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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UMD is pretty stats driven and cares about weighted GPA.[/quote]

I think they recompute GPA using their methods since, in MCPS, every grade level class these days is honors and gets a 5.0.  This redners weight GPA meaningless.[/quote]
I don't think they do. I think they use weighted because it makes their overall GPA of admitted students very high (due to all the full Point honors weightings).[/quote]
UMD definitely recomputes GPA per their own criteria. That’s why they have you type in your full transcript data. It’s the only way to compare across different districts who calculate WGPA differently. And each LEP will use a subset of the data for their own internal scoring of candidates.

And UMD may be test optional, but that doesn’t mean they ignore test scores. They absolutely prioritize high scores. If you have them, submit them. If you don’t, there needs to be something else outstanding and unique in your application, because again, there are so many high stat applications they don’t have to look hard to fill a class.[/quote]

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