<p>Extracurriculars:
Jv football 9th grade 2009
Varsity cross country 10th grade2010<br>
Peer helpers (11-12th) 2011/2012/2013
French Honor society
Write for School newspaper (10-12th grade)
Speech and Debate team (11-12th)
Young Democrats (Nov. 2011-present) Secretary
Panera Bread Associate (June 2011-present)
Intern at a political consulting firm (40 plus hours summer between junior year, 6 hours a week feb-june junior year)
Planning committee for the 2012 Young Democrats state convention (representing County on committee)
Chemathon member
2012 YDA High School Leadership Academy (HSLA)- 4 day academy, open to all Young Dems in the country. Selected through vigorous application process. (July 8th -11th ) Inside view of elections, the media, campaign finance, grassroots organizing, interest groups, the legislative process and careers in politics. (48 students accepted)
Its Academic Team member
volunteering for local congressional campaign and for President Obama’s campaign</p>
<p>what would my chances be at: UMD, UMBC, Catholic University, American U, George Washington, and Georgetown and Johns Hopkins (my reaches)</p>
<p>Thanks, guys! I know JHU and Georgetown are unlikely, I may just apply to them as a what the heck kinda thing. Also, If anyone could, with wanting to studying Government is UMD just as good as some of the DC schools (AU, Catholic, GW) which are all alot more money. I know it is close to DC so if I don’t get enough money from the private schools, is it still possible to intern in DC at UMD? thanks</p>
<p>Let me clarify I currently go there and can’t wait to transfer but the school has a solid science and engineering program sadly everything else at umbc is terrible so be warned UMD is a great school as are gw and au stick with them they have the better programs and you should be able to get into them</p>
<p>Hey…I am a bit worried about my chances of getting into Maryland engineering on account of my relatively low GPA. I attend an in state CC. And I currently have a GPA of 3.06. My grades look like this…</p>
<p>Environmental Science - A
Calc I - C
Calc II - C
Physics I - C
Intro to MATLAB - A
Economics I - B
English Composition - A
Literature - A
Chem I - B
Chem II - A
Intro to Engineering - B</p>
<p>Note that I have already completed the gateway requirements [with moderate success.]</p>
<p>This fall Im taking…</p>
<p>Calc III
Statics
Physics II
Economics II
STEM Honors Seminar</p>
<p>I want to transfer in the fall of 2013 as a UMD Civil Engineer Major. My EC’s are crazy…I am Vice Chair of Student Program Board (SPB) at my college (which requires a weekly 20 hour paid commitment), secretary of US Green Construction Forum, SPB rep for Engineering Club, and Afro-American Student Association… My High School stats were above average …3.88 GPA UW, 1720/2400 SAT, tons of EC including SGA, JROTC, NHS, College Summit, and more. But Im sure none of that would matter considering I would have completed two years of CC by the end of next spring. I am getting earfuls that 3.06 GPA is still too low even for a in state engineering transfer student with 40 credits. What are my chances, if I were to apply for spring 2013? Should I wait until Fall 2013 to raise my GPA to be more competitive? Considering the difficulty of my future classes, I can probably get it as high as a 3.30, but no more. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!!!</p>
<p>yeah, UMBC is a backup I know they aren’t as strong in the liberal arts; if i don’t give enough money from CUA, AU, or GW, then I’ll gladly attend UMD for their Government program</p>
<p>I am, but the size is something that’s the main contributor. I just want a school where I can be successful and have a high GPA (I’ve visted all the schools and really wouldn’t mind going to any of them). I just feel if i’m struggling in a class of 300 people, I don’t know if I could get the help I need. Honestly, I’d be happy to go to UMD but if offered the choice a smaller school (with the DC connection) I’d like a little more. But American or Catholic at 50,000 or UMD at 20,000, I’ll take UMD lol.</p>
<p>I get that. I couldn’t sell my daughter on College Park; she just didn’t want to go somewhere with 27,000 undergraduates. And since I went someplace expensive with more like 6500 undergraduates, I didn’t feel right to force her.</p>
<p>Have you looked long and hard at UMCP yet? We visited 3 times. Honestly, I was pretty impressed with their efforts, as they put it, “to make the big store small.” On the other hand, my daughter, clearly, was not quite impressed enough.</p>
<p>I’ve never been on an official “tour” but my sister went there so I’ve been there enough to get the feel for it. I know it’s a great schools and my sister even said it’s only huge as a fresh and sophomore with the intro classes. She was a psych major, and said by the time she got to her upper level classes it was no more than 20 kids. So I would be happy going there, but at the same time I’m not on a Maryland or bust mentality.</p>
<p>If you make it into the Honors College, you can be in smaller classes as well. My daughter, an incoming freshman, is in 2 classes with only 20 students.</p>