Anonymous
02/09/2025 12:55
Subject: Re:UMD yet?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:UMD has around 75% of MD residents, out of state students aren't keeping your kid out, they just weren't as competitive compared to their peers. That's life, someone is always better than you, no matter how hard you work. Perhaps lobby the MoCo school board to stop with the insane grade inflation so it's easier to tell a top student from a so-so one? College admission process sucks, but it's time to stop blaming everyone else and just accept your kid didn't get in, move on. Transfer if you want to go to UMD, go to one of the other state schools if you can't afford out of state tuition.
UMD hasn't been a safety school for many years, perhaps you are just catching up to this, but it's the truth. My kid is top of his class and I was still nervous about his admission. You just never know!
+100
UMD is a mid college at best. Let us be realistic . DD got in a top 10 out of state with merit scholarship. We did not even look at UMD’s direction from the beginning. Yet she got rejected by UMD LOL. She checked UMD response the next day lol. How funny. Not sure what all the UMD Saga is about. Nobody wants it anyway.
Anonymous
02/08/2025 10:34
Subject: UMD yet?
Anonymous wrote:Super excited my kid got in- it is the best we can afford. but I'd be lying if Moore's announcement to cut state funding followed by Trump's to cut federal funding wonder what is going to happen to the school?
Me too exactly. Wondering how tuition increases over the four years work? Is there a limit? Legislation that could change it?
Anonymous
02/08/2025 10:32
Subject: Re:UMD yet?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:UMD has around 75% of MD residents, out of state students aren't keeping your kid out, they just weren't as competitive compared to their peers. That's life, someone is always better than you, no matter how hard you work. Perhaps lobby the MoCo school board to stop with the insane grade inflation so it's easier to tell a top student from a so-so one? College admission process sucks, but it's time to stop blaming everyone else and just accept your kid didn't get in, move on. Transfer if you want to go to UMD, go to one of the other state schools if you can't afford out of state tuition.
UMD hasn't been a safety school for many years, perhaps you are just catching up to this, but it's the truth. My kid is top of his class and I was still nervous about his admission. You just never know!
+100
Yes! Its easy to blame others but best to make the most of the situation. Your student is going to have rejections in life and there are pathways to UMD if that is the ultimate goal.
Anonymous
02/08/2025 10:32
Subject: UMD yet?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Naviance has loaded the acceptance numbers for UMD; at our W the acceptance rate is lower than last year
At my child's school, the students go in and update Naviance. Not sure if it's the same everywhere, but maybe not everyone has updated to say that they were admitted yet.
It is pretty quick for 119 students to report their acceptance. Seems automatic to me.
nice can you share what's the rate for your school this year?
This is WJ. Naviance says 401 applications, 119 admissions. Last week it said 388 applications, so there is a chance that some of these are RD apps. Last year both fewer applications and more acceptances.
stats from wj - 22% admit for fall semester according to wj staff. last year was 40% so big drop. my child got in to CBSS and honors admit from WJ with 4.91 w/4.0 uw, 1540 sat, 13 APs (all 5s), and nmsf
Self-reported, not reliable/correct at this stage.
I don't know why you keep saying this. UMD sends reports to MD high schools.
DP. Read the thread. Those reports aren't finished until the fall. At this stage it's all self-report.
Anonymous
02/08/2025 09:16
Subject: UMD yet?
Anonymous wrote:Super excited my kid got in- it is the best we can afford. but I'd be lying if Moore's announcement to cut state funding followed by Trump's to cut federal funding wonder what is going to happen to the school?
Some programs might go away, and there will be even more kids applying to a good in state school because of the economic uncertainty.
Anonymous
02/08/2025 09:12
Subject: UMD yet?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Naviance has loaded the acceptance numbers for UMD; at our W the acceptance rate is lower than last year
At my child's school, the students go in and update Naviance. Not sure if it's the same everywhere, but maybe not everyone has updated to say that they were admitted yet.
It is pretty quick for 119 students to report their acceptance. Seems automatic to me.
nice can you share what's the rate for your school this year?
This is WJ. Naviance says 401 applications, 119 admissions. Last week it said 388 applications, so there is a chance that some of these are RD apps. Last year both fewer applications and more acceptances.
stats from wj - 22% admit for fall semester according to wj staff. last year was 40% so big drop. my child got in to CBSS and honors admit from WJ with 4.91 w/4.0 uw, 1540 sat, 13 APs (all 5s), and nmsf
Self-reported, not reliable/correct at this stage.
I don't know why you keep saying this. UMD sends reports to MD high schools.
Anonymous
02/07/2025 23:04
Subject: UMD yet?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lots of kids get into ivys & UMD or an ivy over UMD. UMD still cheaper and except for Cornell & Princeton, engineering better at UMD than all the others
Are you a school counselor? I probably know of 1 or 2 perhaps.
Nope, just a kids that had 4 go through MCPS
Our kids run in different circles.
I don’t even know what means. My children know kids who went or go or hope to go to all sorts of schools.
Your kids hang out/acquainted with Ivy level kids. Mine don't. Spelled it out for you.
Ridiculous. Most kids know lots of kids, but okay.
Anonymous
02/07/2025 22:59
Subject: UMD yet?
Super excited my kid got in- it is the best we can afford. but I'd be lying if Moore's announcement to cut state funding followed by Trump's to cut federal funding wonder what is going to happen to the school?
Anonymous
02/07/2025 20:13
Subject: UMD yet?
There is a rumor going around Wheaton that a Wheaton kid got into Stanford but not UMD. It's a specific kid who I know but I don't know if the rumor is true.
Anonymous
02/07/2025 20:07
Subject: Re:UMD yet?
Anonymous wrote:UMD has around 75% of MD residents, out of state students aren't keeping your kid out, they just weren't as competitive compared to their peers. That's life, someone is always better than you, no matter how hard you work. Perhaps lobby the MoCo school board to stop with the insane grade inflation so it's easier to tell a top student from a so-so one? College admission process sucks, but it's time to stop blaming everyone else and just accept your kid didn't get in, move on. Transfer if you want to go to UMD, go to one of the other state schools if you can't afford out of state tuition.
UMD hasn't been a safety school for many years, perhaps you are just catching up to this, but it's the truth. My kid is top of his class and I was still nervous about his admission. You just never know!
+100
Anonymous
02/07/2025 20:01
Subject: UMD yet?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lots of kids get into ivys & UMD or an ivy over UMD. UMD still cheaper and except for Cornell & Princeton, engineering better at UMD than all the others
Are you a school counselor? I probably know of 1 or 2 perhaps.
Nope, just a kids that had 4 go through MCPS
Our kids run in different circles.
I don’t even know what means. My children know kids who went or go or hope to go to all sorts of schools.
Your kids hang out/acquainted with Ivy level kids. Mine don't. Spelled it out for you.
Anonymous
02/07/2025 19:10
Subject: UMD yet?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Naviance has loaded the acceptance numbers for UMD; at our W the acceptance rate is lower than last year
At my child's school, the students go in and update Naviance. Not sure if it's the same everywhere, but maybe not everyone has updated to say that they were admitted yet.
It is pretty quick for 119 students to report their acceptance. Seems automatic to me.
nice can you share what's the rate for your school this year?
This is WJ. Naviance says 401 applications, 119 admissions. Last week it said 388 applications, so there is a chance that some of these are RD apps. Last year both fewer applications and more acceptances.
stats from wj - 22% admit for fall semester according to wj staff. last year was 40% so big drop. my child got in to CBSS and honors admit from WJ with 4.91 w/4.0 uw, 1540 sat, 13 APs (all 5s), and nmsf
That is a pretty precipitous drop. Be careful not to dox your dc with those detailed stats from WJ.
Anonymous
02/07/2025 19:02
Subject: UMD yet?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Naviance has loaded the acceptance numbers for UMD; at our W the acceptance rate is lower than last year
At my child's school, the students go in and update Naviance. Not sure if it's the same everywhere, but maybe not everyone has updated to say that they were admitted yet.
It is pretty quick for 119 students to report their acceptance. Seems automatic to me.
nice can you share what's the rate for your school this year?
This is WJ. Naviance says 401 applications, 119 admissions. Last week it said 388 applications, so there is a chance that some of these are RD apps. Last year both fewer applications and more acceptances.
stats from wj - 22% admit for fall semester according to wj staff. last year was 40% so big drop. my child got in to CBSS and honors admit from WJ with 4.91 w/4.0 uw, 1540 sat, 13 APs (all 5s), and nmsf
CBSS?
Not the PP, but it looks to be some sort of social science data science college within UMD.
Anonymous
02/07/2025 17:02
Subject: UMD yet?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lots of kids get into ivys & UMD or an ivy over UMD. UMD still cheaper and except for Cornell & Princeton, engineering better at UMD than all the others
Are you a school counselor? I probably know of 1 or 2 perhaps.
Nope, just a kids that had 4 go through MCPS
Our kids run in different circles.
I don’t even know what means. My children know kids who went or go or hope to go to all sorts of schools.
Anonymous
02/07/2025 16:52
Subject: UMD yet?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lots of kids get into ivys & UMD or an ivy over UMD. UMD still cheaper and except for Cornell & Princeton, engineering better at UMD than all the others
Are you a school counselor? I probably know of 1 or 2 perhaps.
Nope, just a kids that had 4 go through MCPS
Our kids run in different circles.