Anonymous
05/16/2024 10:08
Subject: Re:Where is your UMD denied kid attending ? (not CS/Engineering)?
Anonymous wrote:Elon- way nicer campus and more friendly with school spirit.
I get this kind of thing from people whose kids are rejected from UMD. How about let's just acknowledge that UMD is hard to get into now and not crap on the school and the kids that are going there.
Anonymous
05/16/2024 09:25
Subject: Where is your UMD denied kid attending ? (not CS/Engineering)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Towson
I think this is going to be more and more true as UMD rejects more and more kids. I am interested in seeing the data in coming years for Towson - if they get more selective because they have high achieving kids who didn't make the UMD cut applying.
I think the same goes for UMBC.
Agree. Kind of weird that my 4.0 kid and 3.0 kid may end up at the same school. One of them will not be happy about it.
Weighted or UW?
I saw another PP mention 4.2, which must be weighted and isn't very high for this area.
Anonymous
05/16/2024 09:21
Subject: Where is your UMD denied kid attending ? (not CS/Engineering)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Towson
I think this is going to be more and more true as UMD rejects more and more kids. I am interested in seeing the data in coming years for Towson - if they get more selective because they have high achieving kids who didn't make the UMD cut applying.
I think the same goes for UMBC.
Agree. Kind of weird that my 4.0 kid and 3.0 kid may end up at the same school. One of them will not be happy about it.
This. My kid has a 4.2 (AP/IB/DE) captain of varsity sport, blah blah and didn't get into UMD so is going to Towson (we need instate tuition - he applied to a few OOS options and the nearest any of them came to instate costs after merit was about $10k more/year which we could not do. His BFF barely has a 3.0 and pretty much skated by in HS and not doing anything extra is also going to Towson. My kid "only" got $2000 in merit so there wasn't really even a significant cost difference.
aw.. that sucks for him and can be really discouraging. But, IMO, your kid will be a bigger fish in a smaller pond, and it will be easier for them to stand out.
My DC had super high stats, and got rejected to T20. At UMD now with merit. There are some really smart kids there, but DC has noticed that the kids who transferred into their program aren't as high caliber as the direct admits. They just finished their first year and didn't find it that hard, but they know several kids who were transfers who really struggled (they went into UMD with almost 60 credits so they started with taking some upper level courses, which is how they ended up with transfer students in the same class).
So, your kid might find it a lot easier in college, which leaves room for more activities and fun. Mine just sleeps a lot.
Thank you for this. This is the nice side of DCUM (vs..."you should have sold a kidney (or both) to make the OOS options happen for your kid."
) I also agree with you. I am hoping it will leave time for clubs, his club sport, a job, a social life, and eventually an internship. To me, college is more than about the classes (though important) - it is about developing your interests, leadership skills. etc. Hopefully, he can do all of those things. 
Anonymous
05/16/2024 08:41
Subject: Where is your UMD denied kid attending ? (not CS/Engineering)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Towson
I think this is going to be more and more true as UMD rejects more and more kids. I am interested in seeing the data in coming years for Towson - if they get more selective because they have high achieving kids who didn't make the UMD cut applying.
I think the same goes for UMBC.
Agree. Kind of weird that my 4.0 kid and 3.0 kid may end up at the same school. One of them will not be happy about it.
This. My kid has a 4.2 (AP/IB/DE) captain of varsity sport, blah blah and didn't get into UMD so is going to Towson (we need instate tuition - he applied to a few OOS options and the nearest any of them came to instate costs after merit was about $10k more/year which we could not do. His BFF barely has a 3.0 and pretty much skated by in HS and not doing anything extra is also going to Towson. My kid "only" got $2000 in merit so there wasn't really even a significant cost difference.
aw.. that sucks for him and can be really discouraging. But, IMO, your kid will be a bigger fish in a smaller pond, and it will be easier for them to stand out.
My DC had super high stats, and got rejected to T20. At UMD now with merit. There are some really smart kids there, but DC has noticed that the kids who transferred into their program aren't as high caliber as the direct admits. They just finished their first year and didn't find it that hard, but they know several kids who were transfers who really struggled (they went into UMD with almost 60 credits so they started with taking some upper level courses, which is how they ended up with transfer students in the same class).
So, your kid might find it a lot easier in college, which leaves room for more activities and fun. Mine just sleeps a lot.
Anonymous
05/16/2024 07:56
Subject: Where is your UMD denied kid attending ? (not CS/Engineering)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Towson
I think this is going to be more and more true as UMD rejects more and more kids. I am interested in seeing the data in coming years for Towson - if they get more selective because they have high achieving kids who didn't make the UMD cut applying.
I think the same goes for UMBC.
Agree. Kind of weird that my 4.0 kid and 3.0 kid may end up at the same school. One of them will not be happy about it.
This. My kid has a 4.2 (AP/IB/DE) captain of varsity sport, blah blah and didn't get into UMD so is going to Towson (we need instate tuition - he applied to a few OOS options and the nearest any of them came to instate costs after merit was about $10k more/year which we could not do. His BFF barely has a 3.0 and pretty much skated by in HS and not doing anything extra is also going to Towson. My kid "only" got $2000 in merit so there wasn't really even a significant cost difference.
Anonymous
05/15/2024 20:03
Subject: Where is your UMD denied kid attending ? (not CS/Engineering)?
William and Mary
Anonymous
05/15/2024 19:54
Subject: Where is your UMD denied kid attending ? (not CS/Engineering)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Towson
I think this is going to be more and more true as UMD rejects more and more kids. I am interested in seeing the data in coming years for Towson - if they get more selective because they have high achieving kids who didn't make the UMD cut applying.
I think the same goes for UMBC.
Agree. Kind of weird that my 4.0 kid and 3.0 kid may end up at the same school. One of them will not be happy about it.
Not to hijack the post but we are definitely seeing this in admissions at our FCPS school. The 3.5 kids end up in the same place as the 4.2 kids because the 4.2 kids can't get into the super selective schools but the 3.5 kids end up just fine at the mid-tier schools (e.g., IU, Syracuse, U S.C. etc). It's odd.
Virginia definitely has more options instate though.
Anonymous
05/15/2024 19:08
Subject: Where is your UMD denied kid attending ? (not CS/Engineering)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Towson
I think this is going to be more and more true as UMD rejects more and more kids. I am interested in seeing the data in coming years for Towson - if they get more selective because they have high achieving kids who didn't make the UMD cut applying.
I think the same goes for UMBC.
Agree. Kind of weird that my 4.0 kid and 3.0 kid may end up at the same school. One of them will not be happy about it.
Not to hijack the post but we are definitely seeing this in admissions at our FCPS school. The 3.5 kids end up in the same place as the 4.2 kids because the 4.2 kids can't get into the super selective schools but the 3.5 kids end up just fine at the mid-tier schools (e.g., IU, Syracuse, U S.C. etc). It's odd.
Anonymous
05/15/2024 17:27
Subject: Where is your UMD denied kid attending ? (not CS/Engineering)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Towson
I think this is going to be more and more true as UMD rejects more and more kids. I am interested in seeing the data in coming years for Towson - if they get more selective because they have high achieving kids who didn't make the UMD cut applying.
I think the same goes for UMBC.
Agree. Kind of weird that my 4.0 kid and 3.0 kid may end up at the same school. One of them will not be happy about it.
? Is your 4.0 kid at UMBC now? STEM major? UMBC is pretty decent for STEM.
undecided but not STEM. Maybe business. 3.0 kid might be STEM (younger) but would most likely not like the UMBC campus- too isolated.
Anonymous
05/15/2024 17:17
Subject: Where is your UMD denied kid attending ? (not CS/Engineering)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Towson
I think this is going to be more and more true as UMD rejects more and more kids. I am interested in seeing the data in coming years for Towson - if they get more selective because they have high achieving kids who didn't make the UMD cut applying.
I think the same goes for UMBC.
Agree. Kind of weird that my 4.0 kid and 3.0 kid may end up at the same school. One of them will not be happy about it.
? Is your 4.0 kid at UMBC now? STEM major? UMBC is pretty decent for STEM.
Anonymous
05/15/2024 17:11
Subject: Where is your UMD denied kid attending ? (not CS/Engineering)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Towson
I think this is going to be more and more true as UMD rejects more and more kids. I am interested in seeing the data in coming years for Towson - if they get more selective because they have high achieving kids who didn't make the UMD cut applying.
I think the same goes for UMBC.
Agree. Kind of weird that my 4.0 kid and 3.0 kid may end up at the same school. One of them will not be happy about it.
Anonymous
05/15/2024 14:53
Subject: Where is your UMD denied kid attending ? (not CS/Engineering)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Towson
I think this is going to be more and more true as UMD rejects more and more kids. I am interested in seeing the data in coming years for Towson - if they get more selective because they have high achieving kids who didn't make the UMD cut applying.
I think the same goes for UMBC.
Anonymous
05/15/2024 14:33
Subject: Where is your UMD denied kid attending ? (not CS/Engineering)?
Huge difference ~ if OOS ($) can be considered
It's a different question then
It's a different question then
Anonymous
05/15/2024 14:31
Subject: Where is your UMD denied kid attending ? (not CS/Engineering)?
Anonymous wrote:Towson
I think this is going to be more and more true as UMD rejects more and more kids. I am interested in seeing the data in coming years for Towson - if they get more selective because they have high achieving kids who didn't make the UMD cut applying.
Anonymous
05/15/2024 14:29
Subject: Where is your UMD denied kid attending ? (not CS/Engineering)?
Towson