From what I’ve read from students at UMD the gateway courses aren’t that bad and they’re the same exact courses you’d need to pass anyway. As stated above you can also fulfill requirements with AP courses or test out of these gateway courses. Many, even high stat students, are filtered through L&Ss first. UMD has an excellent CS program. If you did well enough to get admitted you should do just fine in the classes there. If NYU is unaffordable without outside scholarships then UMD seems like a great option. I’m sure scholarships tied to NYU would have GPA requirements also.
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