Chance at Regents Scholarship

Colleges & Universities University of Maryland - College Park
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<p>Hi everybody,</p>

<p>I was just wondering what my chances were at getting the Regents scholarship, as I am pretty sure I’ll be admitted. I am a high school senior and I am interested in getting into the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences, in case you needed to know that. I don’t know what they consider for the scholarship, so I’ll just post the stuff that was on my application. </p>

<p>White, but first generation college student
GPA: 3.87 unweighted, 4.27 weighted
Class Rank: 9/516
SAT (took four times): 660 Reading, 760 Math, 650 Writing
SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Mathematics Level 2
AP Scholar with Distinction and Maryland Distinguished Scholar with Honorable Mention
Taking Calc III at Anne Arundel Community College (pretty sure I’ll ace the class)
Had an alumni interview, went pretty well</p>

<p>Math Club (2 years)
National Honor Society (1 year)
Java Club (1 year)
Cross Country (3 seasons, 3 Varsity Letters)
Indoor Track (2 seasons)
Track and Field (3 seasons, 1 Varsity Letter)
(Despite the Varsity Letters I’m not that good. Last year my mile was a 5:00, haven’t done a serious mile run since then…)</p>

<p>Volunteer at Broadneck Library weekly (about 1.5 hours a week since 2007)</p>

<p>1 really good recommendation letter.
1 average recommendation letter (pretty much rewrote my resume) :(</p>

<p>Thanks again</p>

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<p>Its going to be a long shot…</p>

<p>You have great SAT IIs, but they are not even reviewed, so those are not going help you.</p>

<p>Your SAT scores are above average but not enough to get a Regent Scholarship. Though, you are from a impoverished + rural county, so that might help.</p>

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<p>Anne Arundel County is considered impoverished + rural?</p>

<p>Do they only consider SAT I and GPA?</p>

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<p>Sorry, I didn’t have an alumni interview. I don’t think UMD even does alumni interviews. I just copied and pasted this from my Chance at CMU post.</p>

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<p>I consider Anne Arundel to be rural, but impoverished might have been over the top (sorry…). </p>

<p>Yeah, they only consider SAT I/ACT + GPA + Transcript.</p>

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<p>what IS a regent scholarship? what are the benefits, on top of the BK? it looks like the exact same thing…</p>