Hi! I was wondering what my chances would be for getting into UMD (UMD Honors) and what programs/merit aid I could possibly expect? I really want to get into DCC
GPA: 4.71 W, 3.90 NW
All A’s and 2 B’s
Mostly GT, Honors, and AP classes (I think 11 AP classes total?)
Principal’s Honor Roll
AP Scholar with Distinction
Class rank: top 5%, 13 out of 300
In state
School Activities/Clubs/Programs:
National Honor Society (President)
Environmental Club (Vice President)
Key Club
SGA
Mentorship Program (Chief Intern)
Outside of School Activities:
-2019 Summer NASA Intern ( I worked in the visualization studio, and a video I made was presented at 2019 ACM SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles by my mentor)
-2019-2020 NASA school-year intern
-2018 Intern at our county conservancy (Presented my project from this internship at a county conference)
-Worked with our county executive and a team of other high school students to develop a flood prevention plan for our city
-was President of our cultural youth group and did a lot of service projects through them
-volunteered at our religious institution
If a student is accepted as a Spring Admission with a Freshman Connection are they allowed to get sign up for Room and Board during the Fall Semester while taking the Freshman Connection courses? Does anything change with that process preceding the Fall Semester?
Freshman Connection students get the same benefits for Room and Board. My daughter ended up in the mostly honors dorm so it is random where you get placed. You are not lumped together. Also some potential students/parents think there is a stigma about being in FC. I want to assure everyone that the other students don’t care. In fact other students try to get into the FC afternoon classes but they are reserved for FC students only! The only difference between Fall admit and Spring admit is that you have all afternoon/evening classes in the Fall semester only. Also FC is the last group to pick classes for Spring, but my daughter had no problem getting her classes.
With being OOS, a 96.87 GPA, 33 ACT (35 Superscore), a lot of ECs that I’m dedicated to, and a good essay, how likely is it for me to be accepted into the honors program?
Thank you all for the insight into the Freshman Connection. Hopefully my daughter will get in through the normal process but this option sounds like its still gets her to where she wants to be. Go Terps!!!
It really depends so I can’t give you a definite answer but from what I’ve been seeing in past years strong extra curricular‘s help balance out weaker stats (in comparison to the other applicants). weaker stats (only from what I’ve seen) seem to range in the 1200’s. Gpa is harder to account for but I’d say probably around a 3.6-.7 uwgpa.
That is my understanding. Just so happens that this year, January has 5 Friday’s rather than the normal 4.
I tried to look back to see when the last time the last Friday in January was on January 31st and that was back in 2014. That was way before there was a coalition app.
Found the link on this board to see when in 2014 EA decisions were released and it appears as though it was on January 31st. :neutral:
If anyone else has any thoughts about this, please do share.
Does anyone know the order of consideration for secondary majors? I applied CS, with an alternate LEP of information sciences, and then an alternate non-LEP major of computer engineering. I’m not sure that if I’m not admitted to CS, which secondary major they consider for me next. And where does Freshman Connection fit in?
I would like to clarify the LEP and Spring Admission. My OSS was admitted Spring and at the same time was granted her LEP major.That was the reason she choose UMD and entered in as a Freshman Connection student.