Who got into UMCP?

[Anonymous]

What HS?

Grades and test scores?

How many APs?

EA?

Major?

What's the secret?

[Anonymous]

DC is in with a full ride.

Secrets? High stats, rigors, apply by Nov 1, and hope for the best.

[Anonymous]

We know someone with a 4.0, high SATs, tons of AP, lots of extracurricular and volunteering who didn't get in. Wondering if it's because she picked a popular major (education)? She got into Towson with a full ride (and apparently Towson's education program is now better than UMCP). I just find this fascinating...and depressing.

My oldest is only in 5th grade, but he and his siblings will end up at state schools. DH and I are Terps, so that's where we hope they end up. We know it's ridiculously tough to get in for fall admission, but we know a handful of kids who got in for the spring semester (apparently it's easier since those admission stats don't factor into their reported admission stats). So I guess that's Plan B.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We know someone with a 4.0, high SATs, tons of AP, lots of extracurricular and volunteering who didn't get in. Wondering if it's because she picked a popular major (education)? She got into Towson with a full ride (and apparently Towson's education program is now better than UMCP). I just find this fascinating...and depressing.

My oldest is only in 5th grade, but he and his siblings will end up at state schools. DH and I are Terps, so that's where we hope they end up. We know it's ridiculously tough to get in for fall admission, but we know a handful of kids who got in for the spring semester (apparently it's easier since those admission stats don't factor into their reported admission stats). So I guess that's Plan B.

Do students applying to UMCP have to declare a major on their application?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We know someone with a 4.0, high SATs, tons of AP, lots of extracurricular and volunteering who didn't get in. Wondering if it's because she picked a popular major (education)? She got into Towson with a full ride (and apparently Towson's education program is now better than UMCP). I just find this fascinating...and depressing.

My oldest is only in 5th grade, but he and his siblings will end up at state schools. DH and I are Terps, so that's where we hope they end up. We know it's ridiculously tough to get in for fall admission, but we know a handful of kids who got in for the spring semester (apparently it's easier since those admission stats don't factor into their reported admission stats). So I guess that's Plan B.

Do students applying to UMCP have to declare a major on their application?

You don't have to but you can. If not declared, kids are put in Letters and Science (i.e., undecided). Even if you declare, doesn't mean you will get it either. A lot of kids are put in L&S regardless. The LEP (limited enrollment programs) majors are difficult to get in.

[Anonymous]

Hmmm. I work at UMD. It is poorly run, and it doesn't seem to be awash in the riches that PP suggested. It also has a lot of kids who aren't that strong, as well as kids who are very strong. Not sure we serve any of them very well.

[Anonymous]

UMCP? Or one of the graduate and/or nursing schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmmm. I work at UMD. It is poorly run, and it doesn't seem to be awash in the riches that PP suggested. It also has a lot of kids who aren't that strong, as well as kids who are very strong. Not sure we serve any of them very well.

DH and I graduated from UMCP, as did many of our friends and colleagues. It's a much better school now than it was when we went (mid 90s), and we feel like we got a great deal in terms of education and value.

No clue what you are talking about, pp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We know someone with a 4.0, high SATs, tons of AP, lots of extracurricular and volunteering who didn't get in. Wondering if it's because she picked a popular major (education)? She got into Towson with a full ride (and apparently Towson's education program is now better than UMCP). I just find this fascinating...and depressing.

My oldest is only in 5th grade, but he and his siblings will end up at state schools. DH and I are Terps, so that's where we hope they end up. We know it's ridiculously tough to get in for fall admission, but we know a handful of kids who got in for the spring semester (apparently it's easier since those admission stats don't factor into their reported admission stats). So I guess that's Plan B.

What do you consider high SATs? Is the GPA weighted or unweighted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hmmm. I work at UMD. It is poorly run, and it doesn't seem to be awash in the riches that PP suggested. It also has a lot of kids who aren't that strong, as well as kids who are very strong. Not sure we serve any of them very well.

DH and I graduated from UMCP, as did many of our friends and colleagues. It's a much better school now than it was when we went (mid 90s), and we feel like we got a great deal in terms of education and value.

No clue what you are talking about, pp.

Yes, better than it was; I hear this all the time. But you're not in the classroom with these [largely apathetic] kids every day, and you don't live under the administration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hmmm. I work at UMD. It is poorly run, and it doesn't seem to be awash in the riches that PP suggested. It also has a lot of kids who aren't that strong, as well as kids who are very strong. Not sure we serve any of them very well.

DH and I graduated from UMCP, as did many of our friends and colleagues. It's a much better school now than it was when we went (mid 90s), and we feel like we got a great deal in terms of education and value.

No clue what you are talking about, pp.

Yes, better than it was; I hear this all the time. But you're not in the classroom with these [largely apathetic] kids every day, and you don't live under the administration.

You know what? Bright kids will excel there (I did). And there are apathetic kids at every college on the planet.

And everyone in academia hates their administration. So cliche.

[Anonymous]

Given how few other decent in-state options there are in Maryland, it's surprising it's taken as long as it has to be considered a peer of other state flagships. It's about where you'd expect it to be, but nothing more.

[Anonymous]

Geography not your strong suit, 09:51? News to me that Georgetown and Catholic are in Maryland! I'm sure it would be news to those institutions, too.

[Anonymous]

The admission rate at umcp is 47%. 1 of 2 applicants gets in. Hardly brutal, and the admissions stats still significantly lag the top state flagships. And unlike UVA where people in Fairfax complain bitterly, UMD seems to love kids from MoCo. At DCs W school about half the kids apply (and a good chunk of the top students don't apply) and at least 75% are accepted.

[Anonymous]

I think UMD's admission rate for the class of 2015 is 40%, down from 47% last year. UVA's admit rate is around 30 but it's much smaller school and can be more selective. UMD is a typical state school that needs to serve a wide range of kids - it's 2x size of UVA. SAT mid 50% for UVA and UMD is very close for CR adn M.