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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rejected, but dc isn’t upset. It was not a top choice and they have much better options elsewhere for their intended major. Only applied because we’re in state.[/quote]

So UMD figured that out and protected their yield[/quote]

There’s no way UMCP can figure that out.

[b]The reality is plenty of Marylanders can’t afford to send their high stats kids out of state and desperately want their kids to get into our flagship. [/b]

But the reality is certain kids from mcps are simply shut out.

A college counselor I know very well says UMCP is irrationally unpredictable. Pretty much sums it up. [/quote]

They have the option for CC to flagship.  I know that route isn’t as popular here in Maryland, but it’s not uncommon for people to start at community college or directional universities and later transfer to their state flagship.  Or if they are DCUM middle class, look for the OOS schools where they have a chance of merit and it’s not the public ivies.  It might be more than UMD but it it won’t be private school triple the cost more expensive. I will also add that my co-workers are amazing and we all went to different schools including UMBC and Towson.  Some people could only afford to live at home and go to a college nearby or start at community college first.  That didn’t mean they weren’t smart or hard working.[/quote]

Sure.

But imagine having to tell your 4.0 UW kid they need to go to MC and transfer to UMCP when their peers with lower stats got into UMCP while your kid was rejected. It stinks.

And there’s a reason we have this same conversation on dcum year after year. [/quote]

Every college has a range of GPAs and unless UMD has said 100% of their class has 4.0 UW, you have to assume kids get in with less than a 4.0 and some kids with a 4.0 don’t get in. I’m not sure what you’ve been telling your kids, but we’ve been clear from the beginning that UMD is tough, and even with high stats there are no guarantees. Have a back up plan whether that’s applying to colleges where you can get into the honors program and/or merit or be willing to go to CC and transfer.

The other thing is your kid should have safety schools on their list that they are willing to attend and the family can afford. So if they truly have safeties they are actually willing to attend, they should have already reconciled that they could be at a school where other kids didn’t have a 4.0 coming in and that also might be lower on prestige than where some of their classmates with lower GPAs end up.

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Bless your heart.

We know this.

But you don’t understand what some of us are frustrated with when it comes to the ridiculously unpredictable admissions process at UMCP that seems to disproportionately impact a certain group of applicants.

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Of course it's frustrating for so many MCPS students and families! It's just the way it is, and it will be that way until UMBC/Towson/etc grow in regard.

I imagine people in NJ feel the same about Rutgers. They have a similar sized population and one highly regarded flagship.[/quote]

But UMBC is practically the same as UMD.[/quote]

It's a UM with a  C on the end instead of a CP. It's not as lively. Nor as big. But it is a UM.[/quote]

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