Where is your UMD denied kid attending ? (not CS/Engineering)?

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Your kid could go to community college for the first semester and then try to get in for second semester.

Pretty sure there is a direct admit program from CC.

There is a direct admit from our CC after completion of X number of credits.
It's the path that my kid is planning on taking.

DS did that and starting at UMD this fall (he is bringing in ~40 credits). It was super easy as he only had to have 3.0 GPA at CC to qualify for guaranteed admission. He is going to have to pick up his pace as I imagine workload is much heavier at UMD. He pretty much coasted through his year at CC. I am a little worried, but there aren't many other options in MD and we can only pay in-state.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Title says it all

Your kid could go to community college for the first semester and then try to get in for second semester.

Pretty sure there is a direct admit program from CC.

There is a direct admit from our CC after completion of X number of credits.
It's the path that my kid is planning on taking.

DS did that and starting at UMD this fall (he is bringing in ~40 credits). It was super easy as he only had to have 3.0 GPA at CC to qualify for guaranteed admission. He is going to have to pick up his pace as I imagine workload is much heavier at UMD. He pretty much coasted through his year at CC. I am a little worried, but there aren't many other options in MD and we can only pay in-state.

Thanks for sharing. Which CC? Also is it really “direct admit”? What is the application process like to transfer and did you need to tell the CC when you enrolled so they can recommend specific classes?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Title says it all

Your kid could go to community college for the first semester and then try to get in for second semester.

Pretty sure there is a direct admit program from CC.

There is a direct admit from our CC after completion of X number of credits.
It's the path that my kid is planning on taking.

DS did that and starting at UMD this fall (he is bringing in ~40 credits). It was super easy as he only had to have 3.0 GPA at CC to qualify for guaranteed admission. He is going to have to pick up his pace as I imagine workload is much heavier at UMD. He pretty much coasted through his year at CC. I am a little worried, but there aren't many other options in MD and we can only pay in-state.

Thanks for sharing. Which CC? Also is it really “direct admit”? What is the application process like to transfer and did you need to tell the CC when you enrolled so they can recommend specific classes?

https://admissions.umd.edu/apply/maryland-transfer-advantage-program

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Title says it all

Your kid could go to community college for the first semester and then try to get in for second semester.

Pretty sure there is a direct admit program from CC.

There is a direct admit from our CC after completion of X number of credits.
It's the path that my kid is planning on taking.

DS did that and starting at UMD this fall (he is bringing in ~40 credits). It was super easy as he only had to have 3.0 GPA at CC to qualify for guaranteed admission. He is going to have to pick up his pace as I imagine workload is much heavier at UMD. He pretty much coasted through his year at CC. I am a little worried, but there aren't many other options in MD and we can only pay in-state.

Thanks for sharing. Which CC? Also is it really “direct admit”? What is the application process like to transfer and did you need to tell the CC when you enrolled so they can recommend specific classes?

https://admissions.umd.edu/apply/maryland-transfer-advantage-program

He went to MC and the process was very straightforward. He enrolled in MTAP his first semester. It is a direct admit. He had to fill out transfer application by early action deadline, but it was just a formality. As long as his GPA is 3.0+ and he has 30+ credits and satisfies math/English requirements he is admitted. Link above has the process outlined.

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Anonymous wrote:Towson

I think this is going to be more and more true as UMD rejects more and more kids. I am interested in seeing the data in coming years for Towson - if they get more selective because they have high achieving kids who didn't make the UMD cut applying.

I think the same goes for UMBC.

Agree. Kind of weird that my 4.0 kid and 3.0 kid may end up at the same school. One of them will not be happy about it.

This. My kid has a 4.2 (AP/IB/DE) captain of varsity sport, blah blah and didn't get into UMD so is going to Towson (we need instate tuition - he applied to a few OOS options and the nearest any of them came to instate costs after merit was about $10k more/year which we could not do. His BFF barely has a 3.0 and pretty much skated by in HS and not doing anything extra is also going to Towson. My kid "only" got $2000 in merit so there wasn't really even a significant cost difference.

OP here- is starting in the fall or there now? If he is there I am curious about the experience?

PP here with the kid with the blah blah blah...He starts Towson in the fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Title says it all

Your kid could go to community college for the first semester and then try to get in for second semester.

Pretty sure there is a direct admit program from CC.

There is a direct admit from our CC after completion of X number of credits.
It's the path that my kid is planning on taking.

DS did that and starting at UMD this fall (he is bringing in ~40 credits). It was super easy as he only had to have 3.0 GPA at CC to qualify for guaranteed admission. He is going to have to pick up his pace as I imagine workload is much heavier at UMD. He pretty much coasted through his year at CC. I am a little worried, but there aren't many other options in MD and we can only pay in-state.

Congrats to your DS! Your instincts are correct - DD just finished her first year and reports that they have real grades at UMD (as opposed to some recent news about schools where 80% of grades are A and A-). That said, don’t let DS get discouraged if it takes work because it genuinely takes work there!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Title says it all

Your kid could go to community college for the first semester and then try to get in for second semester.

Pretty sure there is a direct admit program from CC.

There is a direct admit from our CC after completion of X number of credits.
It's the path that my kid is planning on taking.

DS did that and starting at UMD this fall (he is bringing in ~40 credits). It was super easy as he only had to have 3.0 GPA at CC to qualify for guaranteed admission. He is going to have to pick up his pace as I imagine workload is much heavier at UMD. He pretty much coasted through his year at CC. I am a little worried, but there aren't many other options in MD and we can only pay in-state.

Thanks for sharing. Which CC? Also is it really “direct admit”? What is the application process like to transfer and did you need to tell the CC when you enrolled so they can recommend specific classes?

PGCC has a direct admit agreement as well. I think that HoCo and AA do too.
Not sure if it is MD wide but in PG, you can get two years of CC for free and there is scholarship money if you transfer from the PGCC honors program (I think $5K a year). So you can basically get a UMD degree for the cost of 2 years tuition minus $10K if you work the program. It's not the college experience that everyone wants but it would allow our not stellar student to get a degree from an excellent school with minimal student load debt.



https://admissions.umd.edu/apply/maryland-transfer-advantage-program

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Title says it all

Your kid could go to community college for the first semester and then try to get in for second semester.

Pretty sure there is a direct admit program from CC.

There is a direct admit from our CC after completion of X number of credits.
It's the path that my kid is planning on taking.

DS did that and starting at UMD this fall (he is bringing in ~40 credits). It was super easy as he only had to have 3.0 GPA at CC to qualify for guaranteed admission. He is going to have to pick up his pace as I imagine workload is much heavier at UMD. He pretty much coasted through his year at CC. I am a little worried, but there aren't many other options in MD and we can only pay in-state.

Thanks for sharing. Which CC? Also is it really “direct admit”? What is the application process like to transfer and did you need to tell the CC when you enrolled so they can recommend specific classes?

PGCC has a direct admit agreement as well. I think that HoCo and AA do too.
Not sure if it is MD wide but in PG, you can get two years of CC for free and there is scholarship money if you transfer from the PGCC honors program (I think $5K a year). So you can basically get a UMD degree for the cost of 2 years tuition minus $10K if you work the program. It's not the college experience that everyone wants but it would allow our not stellar student to get a degree from an excellent school with minimal student load debt.



https://admissions.umd.edu/apply/maryland-transfer-advantage-program

Depends on the major. Trying to transfer into UMD CS is now almost impossible, external or internal transfers.

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College of Wooster, with merit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Towson

I think this is going to be more and more true as UMD rejects more and more kids. I am interested in seeing the data in coming years for Towson - if they get more selective because they have high achieving kids who didn't make the UMD cut applying.

I think the same goes for UMBC.

Agree. Kind of weird that my 4.0 kid and 3.0 kid may end up at the same school. One of them will not be happy about it.

This. My kid has a 4.2 (AP/IB/DE) captain of varsity sport, blah blah and didn't get into UMD so is going to Towson (we need instate tuition - he applied to a few OOS options and the nearest any of them came to instate costs after merit was about $10k more/year which we could not do. His BFF barely has a 3.0 and pretty much skated by in HS and not doing anything extra is also going to Towson. My kid "only" got $2000 in merit so there wasn't really even a significant cost difference.

Wow. He won’t take out loans?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Towson

I think this is going to be more and more true as UMD rejects more and more kids. I am interested in seeing the data in coming years for Towson - if they get more selective because they have high achieving kids who didn't make the UMD cut applying.

I think the same goes for UMBC.

Agree. Kind of weird that my 4.0 kid and 3.0 kid may end up at the same school. One of them will not be happy about it.

Not to hijack the post but we are definitely seeing this in admissions at our FCPS school. The 3.5 kids end up in the same place as the 4.2 kids because the 4.2 kids can't get into the super selective schools but the 3.5 kids end up just fine at the mid-tier schools (e.g., IU, Syracuse, U S.C. etc). It's odd.

Agree. Seeing this happen at JMU.

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^ and it's worse because many of the students getting-in from outside of NoVa are even less competitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Towson

I think this is going to be more and more true as UMD rejects more and more kids. I am interested in seeing the data in coming years for Towson - if they get more selective because they have high achieving kids who didn't make the UMD cut applying.

I think the same goes for UMBC.

Agree. Kind of weird that my 4.0 kid and 3.0 kid may end up at the same school. One of them will not be happy about it.

This. My kid has a 4.2 (AP/IB/DE) captain of varsity sport, blah blah and didn't get into UMD so is going to Towson (we need instate tuition - he applied to a few OOS options and the nearest any of them came to instate costs after merit was about $10k more/year which we could not do. His BFF barely has a 3.0 and pretty much skated by in HS and not doing anything extra is also going to Towson. My kid "only" got $2000 in merit so there wasn't really even a significant cost difference.

Wow. He won’t take out loans?

Unless you're going to a T20 in a lucrative field, a loan is a terrible idea.

[Anonymous]

Davidson (my nephew though, not my kid)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Towson

I think this is going to be more and more true as UMD rejects more and more kids. I am interested in seeing the data in coming years for Towson - if they get more selective because they have high achieving kids who didn't make the UMD cut applying.

I think the same goes for UMBC.

Agree. Kind of weird that my 4.0 kid and 3.0 kid may end up at the same school. One of them will not be happy about it.

This. My kid has a 4.2 (AP/IB/DE) captain of varsity sport, blah blah and didn't get into UMD so is going to Towson (we need instate tuition - he applied to a few OOS options and the nearest any of them came to instate costs after merit was about $10k more/year which we could not do. His BFF barely has a 3.0 and pretty much skated by in HS and not doing anything extra is also going to Towson. My kid "only" got $2000 in merit so there wasn't really even a significant cost difference.

Wow. He won’t take out loans?

Unless you're going to a T20 in a lucrative field, a loan is a terrible idea.

Agree plus the cap on student loans is around $6k per year. Parents need to take the big loans. Im in my 50s I need to start on the catch-up contributions to my 401k not paying student loans. Towson over loans any day.