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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just thinking about my kid’s prospects for UMD now. Will likely have a C or 2 on their transcript and a handful of APs. Coming from a W school and applying to either Psychology or Business programs. What do you do think? Could also apply as an Education major. [/quote]

I can tell you as a 2025 parent at Blair and based on my child's friends, tiny chance with a C and not much rigor. Friend with similar profile (grades/APs) as your child that applied for Education was denied. It looks like the majority of kids that were accepted at Blair were in the magnet/CAP with 3.9+UW/4.75+W GPAs. [/quote]

Does legacy mean anything at Maryland these days??? This is really absurd. [/quote]

There are lots of legacies.  We were serious when we said is really competitive.

https://irpa.umd.edu/CampusCounts/Admissions/apps_ug.pdf
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Interesting document, thanks for posting.

Why is a 45% acceptance rate considered "highly competitive"?

I also note that just over 20% of admitted first-time UMD students accept, meaning nearly 80% go somewhere else. 
From experience over the last 40 years talking with college selection committees, a quietly spoken truth is that you are less likely to get a letter of acceptance, even if qualified, if the school deems your chance of accepting is virtually nil. So if your highly qualified child's apps are to only the Ivy's and Stanford, and then also to a single mid/high tier state school, the state school might not actually accept you, as your accepting is less than a crap shoot for them. Hint, colleges want to offer admission to students likely to attend.

Looking at those numbers, looks like one has a 60%+ chance of acceptance as a transfer from a MD Community College, as opposed to that 45% as direct enroll. Sounds like a decent way to up ones chances.  And from the school's perspective, over 60% of transfers accept, making them a safer pick.

Finally, no college wants it's freshman class to be overcrowded with students from a small number of schools. Just like Harvard doesn't want to be considered a finishing school for Phillips Academy, I suppose UMD doesn't want to be considered a finishing school for MCPS W schools. They gotta hold some Redneck DEI seats for the hicks form Garret County after all. (And I can say that because I was a redneck good old boy DEI admit to Cornell way back in the day, but got a letter of rejection from my 3rd tier redneck state school, lol)
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