Chance me UMD OOS [NC resident, 3.7 GPA, mechanical or aerospace engineering]

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Hello everyone, I wanted to gauge my changes for UMD Out of State .

Demographics

Male ( US citizen) NC

Intended Major(s) Aerospace/ Mechanical

Academics :

Unweighted gpa 3.7 ( low end)

Weighted 4.22

Classes taken 5 Aps 10 honors and 2 Dual Enrollment.

AP Lang APUSH, AP Bio, APWH, AP CSP

I’ve taken math 2 , 3 , pre calc , calc, and physics ( all honors)

I’ve taken both Ma 111 and Ma 141 through dual enrollment at NCSU and I have done really well in both. This upcoming semester I’ll be taking Ma 241 ( calc 2) Soc 202 and E 102

SAT have not taken yet but hoping for a 1450/1500

Extracurriculars (ECs)

Member of Civil Air Patrol for 3 years ( serve as my squadron aerospace NCO teaching aerospace topics have earned both Billy Mitchell and Wright Brothers awards both nationally recognized.

Youth leader at my Hindu temple for the past 5 years

Coach for those with disabilities for the past 3 years.

Founder of UNICEF Club at my school and outreach coordinator. We’ve done several school wide donation drives and events.

Student Ambassador for my school.

Part of MSEN program ( Math Science Engineering Networking program ) for the past 6 years. Through this program have done coding, robotics.

Varsity track member for 1 year.

Did a business internship last year( looked into solving an issue effecting an actual business and brainstormed a solution)

Current participating in a summer long paid internship with my states Department of Environmental Quality ( were I’ve actually worked to help assist on real world projects)

Selected to attended Tarheel Boys state and was elected senator by my peers.

Selected to be part of my towns first ever youth council ( help lead and crate council bylaws)

Just a general member of NHS and Student Council.

Awards

Wright Brothers Award Civil Air Patrol

Mitchell Award Civil Air Patrol only 15% of cadets in the program ever obtain this. Should you choose to enlist in the military this award allows to enter as an E-3

Presidential Service Volunteer Award

AP Scholar with Distinction

AP National recognition award

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I don’t chance but be sure to apply in the early round.

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Here are the stats from the last engineering class. If your test scores are in the ball park I think you’ll be a match for UMD. As noted above, be sure to meet the EA deadline as they fill the bulk of their class in the EA round.

Average GPA

4.52

ACT Scores

  • Composite, 50th percentile: 33
  • Math Scores, 50th percentile: 33

SAT Scores

  • Combined Math/Critical Reading SAT Scores, 50th percentile: 1480
  • SAT Math Scores, 50th percentile: 750

Source: Facts & Figures | A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland

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Since UMD does not specify how this GPA is calculated, it may not be that meaningful.

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So I have done a fair bit of digging on this on reddit/DC college boards, and here… and best I can guess is that either

  1. do not recalculate
  2. recalculate using Montgomery County/ (all MD?) norms..

Either way it is going to be biased to MD averages..

A, A-=4 And even honors gets a +1 bump (not just APs) and, apparently, in Montgomery County you pretty much take all honors always…

YMMV but I am about 85% on this…and it sort of passes sniff test why it is so high..

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@STEMX, would you be able to shed any light on this? Does UMD recalculate GPAs?

Thanks in advance!

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UMD’s recalculation methodology is not publicly disclosed. GPA is not as important as actual grades and the rigor of the curriculum based on what was offered at the specific high school.

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Yes, over 90% of freshmen admits to UMD come from the Nov 1 early action deadline.

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Thanks for that insight, @STEMX.

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Like anyone, you need an assured school. So, UMD may happen, but may not so have an assured to go with it - a Penn State for example or if you want something more urban, a Rutgers or many others across the country.

You have a chance but it would be a big gamble to put all your eggs in the UMD basket.

And of course the SAT is a hope at this point so you need that to better evaluate.

Good luck.

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@sunnys_sigma are you now a HS senior? If so, why didn’t you take the SAT sooner?

Also, could you please list all of the courses you have taken so far?

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