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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn't the reason why UMD rejects students from Moco is because they think moco kids would go somewhere else instead of UMD? Yield rate?[/quote]

I don't think so. My observation from my county (not MoCo) is UMD attempts to scoop up valedictorians and top ten percent.

In a certain year, I knew of three or four valedictorians who chose UMD. At least one is in honors but I am mot sure that all are.

I’ve also seen evidence they will accept those outside of top ten if student has significant accomplishments, such as national champion.

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What about this who are not vals or don't have national championship related to their resume? [/quote]
Those kids are getting in too. That person is uninformed.   Admits are the “top” 20 to 30% of the class from MCPS.   [/quote]

Nope. And if so that is still a high gpa.  We know a few kids not admitted to UMD this year.  These are kids with 4.2+ gaps, AP/IB classes, good SATs, and no they were not all applying to CS. [/quote]

According to B-CC’s school profile 40% of graduating seniors have GPAs of 4.51+. I expect they are the only school were a 4.2 is not near the top 20-30% of the class.[/quote]

At Poolesville it’s 60% at 4.51+.  So no BCC is not the only school where you need to likely be 4.7 or higher to be in the top 20%.[/quote]

The massive grade inflation and grading policies in MCPS makes it harder for top students to distinguish themselves. Grade inflation results in a lot of average students having the same GPA as very strong students.  This is good for average students and hurts strong students.

Unpopular opinion- if you really want your strong student to go to UMD you should consider a private without grade inflation and a strict grading policy. Your student will have a better chance of separating themselves from the pack there. Yes, you’ll have to pay for tuition in high school but you’ll probably save money overall if your child gets in state tuition at UMD (compared to oos public or private college tuition). [/quote]

We aren’t seeing grade inflation.  Maybe you are as the rules are different at each school but with UMD they can only take so many students per school so you are better off at the higher end of a bad school than a so called good school.  Where you go to college is far more important than hs.  [/quote]

You need to be able to show that you are at the top of your high school class to get into UMD. This is hardest at a good MCPS high school ( lots of average to smart students ) who all have the same GPA. [/quote]

No reason to believe that's true, whe UMD already publicly declared that they care more about diversity than "top students".

Obviously they want people that UMD courses can serve, so people at the low end of preparation are routed to community college, but there's no reason to prefer the "top"  students over the "good" students except for a few had picked for the Honors program. [/quote]

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