I turned in all materials by October 12th and I triple-checked my application and checklist and received no decision. Any advice? I will call admissions on Monday but I will be devastated to wait until March, UMD is my top school.
How does housing work at UMD? First come, first served? Wondering if for a fall admit (Honors, if it makes a difference), waiting on cost comparing between UMD and other schools (considering potential school-specific scholarships and FA) until late April runs the risk of having poor or limited options if ultimately selecting UMD. I once made this mistake for myself in another state school, so donât want to see my S20 in this situation.
I had tech issues setting up my ID to register as well. I tried setting it up a second time and made my way through.
I got accepted with a 1400 SAT and 96 GPA. I was accepted into College Park Scholars as well and I was wondering what it was exactly (honors?).
Donât sweat it!! UMD had an extremely competitive incoming class and you did every effort you could. Your parents shouldnât be disappointed in yourself and neither should you. Keep your head up, youâll find a great fit somewhere!
You are not a disappointment!! College admissions are honestly so random and you cannot take it personally. Youâve worked so hard and I hope both you and your parents can realize it. Keep your head up, you will find your place!
The College Scholars is not the Honors Program. It is a separate program. I read that you select a path from 12 themes. Then you take a couple of extra courses a semester, which are small in class size. You get the advantage of living in selected Collage Scholar designated dorms with students in the same program. It is a 2 year program for freshman and sophomors. It seems to be a great way of meeting like minded high stats students, without the high pressure of the Honors Program.
I donât know if I should be happy or sad: I got admitted for Spring for FC, but I really thought I wouldâve got in for Fall. I just donât know where I messed up?!
1430 SAT
4.15 Gpa
Lots of extracurriculars and Volunteering
For those who didnt get in. You can always transfer to UMD from UMBC or community college. I know a couple people did this, and ended up with awesome jobs.
Hi,
My daughter received an acceptance letter and at the bottom, it states her major: Business. So, I am assuming that she was accepted into the Smith College of Business, correct?
Her letter stated that she was accepted into the College Scholars Program, as well.
I am asking because if any of you got into the Smith College of Business., did your letter look the same in which the major is listed at the bottom? Or, did the letter directly say you are admitted to The Smith College of Business?
@CollegelkâŠThe acceptance letter states as follows:
Major: Business: Accounting* (0503A)
Advising College: The Robert H. Smith School of Business
Thanks. Her letter states the same on the bottom.
In-state or OOS?
Whatâs your major?
I. personally think you should be happy. Many high performing kids get rejections. Perhaps there were too many kids applying to your major so they have to âfudgeâ the system by bringing in some differently.
It says nothing about you personally. Your stats are great. Congratulations on your acceptance.
Congrats to all admits and I commend all others, it seems UMD is more and more competitive each year. Someone said earlierâ youâ d think itâs Harvardâ, but UMD CS program is better in rankings. So better education and great opportunities around DC at a fraction of the cost!
UMD Corps of Parents is the most terrific out there. GO TERPS!
I followed the thread all this week of anguish and it would have been so much harder without yâall. So thank you! RavenRob, I got so worried when you dropped off the grid around decision time, I feared the worst and went nervously through the last pages to see if you post anything and I was elated to see your son got in! Our kids are going to be colleagues at CS!
STATS
SAT I 1490. (720EBRW/770M) SAT II MATH 800
GPA 4 UW/ 4.5W
5 APs (all with 4s) + AP Calc. BC, AP Stat, AP Comp Sci in senior year
ECs decent, -100 hrs volunteering and 1 internship
good recs
in-state, no hooks, no sports, no talents but some hobbies
What we could have done better:
guide him to take more rigorous courses earlier on, so to have at least AP Calc BC taken by senior year
have him. take a summer job, at Shake Shack for example
start SAT tutoring earlier, we did only 1hr/week in the summer before senior year, still did learn some test taking strategies and got more confident and took one mock test
Was accepted and invited to carillon not into either LEP (bioengineering and biology) so kind of disappointing
OOS 4.6 wgpa 4.0 uw 31 ACT
Does anyone know how difficult it would be to dispute my residence? Iâve lived in Maryland all of my life but my decision letter lists my residency as out of state.
@MomfromPenn did is specifically say anywhere freshman connection?
also what does it say under major and school?
@user_491972 - You need to call UMD next week to fix this. In the old days before the Coalition App, there was a whole section of the UMD App for proving in state residency. I do not know how the Coalition App deals with that issue
@ridingthewave - There should be a Housing link available (or soon at least) for students to indicate that they want housing and to select a meal plan. This is only to let UMD ResLife know that you want to live in a dorm, rather than off-campus, or commute. It is basically a place holder for you. It does NOT constitute a Binding decision to attend, but you must notify UMD by a certain date if the student is not attending
Now, Freshmen do Not get to select the dorm that they want.
In the case of Honors, the student selects a program preference (again, this is Non-binding). Each Honors program has its own assigned Dorm. This is their LLC.
In my Dâs case, she selected University Honors, and the Dorm for that Program was Hagerstown Hall.
There is a lot of info on this link
Not difficult if your parents are residents of MD, if your living situation was different youâll probably have to discuss it more in depth with UMD. They actually have a link to dispute your residency classification so it must be a fairly common issue.