Anonymous wrote:No matter the school, it’s always a good idea to have things sent well ahead of the deadline. Sometimes things go missing. It’s good to leave enough time that you can fix it if you discover it. DS applied early to all his schools and then ended up with transcript issues which thankfully he discovered in plenty of time. It took a few weeks to get the HS to resolve it on their end.

Every year kids apply to UMD and end up with incomplete applications for the EA deadline. I think admissions is just trying to warn applicants because there are zero exceptions for late materials.

Of course it's good to be ahead of deadline, but UMD already sets their deadline a month early for no good reason.

Anonymous wrote:Does this the 2 week window include letters of recommendation?

To be posted as received in the portal? Yes. To actually be received? No. Students are accountable for everything they fully control to be done by 11/1. There’s a little slack for the teacher/counselor letters of rec.

Anonymous wrote:We submitted last week but nothing supplemental has shown up in their portal (transcripts/letters of recommendation/etc). Those same documents appeared as received the first time DC logged into portals for the other eight schools DC applied to.

DC also applied last week. The SAT score was the only thing that was there right away. UMD had received college class transcripts around the same time as the SAT scores but it took a few more days after they had set up the portal for them to load. (Still within the 10 business day window.) High school transcripts showed up within a couple days of being sent. HTH!

Anonymous wrote:[No matter the school, it’s always a good idea to have things sent well ahead of the deadline. [Sometimes things go missing. It’s good to leave enough time that you can fix it if you discover it. DS applied early to all his schools and then ended up with transcript issues which thankfully he discovered in plenty of time. It took a few weeks to get the HS to resolve it on their end.

Every year kids apply to UMD and end up with incomplete applications for the EA deadline. I think admissions is just trying to warn applicants because there are zero exceptions for late materials.

This. The two biggest issues I had heard about were test scores not getting there on time and incomplete transcripts if there was coursework elsewhere. I seem to remember for my oldest paying extra to expedite the test scores because it was on the edge of not getting there on time with the standard window. With my youngest, there was a minor issue where a summer program at a college where no college credit was earned was entered incorrectly on my child’s end so it looked like a transcript was missing. There was time to fix it before the deadline.

As another person mentioned it’s all about risk tolerance level. Given the cost of college, I didn’t want our family to be left with zero in-state options due to an application snafu so I was on my kids to get at least two in-state applications in before the EA deadline.

Should we worry if recommenders are not in despite already submitting?

OP here.I learned from this thread what UMD actually means by their post. Thank you! I had not been not trying to scare anyone.

Are there other universities that are similar?

If you are submitting test scores I think official ones need to be sent directly from college board and this could take like 2 weeks. This is similar to UT Austin. App submission deadline was 10/15 and all supplemental items by 10/22.

No matter the school, it’s always a good idea to have things sent well ahead of the deadline. Sometimes things go missing. It’s good to leave enough time that you can fix it if you discover it. DS applied early to all his schools and then ended up with transcript issues which thankfully he discovered in plenty of time. It took a few weeks to get the HS to resolve it on their end.

Every year kids apply to UMD and end up with incomplete applications for the EA deadline. I think admissions is just trying to warn applicants because there are zero exceptions for late materials.

Anonymous wrote:This is EXACTLY WHY PARENTS should be involved.

Sheesh. All those naysayers on the other thread.

Because of misinformation being posted on DCUM? Proves the opposite actually

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Anonymous wrote:So are we late if we submit by this Sunday?

Yes - Saturday is the deadline

What??? 11/1 is the deadline. How is this coming Sunday 10/19 late? What am I missing?

OP et al are trying to scare you. You are allowed to submit until the deadline of Nov 1st, like always. You can figure out for yourself whether you have everything, it's not that hard. It's just that UMD has so many applications these days, and apparently hasn't upgraded their admissions resources, that they cannot guarantee your application will show up as submitted immediately. It might take 10 business days. That's fine. You, on your end, can take a screenshot when you submit. Everything that gets sent before the deadline will be considered Early Action.

The deadline is 11/1. Maryland likes to have test scores by then, so that needs to be done in advance. Kids can and will file last minute applications.

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Anonymous wrote:So are we late if we submit by this Sunday?

Yes - Saturday is the deadline

What??? 11/1 is the deadline. How is this coming Sunday 10/19 late? What am I missing?

Anonymous wrote:So are we late if we submit by this Sunday?

Yes - Saturday is the deadline

This is EXACTLY WHY PARENTS should be involved.

Sheesh. All those naysayers on the other thread.

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Anonymous wrote:Does this the 2 week window include letters of recommendation?

UMD says to also send official SAT/ACT scores by the deadline in order for my application to be considered complete

Where does it say this?

NP. On its admissions website. My kid is applying to a handful of schools that require this- UMD included. I would order them pronto.