<p>You should know that admissions to the Clark School of Engineering are tougher than the university itself. The engineering school is what is referred to as an LEP, which stands for Limited Enrollment Program. Students who apply for an engineering major are not all accepted to the engineering school, but can still be admitted to the university itself under Letters and Sciences. So, rather than “chance” you, let me give you some data to make your own assessment.</p>
<p>Here is the freshman profile for the direct admit ENGINEERING SCHOOL students that were accepted for Fall 2012:</p>
<p>From around 5,000 applications received, only 1625 were admitted (about half enrolled).</p>
<p>The average SAT for Critical Reading/Math was 1381
(NOTE: UMD only looks at these two sections) </p>
<p>75 percentile SAT CR/M score - 1460
25th percentile SAT CR/M score - 1320</p>
<p>The average HS GPA was 4.2</p>
<p>I don’t know if the info is online anywhere for verification, but it was the info given at an accepted students day.</p>
<p>If you are admitted to the university but not the engineering school, you can still take “the basic” classes, prove yourself with your grades, and reapply to the engineering school as an “internal transfer.” </p>
<p>The most important thing to remember to do is apply for the priority deadline (November 1st) to have the best chance of acceptance.</p>