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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]B+ student, sports, maybe a non-sports extracurricular. Nothing crazy.[/quote]

above 75% threshold on sat's?

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U of Md wants to keep the stats up so test scores are most important to them. [b]Much more so than grades[/b] or extras. I don't think that activities matter there at all. [/quote]

I get your point but i don't this this is completely accurate. UMD still uses "mostly" stats driven admission process... However, last a couple years or so, I got the impression they are slightly leaning towards "holistic admission" path. [/quote]

I think the slightly leaning is key. They have a 26 point admissions list which includes things like community service and involvement, volunteer work etc. However the 26 points are not equally weighted. They are simply all considered.

For those who want to see it, its here:

https://www.admissions.umd.edu/apply/factors.php

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I agree with pp.  My impression is that the holistic process is used more for admitting kids into the living learning communities like the Honors program and the Scholars program.  Also, the admission process has more than one tier.  The limited enrollment programs, for example, will consider who to admit to their programs separate from the general admissions process. They may look at different things than the general admissions committee.  It's hard to know what I say considered and how much influence a certain factor has on me the admissions process.  It does appear that test scores are hugely important as well as Weighted GPA.  Someone with a weighted GPA of a 4.0 might not cut the mustard.[/quote]

If you apply, but aren't admitted to a limited enrollment program do they reject you from U MD or do they place you in a different program/school?[/quote]

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