FWIW, notification dates from several years ago

maryversity
Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:37:14 +0000

FYI, also important to note with regard to scholarships in general. Bear in mind that Maryland is a public university. They do not have the huge endowments that private universities do and therefore cannot offer the huge scholarships the way private universities can. However, tuition is also considerably lower to begin with, so there is that. Just wanted to put that out there. Bear in mind that Maryland is truly an outstanding university with amazing resources, research opportunities, and other very unique experiences/opportunities so, as an OOS parent, I really feel strongly that you really do get your money’s worth.

Once decisions come out (or at least closer to the time), I will re-post some old threads with info about what comes next - a great classic from my hero (astrophysicsmom) with what to do as soon as you get your admissions decision, and some old threads with discussions on scholars/honors, and the engineering department (the living/learning communities and also what happens if you are admitted to the university but not directly admitted to engineering - you will know because it says your advising college is letters and sciences instead of A James Clark School of Engineering).

Hmmm, come to think of it, gotta say that’s one common gripe that has not been addressed. When admission decisions come out, you will have access to the decision online first (yes, even though the snail mail letter is “dated” earlier it won’t be in your hot little hands til later) and the online version is not as clear as the hard letter with respect to the LEP admission issue.

I can’t recall exactly how it appears because it’s been a while so I apologize if I’m wrong about specifics but the long and short of it is that I believe you have to scroll to the end of the email and look at the bottom to see your “advising college” to know if you were admitted to the LEP you applied to. For example, if it says A James Clark School of Engineering, then yes, you are what’s called a “direct admit” to engineering, congrats.

However, your email can say congratulations on your admission to the university at the top, but if you scroll down and see the “advising college” says Letters & Sciences at the bottom, then you are admitted to the university but NOT admitted to the school of engineering (at least not to start).

Same concept applies for Smith School of Business and other LEPs.

I have addressed how to handle the “reapplying” as an “internal transfer” to engineering in another thread, so I will look it up and post when I find it rather than trying to reinvent the wheel…please be patient while I try to find it…

@terpmom7, would love your input as well, as I’m sure I’ve missed something…