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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry OP! But why such hate for UMD? Lots of kids got rejected by UmD this year. I get you have a high stats kid and hoped to get into a selective school. But unfortunately, high stats are not enough. 3 years ago my kid 1580 SAt, 800 on physics, math2, history, 15 APs and 2 beyond AP classes, software entrepreneur, rejected by MIT, Stanford, CMU, Cornell, Penn and Princeton. Only got acceptance from his safety schools UMD, Michigan and Georgia Tech. All honors. My nephew had a similar story, high stats but rejected everywhere.  He was beyond depressed when he realized other lower stats kids getting into these schools. That was it for me. For me DC2, we didn’t apply to any school with less than 30% acceptance rate and it has been good so far! 
Hang in there. It will be fine. UMD is a good school. Goal is to get an education… it will be met[/quote]

This is almost the same as my friend's son, SAT 1600, 15 APs all 5, Presidential service award, sports team captain, cello first chair, rejected from dream schools Stanford, MIT, CMU and other top schools, only got accepted from his safety UVA[b]. It took more than a year for the parents and kid to recover from the disappointment[/b].[/quote]

That's kind of messed up.  It took a year for the parents and kid to recover?[/quote]

I believe it took them that long. It is not messed up. You have no clue because you don't have a high achieving kid like that who worked his a@@ off for YEARS to get top grades and scores. You think achieving academic success like that is easy? Of course they were disappointed. Their reaction is entirely expected and quite human. If they weren't disappointed I would be amazed. You know nothing about this.[/quote]

DP...we all have high achieving kids. Seriously, your kid is a dime a dozen in this context. Get over it.[/quote]

The kids described above are not a dime a dozen in this context. Their disappointment at having to 'settle for' Maryland, Michigan or Georgia Tech reveals expectations out of touch with reality, though. Median SAT scores at those three schools are in the 96th, 98th and 97th percentiles respectively. Any kid with the stats outlined above will thrive at any of those schools and will have a bright future ahead of them if they continue to work so hard.[/quote]

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