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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone who wants to go to college can. Every May NACAC puts out a list of all the colleges still accepting applications and there are solid schools on that list, although generally smaller schools.

I have no idea if OP's DD is competitive for UMD but she's certainly competitive for other nearby flagships that also give merit aid for OOS students -- Delaware and West VA come to mind.  Plus plenty of other MD state schools like St. Mary's.

People stress about a very, very small segment of colleges and it's ridiculous.[/quote]

"Her Stats are 1300 and 4.61 W and 3.97 UW. "

She's absolutely competitive to UMD!  All she has to do is work on the SAT (or take the ACT).  Plenty of time between now and next October to do that.

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Yes, she definitely is but some schools seem really unpredictable. Absolutely work on SAT/ACT prep but also spend time finding less competitive schools that you might love. Then, you have options. A kid with these stats seems to often apply to UMD as a safety and then a bunch of very highly selective (aka highly rejective) schools test optional and then surprised to have only UMD as a choice. UMD is great but a wave of rejections and the feeling like you aren't make a final decision can be depressing.[/quote]

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