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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD has applied from an W school and as we await the results next month, I have questions! What are they looking for? Do they only want high stats? Are they looking for a well rounded student? I’ve heard over and over again how hard it is to get entry, so I’m not expecting anything (but I am hopeful). I just want to know if there’s any chance for the average/high kid- the one who hasn’t taken the most rigor and has gotten a couple of B’s. [/quote] Her chances depend on what major she applied to. If she applied to one of the limited enrollment programs https://admissions.umd.edu/academics/limited-enrollment-programs , she needs very strong academics, great stats, ECs in the field, and a lot of luck. 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. As PP said, your school's Naviance will give you some sense based on the scattergrams, but since those don't capture major, it can be misleading. In my experience with my own kids, neighbors, and as a HS teacher UMD prioritizes rigor over grades and very high test scores over ECs. Although they are test optional now, I still see that pattern with who is accepted and who isn't. MoCo just produces soooo many amazing students, and UMD can't take them all. The data dashboard is interesting to play around with https://www.usmd.edu/IRIS/?view=UMCP UMD accepts a lot of transfer students, so sometimes students enroll in a different University of Maryland System school with the intention of transferring. However, kids should be cautious about this because[b] most of the in-state transfers are from the Community College feeder system (60%), and only ~10% from other 4-yr MD universities. [/b] https://www.usmd.edu/IRIS/Dashboard/Transfer/ Good luck to your DD and reassure her that she will end up at a great school, even if it isn't UMD-CP. [/quote] This appears to be because students end up satisfied with the other university, not that they are rejected by UMD-CP a second time. [/quote]
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