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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The acceptances seem so random. Some lower stats accepted while higher are rejected. [/quote]

Same feeling. Especially some high-stat rejections are not in engineering/CS, like Biology. Hard to say. Does UMD also value EC more nowadays? [/quote]

My child knows a kid at her high school with an UNWEIGHTED GPA OF ONLY 3.0, WHO DID "SOME" EC, AND GOT IN! My child and her good friend with WAY better stats, but NO EC, were rejected. I do believe the kid who was accepted with the lower GPA will struggle there. [/quote]

There may be some other factor at play here. I feel like when I see posts like this I always cringe because it is like parents saying “my kid is FOR SURE better and more valuable than THAT kid.” Why on earth would you think that your personal limited information would be better at evaluating than the admissions office with a full set of information?

Are they a sports recruit? Do they go to a less competitive high school? Were they homeless and had a disastrous freshman year but turned it around sophomore and junior year?

I understand we all think our own kid is great, but don’t make your kid great by tearing other kids down.[/quote]

It’s obvious when you know GPA and test scores and race. And most kids know this from their peer group.

And high school guidance counselors have an even clearer picture.

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Sure sound like kids that would make a positive contribution to the campus[/quote]

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