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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I teach at UMD-College Park.  I would really urge you to consider it.  It has all the things you say you are looking for.  As an insider, I can tell you that it is a very good fit for a kid with your daughter's profile. I have seen a lot of kids prosper there. It really has a lot going for it if you can get over thinking of it as a local, commuter school, which it really isn't. It will also be half the cost of an OOS public school. [/quote]

Seriously?  Does College Park really lower its admissions criteria that much for minority applicants?

Not being snarky, but if a black applicant can get in with grades and scores that much lower than what would be acceptable for a white or Asian student, it is time to reconsider the admissions process.  Any white kid at my kid's school with those qualifications would be told not to waste her time applying to College Park.[/quote]

Then the white kids at your child's school are being given terrible advice.  Like all big state schools, UMD has a wide range of students, from straight A high school students with top scores who get into the Honors program and are admitted directly into the competitive majors to average, B students with average scores who enter the general program as undeclared majors.  I usually have the whole spectrum in my intro freshmen classes.  If all the white and Asian students in my classes were A students in high school, there is something seriously wrong with high school education in Maryland. Their skills are simply not indicative of top student work when they start college. With a little help and guidance, most of my students go on to do fine at UMD.

One trick people don't always consider is January admission. All universities have to report their admission numbers based on the students who are admitted in August, but most state schools admit a healthy portion of their students to start in January, and those student's stats are not used to calculate rankings.  If you get rejected by a state school for August, try applying for January admission if it is the school you really want to go to. [/quote]

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