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[quote=Anonymous]Please just look at your HS's Naviance for the real scoop on what's generally needed to get into U-MD.

At our Bethesda-area school,  well north of 100 kids get in every year, and of the hundreds represented on scattergrams from recent years, there are fewer than 10 red Xs above the 4.7 Weighted GPA line (again -- that's for applicants for probably 5 graduating years) -- far fewer red Xs above that line than there are green checks below it.  Our scattergrams leaves little doubt that WGPA is most important criteria, followed by scores (tops in both are in sea of green). For sure, a kid with a 4.6 WGPA or below can be a great student, and plenty of those get in as well, but a 4.6 means either several Bs in honors or AP courses, or lots of unweighted classes.
But it's pretty clear that the kids with straight or near straight As in honors/AP/IB classes area almost always getting in.

The cut off will of course vary by school, but Naviance will tell you where it is at your kid's school[/quote]

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