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Anonymous wrote:DD got in CS honors, but not sure any merit

Congratulations! Think merit comes out later

Good to know. We are OOS hoping getting some merit to bring cost down.

Maryland doesn’t give merit to oos applicants.

not true - it maybe easier to get merit as OOS from what i see.. the amount is not going to be much but seems easier

Anonymous wrote: What is the difference then who are admitted to fall 2024?

Anonymous wrote:They do have space for your kid in the fall. Spring admits are offered FC in the fall, including on campus housing.

UMBC is a different size, feel, and set of majors.

Anonymous wrote: You can get instate tuition at UMBC. Why would you think this is a "better" deal? It's ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:DC has moved on from UMD. Offered spring admit even though his AP scores would exempt him from several of the weed out classes for the LLP that declined him while an equally respected OOS university with the same job placement rate offered him honors, direct admit to his chosen major, and a scholarship that brings the cost to less than 10k/year over UMD in state. Maryland’s loss as he will probably enter the workforce there and stay in that area. And pay his income taxes there.

Good for you and for him. These people are nuts, sending their kids to a spring program because the school doesn't have room. The reason they're all being so horrible to you is because the only they way they can justify their own crazy choices. Look at it this way: your kid worked hard and gets to reap the reward somewhere that wants him. Their kids worked hard and get to go to night school, live doubled-up in a crowded dorm, and not even start college until next spring.

The only way they can make that make sense is to make it seem like it's a good idea. It's not. It's pathetic.

This is not true. Freshman Connection is a great option for someone who wants to go to UMD and does not want to pay OOS tuition to other states. Many FC kids end up with great degrees and jobs. And their diploma is not marked or tainted because they entered under the FC program. It is just a silly way for UMD to look prestigious in the US news rankings. UC, Wash U and other schools do other silly things to help their rankings.

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Anonymous wrote:DC has moved on from UMD. Offered spring admit even though his AP scores would exempt him from several of the weed out classes for the LLP that declined him while an equally respected OOS university with the same job placement rate offered him honors, direct admit to his chosen major, and a scholarship that brings the cost to less than 10k/year over UMD in state. Maryland’s loss as he will probably enter the workforce there and stay in that area. And pay his income taxes there.

Good for you and for him. These people are nuts, sending their kids to a spring program because the school doesn't have room. The reason they're all being so horrible to you is because the only they way they can justify their own crazy choices. Look at it this way: your kid worked hard and gets to reap the reward somewhere that wants him. Their kids worked hard and get to go to night school, live doubled-up in a crowded dorm, and not even start college until next spring.

The only way they can make that make sense is to make it seem like it's a good idea. It's not. It's pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:They do have space for your kid in the fall. Spring admits are offered FC in the fall, including on campus housing.

UMBC is a different size, feel, and set of majors.

Then why do they call it a spring admit when you're starting in the fall? Is it a conditional acceptance? What alchemy happens that makes them suddenly have room in the spring they didn't have before?

You all seem really invested in insisting this is totally normal, but I don't think it is and I'm not really clear on how it makes sense.

So you start in the fall, same dorms, you just have to take core classes they're calling "Freshman Connections." But you're not technically a freshman until spring, despite paying tuition like one and accruing college credits like one. I'm assuming maybe the difference is a more limited set of classes you're allowed to take? Is this due to space in the rest of the classes? Is this meant to stagger the class of 2028 out so they're not all taking the same overcrowded core classes at once?

Just make it make sense.

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Anonymous wrote:They do have space for your kid in the fall. Spring admits are offered FC in the fall, including on campus housing.

UMBC is a different size, feel, and set of majors.

Then why do they call it a spring admit when you're starting in the fall? Is it a conditional acceptance? What alchemy happens that makes them suddenly have room in the spring they didn't have before?

You all seem really invested in insisting this is totally normal, but I don't think it is and I'm not really clear on how it makes sense.

So you start in the fall, same dorms, you just have to take core classes they're calling "Freshman Connections." But you're not technically a freshman until spring, despite paying tuition like one and accruing college credits like one. I'm assuming maybe the difference is a more limited set of classes you're allowed to take? Is this due to space in the rest of the classes? Is this meant to stagger the class of 2028 out so they're not all taking the same overcrowded core classes at once?

Just make it make sense.

Anonymous wrote:They do have space for your kid in the fall. Spring admits are offered FC in the fall, including on campus housing.

UMBC is a different size, feel, and set of majors.

Anonymous wrote:FC can take classes starting at 3 PM. So you can take late afternoon classes like many students take anyway.

It's maybe 2-3 evening classes for one semester. Not a big deal.