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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is a senior at a MCPS middle of the road HS.
He is very smart but matured on the later side so his overall grades are middling.
Junior year was good and senior year is going great. He is finally challenging himself and getting all As. He had a bad 10th grade virtual year. 
And he is now taking school, college etc very seriously. I know it is a bit late but I’m relieved he finally got there.
He is a nice kid and intellectually very capable. He wants to apply for CS at UMD but we are realistic that his odds of admission are low.

My question is if he applies for CS and doesn’t get in, will he get a straight out rejection from UMD or will they perhaps admit him but not for CS.
Once you get in to UMD College of Arts and Sciences, if you do well your first year, can you apply to transfer into the CS program.[/quote]
UMD admits to the University as a whole first, and then to LEPs.
https://admissions.umd.edu/explore/majors/limited-enrollment-programs

"Prospective UMD students should indicate their preferred major when completing their online application for admission. However, your preferred major does not affect your admissibility to the university. 
Admitted students who select an LEP as their major are reviewed by the specific program to determine admission to that major. While the majority of students are admitted to their preferred major, some LEP applicants may not be. Students who are admitted to UMD but not their preferred LEP major are placed in Letters & Sciences, where they will work with an advisor to meet the gateway requirements to earn admission to that major."

Here is the information about transferring in (either as a UMD student or from another university)
https://lep.umd.edu/computerscience.html

My DS just graduated from UMD with CS. He had friends at other Maryland Universities who changed majors and then tried to transfer in, but weren't accepted. If your son is set on CS, I would not take a placement (at UMD or elsewhere) with the plan to transfer in. It is just too competitive.

However, the high demand for CS is expanding the programs at other Maryland schools. I know of current students or recent graduates at UMBC and Salisbury who thought the CS programs there were good. 
https://www.csee.umbc.edu/
https://www.salisbury.edu/explore-academics/programs/undergraduate-degree-programs/majors/computer-science-major.aspx

I would visit and check both out. Apply to at least one of them to have an in-state back-up to consider if DS is not admitted to UMD CS.[/quote]

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