<p>hi
i came to the united states in my junior year and my english is not that much good to get a high score on SAT reading , please chance me for umd</p>
<p>GPA : 3.87
Junior year GPA: 4.0
UC GPA: 3.85
SAT1:
reading: 450
math : 690
Writing: 590
Toefl: paper based : 603</p>
<p>senior year classes:
AP calc
AP Bio
AP psychology
English 10 and 11
US gov
Piano lab 2</p>
<p>sat math2: 740
physics: 640</p>
<p>I have good ec’s </p>
<p>i wanted to know if uc’s connsider my reading score since i have been here in the us just for a year </p>
<p>i have mentioned in my essay that i’ve been here for just a year. but the problem is i’m OOS so i don’t know if in this budget crisis this is a good thig or not???</p>
<p>Yes, they will look at the fact that you are new to the US.</p>
<p>Being OOS helps and hurts. The competition will probably be lower, but at the same time UMDCP has decreased their OOS matriculation rate from 30 to 25%, while also increasing their international acceptance. (UMDCP plans to quadruple their international body from 150 to 600 in the next few yrs.) So it is still competitive from OOS, and more so depending on which state you come from.</p>
<p>I think that your GPA and strong course load would give you a very high chance of admittance to MD. </p>
<p>Although test scores are important, if you note that you have just arrived in the U.S. in your application (maybe it would even make a good essay topic), I feel as if they might even be impressed with the kind of scores and grades you were able to garner despite rough English. </p>
<p>So, I’d say you have a more than likely chance of being admitted, despite the test scores. Your grades are very strong and in the end, that is a better predictor of success in college than test scores.</p>
<p>Finally, you may actually apply as an international student, depending on if you have received green card/etc. I’m not sure of the specifics but I know many people who have resided in the U.S. for longer than you but still applied as international students. In any case, I don’t think your status as OOS/international/whatever will impact your chances much.</p>
<p>thank you
actually both of my essays are about the fact that i came to u.s. just a year ago
i’m from iran. do you think they know that the classes in Iran is so much harder ???</p>
<p>thank you
actually both of my essays are about the fact that i came to u.s. just a year ago
i’m from iran. do you think they know that the classes in Iran are so much harder than here ???</p>
<p>I’m sure that there are a lot of kids who’d argue that their high school classes were tough; it really depends on the school, and on the teacher. A blanket assumption that classes are harder in Iran than the US is not valid. </p>
<p>If you applied by the priority date, you have certainly have a reasonable chance. You should make sure that you have a “plan B” in mind if UMD doesn’t work out. Good luck!</p>
<p>Please take no offense to this comment, but to say that classes are harder in Iran is an opinion and not a fact. Take it from a university standpoint. High schools are feeders into college, thus, show me any world reknown university like HYSPM in Iran.</p>
<p>Your personal school in Iran may have been harder than your current, however to say that classes in Iran are harder is taking a leap. You are from VA, and if you are living in NoVA, AND if you are attending TJ I will happily eat crow. However, if you are living in Orange County or attending Rippon in Woodbridge than your perspective is off the mark.
MD is very well aware of the schools in NoVa and their rankings nationally (most of Fairfax, if not all rank nationally in the top 100). </p>
<p>You are fortunate that you just came from Iran, because I think that is your hook. I do believe that you will get accepted even with the low V SAT.</p>
<p>The one thing I would stress is that you should work on your English because in your freshman yr, that language barrier could make or break you when it comes to the 200+ student core course classes like Econ, English and Psych. You will not be able to score out of the required Freshman First course at the level you are now, this course basically exists to teach how to write papers. I am sure you will score out of math.</p>
<p>READ… READ… READ… NEWSPAPERS AND CLASSICS, LIKE DICKENS, AUSTEN, SHAKESPEARE. By doing so you will be able to grasp the inuendos better and that will help when you need to test for placement.</p>
<p>Being from Iran for 2 yrs while at UMD will not assist you in core courses that require term papers. UMD believes in the big girl/boy program. “You were accepted, now step up to the plate, and make no excuses”. In your case I do not see LEP acceptances, and that means you are going to be a number and not a face for your freshman yr, hence big girl/boy aspect.</p>
<p>What we are saying is that if you do not get into UMD (you receive a “thin” envelope with a letter that says they are sorry, but you did not get in…as opposed to a “fat” envelope that has lots of info about housing, orientation, etc.), we are suggesting that you have a different college in mind. This is what is referred to as a “safety” school. One that you know you will get accepted to, and are OK with the idea of going to school there. It could be a community college, or maybe one of the VA public schools that your statistics match, or are in the higher % of the people who apply.</p>
<p>In other words, even if UMD is your top choice for a school, you should certainly have other schools in mind that you have applied to, just in case you don’t get accepted to UMD. You don’t have to tell UMD that (and they won’t ask), but we are just making sure you have already thought about what you would do if you are not accepted. I hope this helps.</p>