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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think many people who have not directly participated in the UMD admissions process in the past several years would be very surprised at how competitive it has become.  They may have a general sense that the school has improved over the past couple of decades but they don't know the extent.[/quote]
 :roll: EVERY public U in the country says this.[/quote]

And sometimes it's true.

In 1995, UMBCs freshman had the same average SAT scores as UMCP freshman: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-02-21/news/1995052117_1_umbc-honors-student-top-students

From the article: "UMBC and UMCP tied in average scores of all entering freshmen, which stood at 1,093. Last year, UMCP beat UMBC by three points, then the smallest margin previously registered since records were kept by the university system.

And for the second year in a row, the top 25 percent of UMBC students scored higher than their peers at College Park, besting them in average scores, 1,200 to 1,180."

Now days, UMCP is about a hundred points higher than UMBC. That's a significant difference.

When I went to UVA in the early 90's, the SAT scores were around 1250, about 150 points higher than UMCP.  The difference is now about [b] 30-40 points on a 1600 point scale[/b].[/quote]

UVa and UMD, IMHO, basically attract same caliber kids in terms of SAT/ACT avg scores. [/quote]

I think UVA still attracts a higher caliber of kids, but the difference is very small now.  As college tuitions grow ever larger, I suspect it will get even closer as more and more of the smart kids in MD opt to stay in state.[/quote]

mid-50% SAT scores are very close (almost same but UVa is little higher), mid-50% ACT scores are not close - UMD is much higher. [/quote]
https://www.admissions.umd.edu/apply/freshman.php - UMD average ACT- 29-33
https://admission.virginia.edu/admission/statistics - UVA average ACt- 27-31

I really don't understand why people post such blatantly false information. Like, what are you getting out of that?[/quote]

2 pts on ACT =/= 2 pts on SAT. LOL[/quote]

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