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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you want a reference from '23? My kid was admitted Honors to a Humanities major with a 4.67 weighted gpa, a dozen AP courses (but he skipped the 12th grade exams and had mostly 5s on the others) and a 35 out of 36 on his ACT. He did come from a "W" school, although I'm not sure UMD differentiates where kids come from within MCPS. They could also see on his transcript that he'd had a resource class for 9th and 10th grade and no first period in 12th grade. (He has special needs, but they didn't see the IEP.)

Also, UMD swears that they don't select by major, and they say that their freshman class mostly comes from Early Action applicants. [/quote]

UMD doesn’t select from major BUT there are majors for that are Limited Enrollment.  Meaning you could potentially get accepted to UMD, but not get accepted to that major.  CS and even Business are some of the LEP majors.[/quote]

+1.  See here:

[url]https://admissions.umd.edu/academics/limited-enrollment-programs[/url][/quote]
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I really want to emphasize this because it is confusing for students and parents. UMD admissions office is the first gate for admission to the university. Only after students are admitted to the university do the LEP programs get to see the applicants for specific programs. If a student is admitted to UMD but not the desired LEP, they are placed in Letters & Sciences and will declare a major later.

Many of the LEPs have guaranteed transfers in upon meeting gateway requirements EXCEPT computer science. If you aren’t admitted to the LEP they will reject you from UMD completely, because they won’t take internal transfers anymore. (Note - this may change if CS demand drops due to students figuring out how hard it is to get a job in CS now.)[/quote]

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