UMD yet?

[Anonymous]

In! Also scholars. MCPS 4.0/4.85 35 ACT 9 APS (all 4/5s) very good ECs

[Anonymous]

Hearing of lots of really strong applicants rejected from our W HS. Lots of APs and perfect or near perfect GPAs. I’d think they should at minimum be spring admits based on my older kids’ experiences. Heartbreaking. DC is a junior and already felt like UMD would be a reach but now I doubt they’ll even bother.

For those with spring admits, go for it. My DD did freshman connection a few years ago. Essentially, you attend UMD in the fall and live and socialize with everyone else. Nobody knows who is freshman connection unless a student shares it. The big difference is freshman connection has classes in the afternoon (which was appealing for DD) and smaller class sizes (another plus).

[Anonymous]

In Maryland kids with 4.6 to 4.8 from W schools get rejected UMD but if they lived in Virginia they most likely could get into UVA or William Mary or in North Carolina Chapel Hill.

And oddly if kid lived in VA or NC with 4.6 to 4.8 GPA they get into UMD.

Is what it is.

[Anonymous]

Accepted in Scholar program. MD private. 4.0 UW. 1500 SAT. Good LORs, ECs, etc.

Congrats to all accepted!

Go Terps! ❤️💛🖤

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:that was my dd last year. 3.9 something/4.8 something. 12 APs. Rejected.

I attended a college consultant presentation a few weeks ago at our high school. That college consultant came out and said he saw a lot of W schools, high stat rejections last year because of yield protection, He said the same profile of kid from a school like Watkins Mill would easily get in.

UMD doesn’t yield protect, but I have seen weird W school results. Know a kid at Michigan who was rejected at UMD

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:4.65 10APs from W school in state straight up reject

Maybe they think he'll get into an Ivy and he'll reject UMD.

^100% this

They don’t yield protect. It is harder to get in from a top 10 public school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's really no value in saying "10 APs" or "8 APs" without the grades for those and the exam result.

I suspect these kids are getting A's in the class but only 3's or worse in the exam. Which shows bad grade elevation and is unlikely to impress AO's.

Not necessarily. AP exams are to earn college credit. My DD took 11 AP classes but only 2 exams because the schools she applied to only accepted 2 AP classes for credit. Each AP exam is about $75. Some weren't go8ng to pay %700 for no benefit. I asked thus very question at an admission session and was told that getting good scores on APs can help.an application, but not pro idi g s ores won't hurt the application because they know some.diatricts charge for the exam and some.celleges don't accept or accept very few for credit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In Maryland kids with 4.6 to 4.8 from W schools get rejected UMD but if they lived in Virginia they most likely could get into UVA or William Mary or in North Carolina Chapel Hill.

And oddly if kid lived in VA or NC with 4.6 to 4.8 GPA they get into UMD.

Is what it is.

What are the chances a MCPS kid with those stats would get into W&M or UVA OOS?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There's really no value in saying "10 APs" or "8 APs" without the grades for those and the exam result.

I suspect these kids are getting A's in the class but only 3's or worse in the exam. Which shows bad grade elevation and is unlikely to impress AO's.

You’re quoting my kid’s stats. She got As in all the APs and 4/5s on the exams - submitted. No 3s. Sorry that doesn’t fit your narrative.

My narrative is that there's no value in mentioning the number of AP's without the scores. That's it. Moron.

clueless - please sit down. AP exams scores don't matter in admission.

Sure they do.

No, they don't - UMD doesn't look at them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:There's really no value in saying "10 APs" or "8 APs" without the grades for those and the exam result.

I suspect these kids are getting A's in the class but only 3's or worse in the exam. Which shows bad grade elevation and is unlikely to impress AO's.

You’re quoting my kid’s stats. She got As in all the APs and 4/5s on the exams - submitted. No 3s. Sorry that doesn’t fit your narrative.

My narrative is that there's no value in mentioning the number of AP's without the scores. That's it. Moron.

clueless - please sit down. AP exams scores don't matter in admission.

+ 1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC has not gotten anything. No portal updates, is this bad news???

What major?

[Anonymous]

3.83/4.62 MCPS W. 34 act.
8 APs no scores submitted for those

Rejected

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:4.65 10APs from W school in state straight up reject

Sorry. SAT/ACT?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3.83/4.62 MCPS W. 34 act.
8 APs no scores submitted for those

Rejected

Do a lot of "W" kids go to UMD or do they use it as a "safety?"

Maybe UMD are utilizing historical yield rates from the W svhools. Maybe it's a MoCo thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:that was my dd last year. 3.9 something/4.8 something. 12 APs. Rejected.

I attended a college consultant presentation a few weeks ago at our high school. That college consultant came out and said he saw a lot of W schools, high stat rejections last year because of yield protection, He said the same profile of kid from a school like Watkins Mill would easily get in.

Please. UMD doesn't do yield protection.