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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lesson learned: the UMD App has as many essay questions as an Ivy League institution.[/quote]

Seriously, good to know this, but not happy it’s true![/quote]
DP. PP was exaggerating a bit. To clarify, there are a bunch of short-answer (650 character) prompts. The questions are kind of irritating though. "Where would you like to travel to," fine, but "The most interesting fact I ever learned from research was..." is a bit odd, because "research" is quite vague here. They are all get-to-know-you short answer questions, plus a diversity prompt.

This is nothing like, say, Brown or HYPS essays.[/quote]

I have a bit of a contrarian view:

If your kid treats every application - including safeties - as a HYPS application - they will get merit from those schools - or at least be in the running.
My kid has gotten merit from EVERY safety applied to. Shocking. But those essays could have been submitted to any T10. They were thorough and well-researched. Nothing was an afterthought.

So it's been a huge ego boost - after an ED deferral. [/quote]

DC did this too and adjusted major as needed with each school, scoured the websites, etc. Spent a ton of time on each file and personalized all the essays. Despite all this and having high stats this didn't work on all safeties or matches and lots of EA deferrals. It's a great idea but not a magic bullet. [/quote]

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