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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UMD with a 64% acceptance rate.  Yikes.  Let's keep it out of the "selective" discussion, ok?  It's a solid Big State U.  But not even close to elite.  [/quote]

Whoever said it was elite?[/quote]

Exactly.[/quote]

UMD is clearly not elite.  It's not even selective, as these acceptance rates confirm.  But there seems to be a large contingent of UMD boosters on DCUM who keep talking about how hard it is to get into now, how it's not a safety anymore, etc.  They should stop with the nonsense and shenanigans.  [/quote]

Please stop.[/quote]

Look at stats for engineering or comp sci.  A whole different world.[/quote]
+1  It's tough to get in for CS/engineering majors.  [/quote]

as well as the Business school (Accting, Finance, Mrkting, IS,....etc), Journalism school, essentially any of the Limited Enrollment Programs.[/quote]

Ok...but the acceptance rate was 64%, which would include all of those "hard to get into" programs.  How easy must the other programs be???  64% is pretty much everybody getting in.  [/quote]
Yes it is easier to get into UMD. Overall acceptance rate is higher. 
it is not easy to get into the UMD Limited Enrollment Programs or their Honors college and these programs are top notch especially in STEM
The high schools listed are the top performers in Montgomery County
So a better comparison would be looking at the percentage of McLean or George Mason seniors who applied and were accepted into UVA. I am sure it will be a high number. The number says more about the caliber of students at these high schools than it does about the selectivity of uva
Also can I just say how sick I am of hearing about uva. 
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