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Anonymous wrote:No OP, but I'm curious to know stats of kids who got into UMD Smith School as a direct admit. Is it as competitive as computer science seems to be?

maybe more difficult nowadays but 2023 stats for direct admit/honors:
3.9/4.75
1500
main ec - small business with 6 figures revenue annually

i think cs is still more competitive but business is not far off.

Just curious...does Smith offer something special with respect to entrepreneurship or otherwise? I guess I would be far more strategic for college with a kid that has a small business already generating 6 figures annually unless it is something like re-selling tons of stuff on Amazon (where you can have high revenue, but also a high cost of sales...so profit is fairly small) and is not something that your kid intends to continue for a career.

Again, not saying Smith does not satisfy that strategy, but would probably be a different college search in general.

Anonymous wrote:Can someone reply to OP vs. just answering that you submitted high scores. It's taking up bandwidth and isn't helpful.

It seems that it’s rare to get in the business school test optional, or that would be my conclusion, at least.

Can someone reply to OP vs. just answering that you submitted high scores. It's taking up bandwidth and isn't helpful.

2024 Direct Admit to Smith with Honors (no word on merit yet)
4.0 uw/4.93 w
35 ACT
10 AP's; prior ones scores 4-5
MCPS

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 2022 kid MoCo (non W) was accepted to smith/honors/presidential ($5K per year) 3.9/4.7 W- 1580 SAT.

Does MoCo weight grades differently? For my DCPS kid it is literally impossible to get a weighted 4.7 even with an unweighted 4.0 and just going absolutely nuts with A/P classes (like taking as many randoms like A/P Psyche, AP Human Geography, etc.)...too many required classes (P/E, music, foreign language, etc.) are only offered grade-level until you get to AP.

Yeah mcps has have same weight between honors and AP. But my kid ended up with 16 APs at the end.

Anonymous wrote:My 2022 kid MoCo (non W) was accepted to smith/honors/presidential ($5K per year) 3.9/4.7 W- 1580 SAT.

Does MoCo weight grades differently? For my DCPS kid it is literally impossible to get a weighted 4.7 even with an unweighted 4.0 and just going absolutely nuts with A/P classes (like taking as many randoms like A/P Psyche, AP Human Geography, etc.)...too many required classes (P/E, music, foreign language, etc.) are only offered grade-level until you get to AP.

Anonymous wrote:“ My 2022 kid MoCo (non W) was accepted to smith/honors/presidential ($5K per year) 3.9/4.7 W- 1580 SAT.”

Mine was denied with this gpa but only a 1460. May have been better off TO.

What year 2024? I think it has gotten harder in state, even in the last two years. I have a friend that had a 2022 and 2024, with similar stats and test scores, first child was honors and Engineering and 2nd child freshman connection, Letters and Science.

Anonymous wrote:“ My 2022 kid MoCo (non W) was accepted to smith/honors/presidential ($5K per year) 3.9/4.7 W- 1580 SAT.”

Mine was denied with this gpa but only a 1460. May have been better off TO.

Ugh sorry. This test thing is making me nuts. Did he want maryland?

“ My 2022 kid MoCo (non W) was accepted to smith/honors/presidential ($5K per year) 3.9/4.7 W- 1580 SAT.”

Mine was denied with this gpa but only a 1460. May have been better off TO.

2022 if it is still helpful.

3.97/4.7 GPA
1480 SAT

Anonymous wrote:No OP, but I'm curious to know stats of kids who got into UMD Smith School as a direct admit. Is it as competitive as computer science seems to be?

maybe more difficult nowadays but 2023 stats for direct admit/honors:
3.9/4.75
1500
main ec - small business with 6 figures revenue annually

i think cs is still more competitive but business is not far off.

My 2022 kid MoCo (non W) was accepted to smith/honors/presidential ($5K per year) 3.9/4.7 W- 1580 SAT.

My son was admitted but did submit test scores.

3.97 uw/ 4.8 weighted
31 ACT / 33 superscore

Sadly not into but I'm going have him tour!

No OP, but I'm curious to know stats of kids who got into UMD Smith School as a direct admit. Is it as competitive as computer science seems to be?

I would like to know if your child was admitted without test scores. I have a junior applying next year. We are instate and UMD is his first choice.