UMD does not provide any data regarding the success or failure of Honors College appeals. I personally think that the various Scholars Programs are worthwhile. If you don’t like the one that you were assigned to, you can always drop it.
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yes and another way to look at it is enrollment management changed. Why do SO many schools have honors programs/colleges? Enrollment management IMO. What are these trying to accomplish? Attract good students that might otherwise go somewhere else, especially full play OOS kids? yep! Are they designed to increase the number of recruiters on campus? I doubt it. It doesn’t make them bad, but I full believe they are designed to be attractive to 18-year-olds.
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The following link provides the history of the UMD Honors College. It dates all the way back to 1938. It may be of interest to some
Honors College History - University of Maryland Honors College
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Thanks everyone for the advice! I was wondering how exactly to go about an appeal? The only instructions I found were to send it to an email address, but what am I supposed to write/submit?
Why do you want to be in the Honors College? is there a specific LLP you’d like?
Are your grades better than at the time you applied?
You could ask for reconsideration of your work, add new info about what you would contribute to Honors College.
Note from UMD Honors website:
“ Invitations to the Honors College are extended to new first-year students who demonstrate exceptional academic ability and promise. Students’ applications are carefully evaluated on the basis of academic achievement in high school, rigor of high school program, application essays, letters of recommendation, participation in extracurricular activities and standardized test scores. Please note, UMD is currently test-optional. Applicants have the option of choosing whether to submit an SAT/ACT score and whether those scores will be considered in the review of their application for admission. If students choose not to submit test scores, they will still be fully evaluated for admission, invitation to Honors and considered for all merit scholarships. Please see the Office of Undergraduate Admissions website for further information.”
In past, an invitation to the Honors College was to top decile of applicants, whether by GPA, rigor, class rank, etc.
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