Great mindset! Good luck to you!
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Admissions does not share the number who applied for CS for fall; all we see when making LEP decisions are those admitted to UMD for fall who want CS, and that number was lower than last yearās.
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All the info for fall 2024 (and future) freshmen who did not get admitted to CS is posted clearly: CS LEP FAQ (Effective Fall 2024) | Undergraduate Computer Science at UMD
Anything in engineering is still a non-competitive LEP, meaning anyone who meets gateways and applies on time will get in: Limited Enrollment Program : University of Maryland
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So Computer Engineering COULD be an alternative to CS for a student admitted to LS? Thanks for all the information.
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Does the scholarship come out later?
In a few weeks
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Accepted Spring 2025 to Letters and Sciences
Applied Smith.
OOS public - Asian male
UW 3.57/W 4.3
SAT 1550 (not superscored)
9 APs (3 senior year)/lots of ECs/interesting essays and explanation for poor grades in sophomore year (something difficult happened).
Is UMDās business program good in job opportunities, salary, and name recognition (for job search); Iām planning to work in California (preferably LA) or Seattle. For context, Iām planning on transferring from Letters and Sciences to Smith later in college.
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Hi - I have a kid in Honors, so I am curious why that would make it a top contender?
Awesome. Thank you for responding.
In general, many jobs today are found on indeed/linkedin so you can end up anywhere.
Here are the career outcomes. Make sure you set the table to undergrad (it populates both when opening) and the specific major of interest.
Of course, more will be placed in the mid-Atlantic given the location and density of businesses.
Good luck.
The same for my son. Admitted Engineering but no special mention of additional invitations. For the person who asked about visiting, there is an admitted students day on April 13th. Click the ānext stepsā on the portal.
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- Accepted - Honors College, Education Major
- In-State girl
- UW 4.0/ weighted 4.91
- Test Optional
- 7 APs - earned AP Scholar with Distinction Junior Year
- Strong ECs, almost 400 recorded volunteer hours, leadership role in club, theatre, band, choir (including all county and all state), dance ,works 15-20 hours a week in career related jobs after school junior and senior years
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Any insight on when and how UMD handles merit?
Last year 15% of non athletes- first years received awards averaging $6733. 13.5% of all non athletes get - likely less because the Deanās Scholarship is just two years.
I had one got $5K and one got $0 (into an LEP).
The BK is only to people in Honors and a full ride.
The Presidentās Scholarship is most likely and is $2K to $12.5K.
The Deanās will get $1500 to $4500 for two years.
Most will get neither.
What the criteria for choosing is - I donāt know - but over the years, Iāve seen Honors and Scholars get nil and those with no special programs get money.
Good luck.
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Hi! If there was no mention of merit in the decision letter does that mean none is coming? I know each University does it differently
When my daughter applied, she didnāt find out about scholarship until later. There was no mention of merit in the decision letter. I think the process is still the same, and you should find out about financial aids sometimes in March.
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Iāll give you my perspective as both as a Smith alum and a parent of a current applicant. We now live in CA. My kid (CA public school) also applied to Smith, but got L&S instead. It is very possible to transfer to Smith, once you meet all requirements/GPA. Some schools itās impossible if youāre not a pre-admit, but thatās not the case at MD. Iām stating the obvious to say that the mid-atlantic/DC metro area has a great alumni network. However, as someone who now lives in southern CA, I donāt cross paths with that many terps in the business world. I used to work for a very big bay-area based tech company, and Oregon (Lundquist) and UW (Foster) had better name recognition though Smith is higher ranked than Lundquist, etc.
At the end itāll be up to you, how much you hustle and land internships on the west coast. The career services connections are mostly in the DC metro area jobs, everything else will up to you.
The Smith program itself is excellent, at the end most undergrad business schools have similar curriculum and itāll be up to you how to differentiate yourself.
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Nope. 20% of admitted freshmen are offered merit scholarships of some sort based on their Nov 1 application for admission. Separate pools for MD res and OOS. Some majors and colleges on campus have their own scholarships for incoming students. CMNS does not - they are for continuing students who have a UMD GPA.
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UMD makes decisions about merit and sends out prior to March 1. None have gone out yet.
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