University of Maryland (UMD) College Park Early Action 2024

My DD has similar scores. Hoping for the Banneker and Keys scholarship! Fingers crossed!

Me too. Sailing on the same boat.

To help pass the time, here are 2 interesting articles about UMD’s Dr. William Dorland. We met him in 2014, after my D was admitted to the Honors College

https://terp.umd.edu/the-things-he-carries/#.XjM0jWzsZjo

https://dbknews.com/0999/12/31/arc-majrbostgvhllcmo2ijaghalzi/

@geniusbrain123
Maybe Freshman Connection? You’re OOS and you’re a little below the median; That doesn’t mean you won’t get in though! Good Luck!

Im not an admissions worker so I dont know if you will get in or not, however i would definitely apply other places just in case, i would recommend applying to a couple of safety’s that you know you will get into, and if you dint get in this year you can go to a saftey then try and transfer in, best of luck!

I never want to dismiss other people’s concerns, so I get those who are anxious here. I must say, however, that as per @richrhk OSU was the most brutal process by far!! A few days of being in the dark sure beats 3 months of anxiously refreshing the portal for 6 hours at a time!!

@geniusbrain123 I’m curious why you didn’t apply anywhere else? A safety school in your home state? Your high school guidance counselor should have highly recommended that to you.
I have read on other threads about kids only applying to one school. Schools do reject kids and they can’t take everyone.
I apologize if all this sounds too negative. My own daughter applied to several schools. Accepted at 1(not her top choice at all but it’s a yes so I’ll take it) deferred by 4 which we are prepared for those to turn in a rejection.

@Pelorider My DD still waiting for an EA decision by OSU. Tomorrow should be the day

But I find my home state school(UConn) is the worst when it comes to releasing decisions. They don’t start until March 1. So regardless if she gets in OSU or UMD tomorrow she still needs to wait until March before we decide if it’s worth going out of state or not.

@geniusbrain123

If you’re nervous about only applying to one school, there are a lot of schools that have 2/1 application deadline. Perhaps you can still pick a safety school to get one more application in by midnight to ease your nerves?

FYI
be careful in taking some of these posts seriously
especially if they only have 1 or 2 replies
there are fake posts
people on this thread are so nice & are responding accordingly but again, be careful


@geniusbrain123 I think your participation in JV swim may put you in, as it’s an holistic approach decision
 quite impressive.

20 min!!

20 min until you realize you have to wait another 24 hours

Did anyone just get the" Yes, you CAN afford college!" random email from MyCoalition and practically have a heart attack?! ?

@carrottopcurls2 Yes! Nearly fell out of my chair

I honestly don’t think it’ll be today but man I wish it was

@Pelorider 
i agree totally!!! OSU was BRUTAL, esp since they started releasing back in December (or was it Nov?) My son FINALLY got his OSU decision last Friday
every single Friday for months we were glued to the computer. At least this is only a week of hell waiting
 :wink:

See everyone tomorrow!

well now that we know decisions are tomorrow i want to wish everyone luck and that we all made it to the big day :slight_smile:

we got played so hard. doesn’t make any sense for them to wait till the last day when other colleges released DAYS before the deadline. see you tomorrow Maryland!