Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 20:15     Subject: UMD---Reach or Match
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:At DD’s competitive private north of DMV, the determining factor is GPA. The school is on 100 point scale and pretty much anyone with gpa lower than 95 weighted does not get in, regardless of SAT. Over 97 and it’s a target or even low target.
But suspect this formula is different for different schools.


GPA is 4.67 weighted.


gpa is low for Churchill. so even if sat is high this can be between target and reach.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 19:30     Subject: UMD---Reach or Match
Anonymous wrote:I think it’s a match. DD graduated from a W MCPS with a 4.7, a dozen APs with 4s and 5s. She had very strong ECs and a great performing arts audition, good recs, great essay. Her scores were the weakest link (1400) so she went TO. Rejected. Her guidance counselor said despite UMD’s TO policy, they really want to see scores. Your kid’s scores, grades, and coursework are great. Good luck!

It's because she's from a W school. TO at UMD is really for lower income kids.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 19:29     Subject: UMD---Reach or Match
Anonymous wrote:Does UMD play yield protection?

No
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 19:17     Subject: UMD---Reach or Match
I think it’s a match. DD graduated from a W MCPS with a 4.7, a dozen APs with 4s and 5s. She had very strong ECs and a great performing arts audition, good recs, great essay. Her scores were the weakest link (1400) so she went TO. Rejected. Her guidance counselor said despite UMD’s TO policy, they really want to see scores. Your kid’s scores, grades, and coursework are great. Good luck!
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 19:04     Subject: UMD---Reach or Match
Does UMD play yield protection?
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 18:43     Subject: Re:UMD---Reach or Match
Anonymous wrote:How about 4.35? 1580 SAT, magnet school like TJ in Virginia


EA or RD?

The 4.35 has to be in the context of the school system. In MoCo it's not a great GPA, because they weight almost every class 1.0, so it would mean either the UW is 3.5 or the kid didn't take a lot of rigor.

But go across the river to VA where they weight honors courses .5 instead of 1.0 and it looks a lot better. The admin office knows the details.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 18:15     Subject: Re:UMD---Reach or Match
How about 4.35? 1580 SAT, magnet school like TJ in Virginia
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 18:04     Subject: UMD---Reach or Match
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Somewhere between safety and match. Should be fine. Good luck.


+1


+2
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 17:21     Subject: UMD---Reach or Match
Anonymous wrote:How about for 1530 SAT from out of state? (weighted 4.05 / physics major?)for UMD?
Regular decision Nova school.


There is no point in applying to UMD regular decision. They take the vast majority of their admits EA, and you'd need a much more impressive GPA to be the exception.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 17:20     Subject: UMD---Reach or Match
I think your child will get in- so a match. Several years ago, it would have been a safety.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 16:38     Subject: UMD---Reach or Match
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How about for 1530 SAT from out of state? (weighted 4.05 / physics major?)for UMD?
Regular decision Nova school.


The odds go down significantly regular decision. I assume they missed the EA deadline. The SAT is great but the GPA is low for UMD (crazy I know because that’s a great GPA). My son in-state with a weighted 4.4 didn’t bother to apply based on admissions from his HS last year. Of course VA schools weight GPA differently so it’s not apples to apples and I suspect admissions makes adjustments knowing this. I think it would be a 50/50 EA but for RD it’s a reach.


This. During our tour we heard they take almost 95% of their class EA.


If that’s true why even have regular admissions.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 16:33     Subject: UMD---Reach or Match
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How about for 1530 SAT from out of state? (weighted 4.05 / physics major?)for UMD?
Regular decision Nova school.


The odds go down significantly regular decision. I assume they missed the EA deadline. The SAT is great but the GPA is low for UMD (crazy I know because that’s a great GPA). My son in-state with a weighted 4.4 didn’t bother to apply based on admissions from his HS last year. Of course VA schools weight GPA differently so it’s not apples to apples and I suspect admissions makes adjustments knowing this. I think it would be a 50/50 EA but for RD it’s a reach.


This. During our tour we heard they take almost 95% of their class EA.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 16:16     Subject: UMD---Reach or Match
It's a toss up, your DC is a good candidate but can't count on it.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 16:15     Subject: UMD---Reach or Match
I’m an MCPS W parent and a UMD parent. My UMD senior had a 4.7 and 1490 SAT and was admitted but I’ve heard it’s tougher now. At our school, many kids were surprised to be rejected last year so it’s not a safety. But with those stats I’d say odds are reasonably good. I hope it works out!
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 16:12     Subject: UMD---Reach or Match
Anonymous wrote:How about for 1530 SAT from out of state? (weighted 4.05 / physics major?)for UMD?
Regular decision Nova school.


The odds go down significantly regular decision. I assume they missed the EA deadline. The SAT is great but the GPA is low for UMD (crazy I know because that’s a great GPA). My son in-state with a weighted 4.4 didn’t bother to apply based on admissions from his HS last year. Of course VA schools weight GPA differently so it’s not apples to apples and I suspect admissions makes adjustments knowing this. I think it would be a 50/50 EA but for RD it’s a reach.