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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rejected.  1440 SAT. 4.2 WGPA.  Full IB diploma.[/quote]

Total BS![/quote]

UMD admission comm  has a deep knowledge of area public schools.

It depends on what major the candidate above applied to.

UMD is hard to get in some of the majors. Especially CS. Howard and Montgomery county schools are full of super high performing students and there are huge benefits of getting into UMD for the hard sciences at least.

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DP... not to be mean, but for an IB student, 1440 and 4.2 WGPA are not very high stats.  I would expect better numbers.  But, yes, major also matters.[/quote]

IB is an extremely hard program and many great students will see a dip in grades. In fact, I am always shocked that MCPS institutes IB in the lowest performing schools in the hopes that kids will magically become high performers.  It is a great disservice.

I don't think many parents and students understand what they are signing up for.  Unless you are a very well prepared student who has been enriched and accelerated and has the wherewithal and knowledge to create a scaffolding of academic support - this is a grade-killer.

There was a reason the RMIB did well in the past. It was a program dedicated to high performing students to begin with and the admission criteria was also tough and race blind.

Another bitter truth is that IB curriculum and course requirements does not jive with the college admissions process and requirement.  In that sense, even hard programs like Blair SMACS and PHS SMCS, prepares students for competitive colleges due to their curriculum, internship, internships and AP offerings.

I think IB students should at least get a 1 point GPA jump and a 100 points SAT jump by college admission comm.

- My two cents

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