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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is worthless without stats.

-HS type (private prep, parochial, public, magnet)
-In state or OOS
-W and UW GPAs
-SAT or ACT
-Where else were they accepted?[/quote]

well, I can tell you who did NOT get one
public magnet
in-state
weighted 4.8 GPA
1580 SAT
14 APs[/quote]

Similar: 1570 SAT, 4.86 W, 8 APs, 8 upper level magnet classes at or beyond AP. At least we're not alone[/quote]

My kid has similar stats, and didn't get into honors, but got accepted to the engineering school. Got invited to Scholars program, which my kid is not hugely excited about. This process is a mystery to me. Older DD didn't even get accepted to UMD engineering school as an undergrad, yet got accepted to an extremely competitive grad engineering program. Go figure. [/quote]

"Similar" PP here. I am sorry about not getting Honors, but Engineering admit is quite an achievement. Congrats! Also, I've heard great things about Scholars.  I remember a thread a while ago about merit at UMD, and one person with great stats did not get BK while another one w/ good stats did. Who knows. Mine got into music school and honors, but I think essay could have been tighter and awards better presented. Hopefully, both of ours will be offered scholarships. It is a tough college app circuit this year. We are learning to be grateful for what DD gets and not to sweat what she doesn't. She will do well wherever she lands. I'm sure yours will too. Congrats, again.[/quote]

I hope everything works out. 
Couple of things we learned about UMD admissions. It does seem to be stats driven to a large extent in that it is rare for a high stats (sat 1530+) student to get rejected. 
Otoh getting into an honors program or a highly competitive lep is more holistic and they might put more emphasis on ECs, recs, awards etc. 
one more thing- there are merit scholarships besides BK. It is possible to get a $5000 tuition merit scholarship for instance. I would assume that these awards  also involve a more holistic review. [/quote]

She got one of those- yay!  Add whatever she gets from nmf, and it's a great deal.[/quote]

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