IN! Arts and Sciences and College scholars program (which I know nothing about but I think is below honors college) MCPS W school, 1490 SAT, 9 APs, excellent ECs

Accepted, engineering, honors program

1570 SAT, 4.0/4.57, 8 APs all 5s those taken so far

MoCo resident but dc private school

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Anonymous wrote:MCSP kid rejected
4.54 GPA
12 APs
Captain of varsity sport
Great LOR and EC
National award

Good lord! Impressive kid, PP.

Impressive ECs, but 4.5 is low for UMD coming out of MCPS

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Anonymous wrote:4.65 10APs from W school in state straight up reject

Maybe they think he'll get into an Ivy and he'll reject UMD.

^100% this

No, People. 4.6 is not a high GPA in MCPS

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Anonymous wrote:It’s out and my kid is in for engineering and also honors college.

What stats for honors?

In state, 1550 SAT (800 math), 4.88/4.0
Will have an AA in mathematics this Spring when he graduates HS. 3 AP classes only because most classes have been DE.

Our daughter is in the math cohort the year behind you son with very similar stats (1560, will be NMSF, etc). Glad to see he made it through since I’ve become increasingly nervous about how hard an admit it seems to be!

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Anonymous wrote:There's really no value in saying "10 APs" or "8 APs" without the grades for those and the exam result.

I suspect these kids are getting A's in the class but only 3's or worse in the exam. Which shows bad grade elevation and is unlikely to impress AO's.

You’re quoting my kid’s stats. She got As in all the APs and 4/5s on the exams - submitted. No 3s. Sorry that doesn’t fit your narrative.

My narrative is that there's no value in mentioning the number of AP's without the scores. That's it. Moron.

clueless - please sit down. AP exams scores don't matter in admission.

Sure they do.

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Anonymous wrote:that was my dd last year. 3.9 something/4.8 something. 12 APs. Rejected.

I attended a college consultant presentation a few weeks ago at our high school. That college consultant came out and said he saw a lot of W schools, high stat rejections last year because of yield protection, He said the same profile of kid from a school like Watkins Mill would easily get in.

Another consultant here. UMD is not known to yield protection. That does not sound right to me.

Right. That’s not yield protection. That’s just coming from a competitive HS. Completely different.

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Anonymous wrote:In to Honors College and LEP (Bio). Magnet program, 4.96 weighted GPA, 36 ACT, Good long-term ECs.

Nice! Didn't know Bio is a LEP.

Students pursuing these majors may need to complete a series of "gateway requirements" specific to the major they are interested in. This can include completing certain courses, maintaining a specific GPA, etc. CS has no guarantee of admission even if gateway is satisfied.
Biochemistry
Biological Sciences
Business
Chemistry
Communication
Computer Science
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Engineering
Immersive Media Design
Neuroscience
Psychology

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Anonymous wrote:OOS here…so my kid got in but should have made a $50 housing deposit when applying to UMD bc their housing system goes by date of application submission???
ugh

Is this the case? Can you pay deposit before being admitted based on app date? Used to be you could pay housing deposit to guarantee spot without accepting, but you had to be admitted first. Priority was based in deposit date. Has that changed?

Ugh, looks like the housing portal opened 24 Jan and my kid missed it but I think can still pay $50 and yes, looks like system still goes by submission date, which for my kid was like @1159 PM on the last day for early action apps
😂

Anonymous wrote:DC has not gotten anything. No portal updates, is this bad news???

From what I’ve seen, no decision has meant either the application wasn’t considered complete or was considered complete but not by the EA deadline for some reason.

Anonymous wrote:In to Honors College and LEP (Bio). Magnet program, 4.96 weighted GPA, 36 ACT, Good long-term ECs.

Nice! Didn't know Bio is a LEP.

Anyone heard from business program

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Anonymous wrote:4.65 10APs from W school in state straight up reject

Maybe they think he'll get into an Ivy and he'll reject UMD.

^100% this

Anonymous wrote:MCSP kid rejected
4.54 GPA
12 APs
Captain of varsity sport
Great LOR and EC
National award

Good lord! Impressive kid, PP.

Anonymous wrote:Hit send too soon. Your kid will be fine in the long run. Let them be bummed this week but they aren’t alone in being rejected and they will be fine wherever they end up

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