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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fall 2022 SAT scores: 25th percentile 1380, 75th percentile 1520, midpoint 1445. Source: UMD FB
Group for parents of 2027. Only 2346 submitted SAT scores. 56,766 applicants.

How does the FB group know this? Was data released by the school?

Likely from the school's Common Data Set

[Anonymous]

Fall 2022 SAT scores: 25th percentile 1380, 75th percentile 1520, midpoint 1445. Source: UMD FB
Group for parents of 2027. Only 2346 submitted SAT scores. 56,766 applicants.

There is no way this is correct - only 2346 applicants out of the total applicant pool submitted SAT scores? Or is the 2346 out of the number of accepted students?

[Anonymous]

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Fall 2022 SAT scores: 25th percentile 1380, 75th percentile 1520, midpoint 1445. Source: UMD FB
Group for parents of 2027. Only 2346 submitted SAT scores. 56,766 applicants.

There is no way this is correct - only 2346 applicants out of the total applicant pool submitted SAT scores? Or is the 2346 out of the number of accepted students?

Sorry! This is for Freshmen entering in fall 2022. The SAT figure is the number of enrolled freshmen in fall 2022 who submitted SAT scores. Source was UMD Institutional Research Planning and Assessment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fall 2022 SAT scores: 25th percentile 1380, 75th percentile 1520, midpoint 1445. Source: UMD FB
Group for parents of 2027. Only 2346 submitted SAT scores. 56,766 applicants.

How does the FB group know this? Was data released by the school?

Likely from the school's Common Data Set

That will not be reported for this time period until a year and a half from now.

[Anonymous]

https://www.irpa.umd.edu/CampusCounts/Admissions/apps_ug.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:Fall 2022 SAT scores: 25th percentile 1380, 75th percentile 1520, midpoint 1445. Source: UMD FB
Group for parents of 2027. Only 2346 submitted SAT scores. 56,766 applicants.

How does the FB group know this? Was data released by the school?

Likely from the school's Common Data Set

That will not be reported for this time period until a year and a half from now.

You got me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is it really hard to get in these days?

Last year’s acceptance rate was 34%.

Wow. That’s really high these days. Of course it doesn’t matter much for certain much more selective majors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess a mix of As and Bs in honors and a few APs has no chance? DS would be happy at Towson, though.

Unlikely unless URM, first in family to go to college or a very unique hook.

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Anonymous wrote:PP here with high-stats MCPS kid who was rejected. No, not going to reach out to a counselor in case there was a "mistake." DC is in at Pitt, and thought UMD was a safety... Now awaiting a bunch of RD decisions from more selective schools. Good news is that they really liked Pitt. (Parents are just mad that the in-state school rejected our kid, with those stats.)

I don't blame you but it really is a crapshoot these days.

Hopefully you have applied to UMBC, Towson, etc? No reason to go to Pitt over those instate MD schools unless Pitt gave great merit

Uh, what? Pitt and Towson are *not* commensurate schools.

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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.

You are part of why legacy admissions won't die. If you only donated to give your kid legacy advantage, you are basically trying to buy your kid's way into college.

Didn't you know that UMD doesn't give a fig about legacy status? Didn't bother checking that out first before you tried to buy your kid's way in?

NP. Quit trolling PP. She never said anything to suggest she expected entry because of donations. She just shared that in her frustration, she is unlikely to donate and wants to tell the univ off. Perfectly normal reaction.

Stop trying to flame. Find something more constructive to do or say.

To the PP, it's a bummer. So sorry. Hope your kid will find a good in state alternative (St. M, UMBC?) or get some great merit elsewhere.

I'm not trolling PP. Just responding to a statement I found a bit insulting. IMO legacy is worse than affirmative action.

Well, you seem to have read extra into the statement and then unleashed on PP. So, just knock it off and move on.

“Knock it off and move on?” Sorry, who are you again? Is your name Jeff? Take a seat. DP

[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?

Several possibilities:

1. Did not take AP exams or report 5s and 4s. For a high stats kid, admissions officers are going to wonder about their absence.

2. Note that MCPS weighs Honors the same as APs in the GPA, unlike some other school systems. Which means MCPS GPA can be inflated and all the colleges recalculate it - but perhaps for PP's kid with 11 APs, that's moot.

3. The personal statement did not show a clear direction and failed to directly reference UMD. Essays are VERY important for mid-level 30-50% acceptance rate colleges, most of which do "holistic" admissions and seek a diversity of student voices. They are deathly afraid of the high stats kid with a generic essay, because they immediately think "yield protection, this kid wants to go elsewhere". Make the college think they are your top choice, always. The Common App allows for a customize personal statement. Save your general statement elsewhere, then tweak it for each college before hitting submit.

Unless it’s new this year, UMD does not yield protect. Look at Scattergrams. I would guess one of the following: the parent meant they were not accepted into a competitive program (but still admitted to university), that the student completely blew off the sentences, there was something unseemly or incomplete in the application, that student intentionally tanked application, that it’s a troll, that student had a disciplinary action, or the LORs were bad.

99.99% of high stat kids are accepted

Oh really? Citation please.

[Anonymous]

Wonder if anyone from Blair magnet with 4.0 UW rigorous classes got rejected?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wonder if anyone from Blair magnet with 4.0 UW rigorous classes got rejected?

I don't know about Blair, but I know that some RMIB students got rejected, though I don't know what their stats are.