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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a member of the UMD parents group and there is almost a revolt among those with high scoring SATs with perfect or near perfect GPAs who didn’t get Honors.  My kid is one of them.

It’s irritating to read about all the TO kids who got Honors.

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I'd feel the same way, not remotely fair.[/quote]

Why do you want UMD so badly if your stats are that high? You could probably get into a much more competitive school. Is it a cost thing? Because top schools usually have really strong endowments and are MUCH more generous with financial aid. [/quote]

My kid did get into the Honors College, just empathizing with parents of non-TO kids who didn’t. Wanting UMD is not rocket science. For a donut hole family, elite colleges cost 3x as much![/quote]

I think UMD PUNISHED TO kids more. My TO kids friends with same or lower GPAs with high standardized scores got in. Same exact GPA and ECs her best friend my kid but she got 35 ACT and my kid did TO. So my kid did not get in. My daughters friend is super nice, but she did take SAT like 4 times and bombed. Then did ACT several times with Prep and tutoring got a 35.

So in her case scores helped. UMD should have been clearer how they weight Test scores for SAT and ACT. Some kids may have submitted a lower test score and got peanlized or some kids like my kid did TO and did not realize she should have submitted test. Either way my kid wanted in for bragging rights but was not going to go as she wants to go away to school.

But it seems crazy 4.7-4.85 WGPAs from W schools got straight up rejects cause did TO or submitted a test score they should not have.         [/quote]

The TO kid I advise got in + Honors.
Reject w/ 4.7 does not surprise me. Also, how many 4.85 are getting rejected, and what was the actual rigor of those kids?[/quote]

Many magnet kids with Weighted GPAs around 4.85 were rejected.  12-14 APs, mostly 5's or 4's[/quote]

What school?[/quote]

[b]My kids who’s a senior says many from Poolesville were rejected. My kid attends a different high school.[/b]
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That is correct. Some who are perfect on paper were rejected including a senior who published a book, a Robotics club winner and an Olympiad winner. I told my daughter who got in to not whisper anything as it is an emotional time. Many magnet kids are upset as UMd was their safety and now they are unsure about their chances in the T20 that they applied to. [/quote]

I hope that PHS SMCS kids do not take UMD as a safety.  It has never been a safety, and they need to have the rigor, grades, SAT, ECs, to get into CS, Engineering.   It really depends on their major. They need to apply to other CS adjacent majors.  They can always do a double major. [/quote]

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