If kid wants big rah-rah school with classic American college experience, why not just lower your aim a bit & go to one of the many big publics to the west or south?

There are many public universities that offer that experience, & many offer merit aid that will bring net price down to roughly that of U of MD in-state. And the gpa/test scores you need for such aid don’t have to be sky-high.

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid wasn't accepted to UMD (in past 3 years), what college/university were they accepted to and to what program at that college?

. . . And schools like Towson, JMU are kinda low rated for a kid who just missed cut off at UMD.

I live in a MoCo school with three kids. Not a single one with to UMD. One did not apply, one got in but was weak her major and the third did not get in.

This is not true at all! Towson, UMBC, and JMU are not at all “low ranked.”

Completely wrong PP. those schools are highly ranked and really really good!

Sure - maybe within a 100 miles radius.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on my son’s interactions with his friends, UMD is not as competitive this year in his school. I think the admission bar is closer to 2 years ago than last year.

So many high achieving kids from our W school were rejected.

This cycle?

Anonymous wrote:Current senior. Accepted: Indiana, Miami Ohio, VT, Penn State (Smeal), Pitt, UDel, Towson

Will likely go to Indiana, unless gets in to Wisconsin (deferral).

Those acceptances are excellent! Well done. Indiana is a fantastic school.

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Anonymous wrote:Rutgers has rolling admissions and is ranked identically to UMD overall.

I don’t believe Rutgers has rolling admissions. But I agree with the second point: UMD is so overrated in the DMV area! Btw, Rutgers is the safest school on my son’s list. Its application is also super easy with no supplemental essays. UMD has designed its application like an Ivy League’s with those open handed fill-in-the-blank questions. 🙄

Those fill in the blank questions were thoughtful I thought. Literally there's no right or wrong answer. All your kid had to do was think for a few minutes for each question. No big deal. I disagree that UMD is overrated. I just think some people are pissed that their snowflake didn't get in. Remember it's a holistic process so they look at you beyond your grades and test scores.

My son got in but we still think UMD is overrated. But we’re originally from another state, so we got a different perspective!
Don’t get me wrong, I like those open-ended questions just as I like the Yale 35-word questions. But UMD is not in that league. Just saying.

I don't think there's a human alive who is saying or thinks UMD is in the same league as an ivy, lol! Many sought after schools are not.

UMD is an R1 research university. Any R1 will be good.

Yale is fine but has Amy Chua on the faculty, along with her creepy husband, and they create weirdos like our VP.

Plenty of MAGA elite attended Yale.

Is it possible MAGA aren’t quite as hopelessly stupid as you assume they are?

No, that isn’t possible. Even if they have adequate intellect, their moral compass is hopelessly broken. The equation always ends up at stupid.

Current senior. Accepted: Indiana, Miami Ohio, VT, Penn State (Smeal), Pitt, UDel, Towson

Will likely go to Indiana, unless gets in to Wisconsin (deferral).

Anonymous wrote:Based on my son’s interactions with his friends, UMD is not as competitive this year in his school. I think the admission bar is closer to 2 years ago than last year.

So many high achieving kids from our W school were rejected.

Anonymous wrote:because, you know, a Black kid isn’t a good natural fit for UMD?

I included Black kids who UMD is a natural fit for also, alot of UMD students will be displaced by this new re-balancing

because, you know, a Black kid isn’t a good natural fit for UMD?

Anonymous wrote:Rejected UMD. Accepted W&M, GWU, JMU, and Connecticut College. Attending W&M.

NP and thank you for this information. What major?

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Anonymous wrote:Rutgers has rolling admissions and is ranked identically to UMD overall.

I don’t believe Rutgers has rolling admissions. But I agree with the second point: UMD is so overrated in the DMV area! Btw, Rutgers is the safest school on my son’s list. Its application is also super easy with no supplemental essays. UMD has designed its application like an Ivy League’s with those open handed fill-in-the-blank questions. 🙄

Those fill in the blank questions were thoughtful I thought. Literally there's no right or wrong answer. All your kid had to do was think for a few minutes for each question. No big deal. I disagree that UMD is overrated. I just think some people are pissed that their snowflake didn't get in. Remember it's a holistic process so they look at you beyond your grades and test scores.

My son got in but we still think UMD is overrated. But we’re originally from another state, so we got a different perspective!
Don’t get me wrong, I like those open-ended questions just as I like the Yale 35-word questions. But UMD is not in that league. Just saying.

I don't think there's a human alive who is saying or thinks UMD is in the same league as an ivy, lol! Many sought after schools are not.

UMD is an R1 research university. Any R1 will be good.

Yale is fine but has Amy Chua on the faculty, along with her creepy husband, and they create weirdos like our VP.

Plenty of MAGA elite attended Yale.

Is it possible MAGA aren’t quite as hopelessly stupid as you assume they are?

Who knows? They seem very good at protecting child traffickers. I imagine avoiding the law requires at least a low level of intelligence.

Being smart without morals is not helpful to society.

Maybe Stephen Miller is smart but he appears to be a sociopath. Therefore, his intelligence is wasted. Same goes for his wife.

Same for Ted Cruz. Maybe he is smart because he escapes to Mexico or California during storms in Texas. Funny that he goes to California, which is full of the woke liberal mindset.

Which bot farm do you work on?

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Anonymous wrote:Rutgers has rolling admissions and is ranked identically to UMD overall.

I don’t believe Rutgers has rolling admissions. But I agree with the second point: UMD is so overrated in the DMV area! Btw, Rutgers is the safest school on my son’s list. Its application is also super easy with no supplemental essays. UMD has designed its application like an Ivy League’s with those open handed fill-in-the-blank questions. 🙄

Those fill in the blank questions were thoughtful I thought. Literally there's no right or wrong answer. All your kid had to do was think for a few minutes for each question. No big deal. I disagree that UMD is overrated. I just think some people are pissed that their snowflake didn't get in. Remember it's a holistic process so they look at you beyond your grades and test scores.

My son got in but we still think UMD is overrated. But we’re originally from another state, so we got a different perspective!
Don’t get me wrong, I like those open-ended questions just as I like the Yale 35-word questions. But UMD is not in that league. Just saying.

I don't think there's a human alive who is saying or thinks UMD is in the same league as an ivy, lol! Many sought after schools are not.

UMD is an R1 research university. Any R1 will be good.

Yale is fine but has Amy Chua on the faculty, along with her creepy husband, and they create weirdos like our VP.

Plenty of MAGA elite attended Yale.

Is it possible MAGA aren’t quite as hopelessly stupid as you assume they are?

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid wasn't accepted to UMD (in past 3 years), what college/university were they accepted to and to what program at that college?

. . . And schools like Towson, JMU are kinda low rated for a kid who just missed cut off at UMD.

I live in a MoCo school with three kids. Not a single one with to UMD. One did not apply, one got in but was weak her major and the third did not get in.

This is not true at all! Towson, UMBC, and JMU are not at all “low ranked.”

Completely wrong PP. those schools are highly ranked and really really good!

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid wasn't accepted to UMD (in past 3 years), what college/university were they accepted to and to what program at that college?

My kid was not and she is at Virginia Tech and a lot of Maryland people there. Also my other kid went to University of Delaware and a lot of Maryland kids are there. Has bus from campus to Dulles Airport, Arlington and Union Station from campus which is great.

UDELL gives decent merit aid and is only around 101 miles from Bethesda/Rockville so it is far enough for separation. It also has a Amtrak stop on edge of campus going to Union Station which is great.

Those two schools for kids who just miss cut off for UMD are popular. Remember other schools University of Virginia, UNC Chapel Hill etc if you miss UMD cut off you are not getting in there. And schools like Towson, JMU are kinda low rated for a kid who just missed cut off at UMD.

I live in a MoCo school with three kids. Not a single one with to UMD. One did not apply, one got in but was weak her major and the third did not get in.

UNC Chapel Hill OOS might not be likely just because UNC OOS is hard even if you make the unofficial UMD cutoff. However, kids are getting into schools with lower acceptance rates while being rejected from UMD. OOS at schools like Wisconsin, William & Mary, UT-Austin, UGA, University of Michigan to name a few among people I know. This doesn’t include those getting into private colleges and smaller LAC with lower acceptance rates and not the MD flagship. So I don’t always take a rejection from UMD to mean that you won’t get into some place harder, especially if it’s in that range where it could go either way at UMD. Other schools have different ways they recalculate GPA and different institutional priorities.

If looking for more of a likely for kids on the line, popular schools are Pitt, Udel, Ohio State, University of Amherst, and Penn State.

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Anonymous wrote:Some people are doing a year at Prince George's Community College and transferring over. If you maintain a high GPA you are almost guaranteed admission.

is it the same for montgomery college too?

UMD has one guaranteed transfer program called MTAP. All Maryland CC's participate, but there is an application required (on top of the transfer application to the school itself).

https://admissions.umd.edu/apply/maryland-transfer-advantage-program

It also requires completing you associate at mc not 1 semester like people are claiming.