My daughter is at the hair salon and doesn't want to check until she gets home. It's not her first choice, but I am very curious! Especially with all these different types of admissions (fire, honors, etc.).

Anonymous wrote:DC accepted! 4.87GPA(IBDP), 1450

Did you have to apply separately for honors college/fire?

No separate application.

Anonymous wrote:Does the accepted letter also have details about merit scholarships like Banneker Key or is that separate?

that comes out later, like march? Can't remember when DC got their merit announcement.

DC accepted! 4.87GPA(IBDP), 1450

Did you have to apply separately for honors college/fire?

Does the accepted letter also have details about merit scholarships like Banneker Key or is that separate?

Anonymous wrote:The decision letter for my son won't load so we had to submit a ticket.

we had to do same. I hope it won't be Monday until we hear.

Saw this somewhere else and found it helpful:

Living-Learning and Special Programs at a Glance— Invitations will be in decision letters unless otherwise noted.

Honors College -

• Generally a 4 year program but length depends on which sub community students choose/are placed in.

• 8 sub-communities– students preference based on interest - details will be sent on this process after admission. (https://honors.umd.edu/living-learning-programs/honors-living-learning-programs-at-a-glance-1/)

• Access to “H-version” (honors sections) of some classes

• Earn citation on transcript upon completion

• Students must have been admitted to Honors to have been considered for the Banneker/Key Scholarship

• Residence Halls: Anne Arundel, Dorchester, Ellicott (no A/C), Hagerstown (no A/C), Johnson-Whittle, La Plata, Prince Frederick, Pyon-Chen

• Honors.umd.edu

College Park Scholars -

• Generally a 2 year program

• 13 sub-communities– students preference based on interest (including the reimagining of the former CIVICUS LLP) - https://scholars.umd.edu/home/programs

• Focus on application of field to real world through hands-on capstone/practicum, and service

• Primarily housed in the Cambridge Community - all halls: Bel Air, Cambridge, Centreville, Chestertown, Cumberland

• Earn citation on transcript upon completion

• https://scholars.umd.edu/

FIRE -

• Generally a 1.5 year (3 semester program)

• Made up of 16 “streams” - (streams are specific research groups/teams) - Students preference streams -https://www.fire.umd.edu/streams

• Focuses on engaging new students in a faculty-mentored research experience

• Earn citation on transcript upon completion

• No specific housing/residence halls

• https://www.fire.umd.edu/

BioFIRE -

• Part of the FIRE Community (see above) but with a biological sciences focus and living component.

• Housed in Somerset Hall

• https://cmns.umd.edu/undergraduate/future-students/living-learning-special-programs/biofire



Carillon Communities-

• Generally a 1 year program with course requirements completed in the first semester

• Focus on answering “big questions” through teamwork and creative problem solving

• 3 Sub communities based around the general education course students take in the first semester

• Students rank preference of the community placement options

• Residence Halls - Easton

• https://carillon.umd.edu/



Other Living-Learning or Special Programs (programs admissions does not oversee invites to:

• Flexus: Women in Engineering (Easton Hall) - https://eng.umd.edu/women/current-students/communities/flexus

• Virtus: Men in Engineering (Easton Hall) - https://eng.umd.edu/women/current-students/communities/virtus

• Language House (St. Mary's Hall) - https://sllc.umd.edu/special-programs/language-house

• Jiménez-Porter Writers House (Queen Anne's Hall)- https://arhu.umd.edu/academics/undergraduate-studies/living-and-learning-programs/jimenez-porter-writers-house



Additional Specialty Housing:

• Substance Free Housing Available in: Caroline (no A/C), Carroll (no A/C)

• Women only housing in Cecil Hall (no A/C)

• Gender inclusive housing available in Cambridge, Centreville, Chestertown (no A/C), Prince Frederick and most suite/apartment style housing

More general information on residence halls - https://reslife.umd.edu/terp-housing/residence-halls/halls-glance

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Anonymous wrote:In for CS but the letter doesn't say honors or not

then just regular.

What is regular?

lol.. no honors, no fire, no nothing - just in at UMD.

Stats? W school?

In at college of Engineering.

Anonymous wrote:Ours isn't loading

check your wifi signal, it needs to be 2 bar at the minimum

DC got in Computer Science: Machine Learning FIRE program.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In for CS but the letter doesn't say honors or not

then just regular.

What is regular?

lol.. no honors, no fire, no nothing - just in at UMD.

Ours isn't loading

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Anonymous wrote:In for CS but the letter doesn't say honors or not

then just regular.

What is regular?

Non-Honors. But did get into a very competitive LEP, so congrats!

What is Honors, FIRE, Scholars, Gemstone, oh my?