/counseling/wj-profile-2022--2023.pdf

[Anonymous]

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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 don’t understand how this individual did not get into UMD? What is going on?

what is the kid UW GPA? 50% mcps kid have weight gpa of 4.5 and above so that 4.6 may not be a good indicator? any C's on AP classes?

That’s untrue about the weighted gpa percentage.

It is at Churchill.. i would think other mcps schools will be similar, may not be 50% but upward of 40%. Check your school profile to make sure. So 4.6 is not categorized as high gpa unfortunatelly.

Man MCPS is taking GPAs to the next level! Several of the FCPS schools have reached 40%+ over 4.0wGPA but 4.5wGPA is still top of the stack here for now.

Not sure if you can compare. MCPS gives same weight honors and AP the same way. My understanding is FCPS has different weights between honors and APs.

[Anonymous]

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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 don’t understand how this individual did not get into UMD? What is going on?

what is the kid UW GPA? 50% mcps kid have weight gpa of 4.5 and above so that 4.6 may not be a good indicator? any C's on AP classes?

That’s untrue about the weighted gpa percentage.

It is at Churchill.. i would think other mcps schools will be similar, may not be 50% but upward of 40%. Check your school profile to make sure. So 4.6 is not categorized as high gpa unfortunatelly.

Man MCPS is taking GPAs to the next level! Several of the FCPS schools have reached 40%+ over 4.0wGPA but 4.5wGPA is still top of the stack here for now.

Not sure if you can compare. MCPS gives same weight honors and AP the same way. My understanding is FCPS has different weights between honors and APs.

Correct. .5 for honors and 1.0 for AP, IB, and DE in FCPS.

[Anonymous]

I'm hearing that some RMIB students did not get into UMD EA. That's somewhat shocking. I don't know what their stats are, though. Has anyone heard this, too?