<p>I can’t thank you all enough for all the support shown to me! It’s really uplifting to hear that people hope I get in when everything points at a rejection letter with my name on it.</p>
<p>@Coola426 Looking back, if Spring admission would have helped me, I would have certainly applied for the Spring of 2014 semester. I know that my SAT scores are terrible, but one thing that I wonder is if they will take into account that I scored higher than the average African American nationally. I know that as a part of their holistic review, they do take race into consideration. I’m not saying that I support it, I’m just stating what’s going to happen as part of the review.</p>
<p>@LINYMOM I applied on November 9th (It was bumped up this year due to Hurricane Sandy), so I did meet the priority deadline. I have improved my SAT score somewhat since I submitted my first scores. If UMD was to superscore the two test, I would have a 1060 M+CR (M:440; CR:620). Unfortunately, I don’t think UMD would even look at them since the scores came to me after the priority deadline. Also, I know that being from PA won’t help my chances much since a lot of people who apply to UMD are PA residents.</p>
<p>I did see some stats on Collegeboard’s website that made me a little more optimistic. According to what they about current students’ SAT scores, about 5% are within my range. Hopefully I can soon become one of those 5% of UMD students!</p>