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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC was rejected from UMD engineering with 1550 SAT, 4.73 GPA, national merit semifinalist, Blair magnet program, a lot of good ECs although not president of a club or anything like that. In state white male.

I never expected a rejection from UMD. [/quote]
Can you list a few most rigorous APs taken?[/quote]

The Blair HS STEM magnet program classes are generally described as higher level than AP. In addition to all the magnet courses, DS took a couple of AP history classes (I believe Government and Modern World, not U.S. History as it was advised that students not take that as a freshman). He took honors English to balance things out in his schedule, which is what is recommended for magnet students - take AP History OR English - some, of course, took both. Believe it or not. I'm not answering anymore questions on this thread. Thanks for the kind words from some of the folks here. Best of luck to your students. [/quote]
Sorry for the rejection but that explains it.  There were many other UMD applicants from Blair who took much more rigorous AP courses & exams including AP Calc BC, AP physics C, AP English lit, AP US History, AP Chemistry, etc., while your student applied with just an SAT score and high weighted GPA that was built with less rigor honors courses. [/quote]

Not PP but you don’t understand. This kid will have had all the rigorous magnet courses which go beyond AP and May have taken AP exams too (without taking the course, like any Blair magnet student - none of them take the course for AP calc, for example). uMD is very familiar with this program and considers it appropriately - as beyond AP. There is no AP quantum physics, for example. Or marine biology,[/quote]
Other Blair students got accepted by demonstrating rigor with challenging AP exams, in addition to having fancy courses on transcript. Fancy names like quantum, neuro, etc.. doesnt mean those courses are not easy As with grade bump. UMD knows this. 
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You don’t know anything about the Blair magnet! There literally aren’t AP classes in magnet subjects. Yet many colleges provide credit for those “fancy names” because they are familiar with the rigor of the program and because they know they go beyond AP. Blair magnet kids take AP exams without following the AP curriculum in STEM subjects but the rigor of their class also go way beyond any available AP class. Colleges and esp UMD know this. No one familiar with the program would reference an easy A with a grade bump. That’s ludicrous. I bet you are one of those people saying kids should take AP precalculus too!

And I’m not the PP - but I have a Blair magnet sophomore.[/quote]

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