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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does UMD care about EC, such as leadership, sports, etc? Is it friendly to high stats students without much EC, especially from good public high schools in MD?

I know CS in UMD is very competitive. How about EE? Is it a bit easier to get in?[/quote]

Yes, based on my kids' good public high school in Maryland for HS class of '25. My kid had very average ECs but top academic rigor and high stats (very high GPA, very high SAT, very high AP).

He was admitted to UMD engineering with Honors & merit as an Asian male. Engineering is also limited enrollment there, but I'm not sure if it's an easier admission than CS. It might be, just because there are more engineering students, but I don't know how many people apply for CS vs eng. This past cycle, UMD received a total of 66,000 applications!

Your kids will be mostly compared to those from their high school, so if you have Naviance or something similar, you can at least check general trends for UMD.[/quote]

Congrats! Your should be proud. It’s not easy to get merit there. Based on my kid’s school, it is not hard to get into UMD. I saw many average GPA got in. If my son would go with other majors, there is no worry. The issue is with CS.

I actually wonder, if someone’s 3 desired majors in common app are: CS, EE, ME. But he is not strong enough, will UMD just reject him or put him in a different major that he didn’t specify?

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