Anonymous
Post 12/29/2023 11:56     Subject: UMD in-state
Anonymous wrote:UMD admits a lot of lower stats kids second semester.
That way the lower stats aren't computed in their averages. The kids attend the first semester, but take evening classes. (I can't remember what this program is called.)

DD had very high stats and got accepted to CS at UMD, but not honors, which disappointed her. She attends OOS where she got a full ride.

Lots of her classmates are at UMD, with mixed feelings about it. The worst complaint I hear from parents is about housing, which is very limited at UMD, and the huge classes are a problem in the first couple years.


Or maybe they are admitting for Spring to give more kids a chance. IMO public schools are playing less games than private colleges.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2023 11:16     Subject: UMD in-state
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UMD is pretty stats driven and cares about weighted GPA.


I think they recompute GPA using their methods since, in MCPS, every grade level class these days is honors and gets a 5.0. This redners weight GPA meaningless.


Right - so they look at AP classes etc - so those kids who have high weighted due to AP classes are still fine. UC (California) schools do the same for OOS kids. The application is ALOT of data input based on the transcript.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2023 10:38     Subject: UMD in-state
Anonymous wrote:My DC is trying to transfer into UMD this year. She wants to study music, and her current school doesn't have as good of a program as UMD. 3.89 GPA and 4.7 Weighted. MOCO resident. Worried she won't get in!!


My son was admitted to music with a significantly lower gpa but national recognition in his instrument. He ended up going elsewhere. Your daughter’s admission into music for a performance degree will rest on her instrument, the teacher and her audition.
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2023 14:36     Subject: UMD in-state
Anonymous wrote:Can a sophomore transfer get university housing/meals?

yes, but housing is not guaranteed. Commuters and off campus students can buy meal plans.
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2023 14:32     Subject: UMD in-state
Can a sophomore transfer get university housing/meals?
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2023 13:12     Subject: UMD in-state
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Last year, my WJ graduate was accepted in their Honors college (PPE major) with a 4.67gpa, 35 ACT, 12 APs, thoughtful essays, etc. We visited his Honors dorm, ate at the dining hall, spoke to some of his professors, and found it all pretty solid. He ended up at GW because they had exactly the major he wanted, and UMD didn't.

I know certain of his classmates who were rejected outright even though they had a 4-something gpa and had taken AP courses, which in my mind is outrageous. I don't know what majors they'd picked, though, and as PP said, that makes a difference. Computer Science is in high demand, for instance.

I conclude that the bar is pretty high these days.



Awesome scores! Wow!


A 4 something GPA in MCPS is not necessarily high. In my child’s school, 19% have a 4.51 or better. Many schools have double that. And “taken AP classes” doesn’t tell us much as we don’t know if they took a couple or 10+.

It seems that the 50% per high school thing is about right. Were they in the top 50% of kids who applied?
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2023 11:57     Subject: UMD in-state
Anonymous wrote:Last year, my WJ graduate was accepted in their Honors college (PPE major) with a 4.67gpa, 35 ACT, 12 APs, thoughtful essays, etc. We visited his Honors dorm, ate at the dining hall, spoke to some of his professors, and found it all pretty solid. He ended up at GW because they had exactly the major he wanted, and UMD didn't.

I know certain of his classmates who were rejected outright even though they had a 4-something gpa and had taken AP courses, which in my mind is outrageous. I don't know what majors they'd picked, though, and as PP said, that makes a difference. Computer Science is in high demand, for instance.

I conclude that the bar is pretty high these days.



Awesome scores! Wow!
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2023 11:53     Subject: UMD in-state
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:W school has 100 high achieving students in its senior class.

Non-W school has 25 high achieving students in its senior class.

At which school is your child more likely to have a group of close friends who are mostly or entirely high achieving students?

Is that so? My kid goes to a non-w and there are 31 kids in his AP calculus class and my guess is that they are all high achieving.

Tweak the hypothetical so it has numbers that you find more acceptable. Same question.
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2023 01:08     Subject: UMD in-state
Anonymous wrote:UMD admits a lot of lower stats kids second semester.
That way the lower stats aren't computed in their averages. The kids attend the first semester, but take evening classes. (I can't remember what this program is called.)

DD had very high stats and got accepted to CS at UMD, but not honors, which disappointed her. She attends OOS where she got a full ride.

Lots of her classmates are at UMD, with mixed feelings about it. The worst complaint I hear from parents is about housing, which is very limited at UMD, and the huge classes are a problem in the first couple years.



Lots of schools find ways to hide the lower stats and U Chicago finds ways to hide students rejecting them so the yield looks better. Name a school that doesn’t play with stats. Haha.

Anonymous
Post 12/26/2023 22:12     Subject: UMD in-state
UMD admits a lot of lower stats kids second semester.
That way the lower stats aren't computed in their averages. The kids attend the first semester, but take evening classes. (I can't remember what this program is called.)

DD had very high stats and got accepted to CS at UMD, but not honors, which disappointed her. She attends OOS where she got a full ride.

Lots of her classmates are at UMD, with mixed feelings about it. The worst complaint I hear from parents is about housing, which is very limited at UMD, and the huge classes are a problem in the first couple years.

Anonymous
Post 12/26/2023 22:04     Subject: UMD in-state
Anonymous wrote:W school has 100 high achieving students in its senior class.

Non-W school has 25 high achieving students in its senior class.

At which school is your child more likely to have a group of close friends who are mostly or entirely high achieving students?

Is that so? My kid goes to a non-w and there are 31 kids in his AP calculus class and my guess is that they are all high achieving.
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2023 20:35     Subject: UMD in-state
Because the odds of becoming close friends with any given classmate are 100 percent, right?
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2023 20:07     Subject: UMD in-state
Anonymous wrote:W school has 100 high achieving students in its senior class.

Non-W school has 25 high achieving students in its senior class.

At which school is your child more likely to have a group of close friends who are mostly or entirely high achieving students?


5-10 close friends should be enough for one kid. Very unlikely they will be friends with 100.
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2023 15:37     Subject: UMD in-state
Are you new to these forums? Most of the threads are about how to game the college admissions system, complaining about how the system is gamed, or both.
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2023 15:35     Subject: UMD in-state
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:W school has 100 high achieving students in its senior class.

Non-W school has 25 high achieving students in its senior class.

At which school is your child more likely to have a group of close friends who are mostly or entirely high achieving students?

dp.. on the flip side, which student will have a better chance to stand out for college admissions?

Most people across the country have an "average" high school, which is the one they attend based on their address. You might pick your house based on the schools it feeds, but other than cities with 100% choice high schools such as Baltimore City, you attend the high school you are zoned for and maybe there is a magnet or CTE option the student can apply to. Attend your high school, make good friends, do your best, and hopefully you will be accepted at a college that matches your talents and achievement. Both of these posters are ridiculous.