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Anonymous wrote:PP here with high-stats MCPS kid who was rejected. No, not going to reach out to a counselor in case there was a "mistake." DC is in at Pitt, and thought UMD was a safety... Now awaiting a bunch of RD decisions from more selective schools. Good news is that they really liked Pitt. (Parents are just mad that the in-state school rejected our kid, with those stats.)

I don't blame you but it really is a crapshoot these days.

Hopefully you have applied to UMBC, Towson, etc? No reason to go to Pitt over those instate MD schools unless Pitt gave great merit

dp.. depending on the major would UMBC even be better than Pitt? I don't know that much about Pitt.

Honors. CS. UMCP. Yaay! Hope the kiddo takes it. will save us some money.

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Anonymous wrote:PP here with high-stats MCPS kid who was rejected. No, not going to reach out to a counselor in case there was a "mistake." DC is in at Pitt, and thought UMD was a safety... Now awaiting a bunch of RD decisions from more selective schools. Good news is that they really liked Pitt. (Parents are just mad that the in-state school rejected our kid, with those stats.)

I don't blame you but it really is a crapshoot these days.

Hopefully you have applied to UMBC, Towson, etc? No reason to go to Pitt over those instate MD schools unless Pitt gave great merit

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Anonymous wrote:At our DC private, the college counselors said no one was accepted from our school to UMD last year below a 4.55 WGPA and the previous year no one below a 4.3 WGPA was accepted.

Maybe UMD figured your students use them as a safety?

UMD does not care about yield or demonstrated interest. I have found that it is a tough admit from high performing maryland high schools.

Why is that?

They don’t have to.

+1 it's a tough admit for in state students, especially for MCPS students.

Some admissions person at UMD once said, "This is not the University of Montgomery County"... if they went purely by grades/scores, the school would be mostly made up of MCPS students.

Hah! We must've been at the same session. I also just posted this.

Which is the new dorm? DC in at MD honors and now has to bake a selection. I know nothing about this.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected. In total shock. High stats (4.6 W, 11 APs, 34 ACT), great ECs, MCPS. We're hoping it's a yield thing, and this doesn't bode badly for DCs RD applications

I don’t think UMD yield protects? I’d reach out to your counselor on Monday to see if error. Has your DC had any other decisions yet?

+1 not yield protection according to Naviance (MCPS HS) and what I'm seeing on Facebook groups. No evidence of kids denied with those stats. That is shocking. Sorry OP. I would check with HS counselor. Issues with rec form or other teacher recommendations? Essay?

Are you joking? Check with counselor? Oh there must be an error!! Where have you all been the past few years. High stats kids get rejected from all places. This is not new.

+1 UMD is not that easy to get into it these days, even with high stats.

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The best quote I heard from a UMD admissions officer during info sessions was "that it was the University of MARYLAND not MCPS." There are just soooo many highly qualified students from MCPS that it is ridiculously competitive to be accepted. Also, people are not reporting if their kid applied to a limited enrollment program. Several years ago my neighbor was mad that UMD rejected his kid (who ended up taking a full ride to CivE at Alabama). Turns out the kid was admitted to UMD, just not into the engineering LEP. It may be that UMD is now just rejecting kids that aren't admitted to the LEP because they mostly end up not attending anyway.

Anonymous wrote:The Honors program is 4 years and College Park Scholars is 2 years. Honors is the top, offers the most perks.

That is not accurate- my son did university honors and finished the honors requirements in 2 years.

Anonymous wrote:PP here with high-stats MCPS kid who was rejected. No, not going to reach out to a counselor in case there was a "mistake." DC is in at Pitt, and thought UMD was a safety... Now awaiting a bunch of RD decisions from more selective schools. Good news is that they really liked Pitt. (Parents are just mad that the in-state school rejected our kid, with those stats.)

I don't blame you but it really is a crapshoot these days.

Got into UMD. OOS.1550 SAT. CS major
Invited to join FIRE.

Anonymous wrote:The portal had an acceptance letter that included the invitation to the Honors College for my CMNS kid. I don't know if other schools at UMD do it differently. My high-stats nephew got into Engineering but letter didn't say anything about Honors.

My older kid is at UMD and quite frankly I don't think the Honors experience has been anything to write home about, although he also started in 2020 and COVID may have affected the experience.

My 2020 has been the same. I know a few 2022 kids and they love the new dorm and the new dining hall.

PP here with high-stats MCPS kid who was rejected. No, not going to reach out to a counselor in case there was a "mistake." DC is in at Pitt, and thought UMD was a safety... Now awaiting a bunch of RD decisions from more selective schools. Good news is that they really liked Pitt. (Parents are just mad that the in-state school rejected our kid, with those stats.)

Anonymous wrote:In-state, direct admit to Business School. 4.5 weighted, test-optional. Invited to a non-honors LLP.

That is great!!!! My son is in smith and loves it.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected. In total shock. High stats (4.6 W, 11 APs, 34 ACT), great ECs, MCPS. We're hoping it's a yield thing, and this doesn't bode badly for DCs RD applications

I don’t think UMD yield protects? I’d reach out to your counselor on Monday to see if error. Has your DC had any other decisions yet?

+1 not yield protection according to Naviance (MCPS HS) and what I'm seeing on Facebook groups. No evidence of kids denied with those stats. That is shocking. Sorry OP. I would check with HS counselor. Issues with rec form or other teacher recommendations? Essay?

Are you joking? Check with counselor? Oh there must be an error!! Where have you all been the past few years. High stats kids get rejected from all places. This is not new.

I know that high stats kids are being rejected. Surprised OP's kid wasn't offered Spring admit or deferred.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected. In total shock. High stats (4.6 W, 11 APs, 34 ACT), great ECs, MCPS. We're hoping it's a yield thing, and this doesn't bode badly for DCs RD applications

I don’t think UMD yield protects? I’d reach out to your counselor on Monday to see if error. Has your DC had any other decisions yet?

+1 not yield protection according to Naviance (MCPS HS) and what I'm seeing on Facebook groups. No evidence of kids denied with those stats. That is shocking. Sorry OP. I would check with HS counselor. Issues with rec form or other teacher recommendations? Essay?

Are you joking? Check with counselor? Oh there must be an error!! Where have you all been the past few years. High stats kids get rejected from all places. This is not new.

+1 UMD is not that easy to get into it these days, even with high stats.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected. In total shock. High stats (4.6 W, 11 APs, 34 ACT), great ECs, MCPS. We're hoping it's a yield thing, and this doesn't bode badly for DCs RD applications

I don’t think UMD yield protects? I’d reach out to your counselor on Monday to see if error. Has your DC had any other decisions yet?

+1 not yield protection according to Naviance (MCPS HS) and what I'm seeing on Facebook groups. No evidence of kids denied with those stats. That is shocking. Sorry OP. I would check with HS counselor. Issues with rec form or other teacher recommendations? Essay?

Are you joking? Check with counselor? Oh there must be an error!! Where have you all been the past few years. High stats kids get rejected from all places. This is not new.