UMD Admissions 2024 Is it that selective now?

[Anonymous]

I really think private school hurt him. My youngest plans to attend public high school based on how this cycle went for his brother. He’s in middle now

[Anonymous]

Is it easier to get into UMD from out of state (FCPS)?

[Anonymous]

It has a 44% acceptance rate for fall 2024. Not selective at all. Yield also at 23% last year. Top students dont want to go and use it as a backup for just about any mid tier and above private

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It has a 44% acceptance rate for fall 2024. Not selective at all. Yield also at 23% last year. Top students dont want to go and use it as a backup for just about any mid tier and above private

Stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It has a 44% acceptance rate for fall 2024. Not selective at all. Yield also at 23% last year. Top students dont want to go and use it as a backup for just about any mid tier and above private

Stop.

Keep bolding. Maybe you'll convince others 44% is selective.

[Anonymous]

And 23% yield is pathetic. 77% turn it down. Yikes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It has a 44% acceptance rate for fall 2024. Not selective at all. Yield also at 23% last year. Top students dont want to go and use it as a backup for just about any mid tier and above private

That's actually a pretty low acceptance rate for US higher education, and not a bad yield rate, either. And your last sentence has no data to back it up.

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Anonymous wrote:Excuse my ignorance but has the SATs gotten significantly easier since the late 90s, early 2000? I looked at average scores at various colleges today and they all seem so high! No way back when I took it could that many people get scores in mid-high 1400s. Are we talking about the same test? My kids are nowhere near college age so I haven't paid attention to how the test has changed.

No the max possible scoring changed I think

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UMD is not worth the stress, low QoL, and crazy admissions rates.

Disagree. It’s the ideal school for my college kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It has a 44% acceptance rate for fall 2024. Not selective at all. Yield also at 23% last year. Top students dont want to go and use it as a backup for just about any mid tier and above private

Do you really think a school that rejects more students is better? Lol

And, yes, top students attend UMD.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anne Arundel HS kid stats

4.1W (3.7 UW) (all honors with the exception of some electives)
top 10-15% in class (can't remember exact rank - probably top 12%ish)
9 AP/IB/DE courses
TO
Varsity sport (captain)
NHS
3 years working

Undecided major

Rejected

wow.. I wonder if it was the TO, or if it was because they selected undecided major.

That’s a low weighted gpa. Indicates the kid didn’t take many APs. Honors means nothing. Especially since many schools are doing “honors for all”. You have to take APs

Why are you commenting if you don't know the basic of how MCPS GPA works?

Honors and AP have the same GPA boost in MCPS.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/k-q/qohs/uploadedfiles/departments/counseling/coursebulletinintroduction.pdf

9 APs is a healthy number, even if some are low end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anne Arundel HS kid stats

4.1W (3.7 UW) (all honors with the exception of some electives)
top 10-15% in class (can't remember exact rank - probably top 12%ish)
9 AP/IB/DE courses
TO
Varsity sport (captain)
NHS
3 years working

Undecided major

Rejected

wow.. I wonder if it was the TO, or if it was because they selected undecided major.

That’s a low weighted gpa. Indicates the kid didn’t take many APs. Honors means nothing. Especially since many schools are doing “honors for all”. You have to take APs

Why are you commenting if you don't know the basic of how MCPS GPA works?

Honors and AP have the same GPA boost in MCPS.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/k-q/qohs/uploadedfiles/departments/counseling/coursebulletinintroduction.pdf

9 APs is a healthy number, even if some are low end.

That poster was from Anne Arundel, so the GPA boost is lower.
You can't compare Anne Arundel Weighted GPA to MCPS GPA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Excuse my ignorance but has the SATs gotten significantly easier since the late 90s, early 2000? I looked at average scores at various colleges today and they all seem so high! No way back when I took it could that many people get scores in mid-high 1400s. Are we talking about the same test? My kids are nowhere near college age so I haven't paid attention to how the test has changed.

No the max possible scoring changed I think

It changed but then it changed back.

It was "recentered" 20 years ago to raise points about 50pts.


You also see more higher scores due to population growth, and increases at the high end due to elite immigrant competitiveness.

And you are on the Internet, in a forum for an area where smart education-focused people from around the world migrate to, and where rich people with fake/no jobs brag about their kids. You didn't have that in the 1990s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it easier to get into UMD from out of state (FCPS)?

No.