University of Maryland (UMD) Early Action Class of 2030 Official Thread

Colleges & Universities University of Maryland - College Park
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No, her scores now show as received 8/26. We sent them from ACT on 8/22.

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Just as an FYI. UMD particularly if you attend a high performing school from MoCo or HoCo has become insanely competitive to get into.

I have a 2021 HS grad as well as a 2025 HS grad and just within 4 years, UMD became much more competitive at least from our school to gain admissions.

For my 2021 graduate, pretty much anyone who worked hard and had a reasonable GPA from our school was accepted.

Fast forward to 2025 and that was definitely not the case. There were many people blindsided who had expected to get in but didnā€™t (ie 1500 plus SATs/ with good but not near perfect grades or ā€œaverageā€ rigor). The average GPA for accepted students from our school was 3.96 unweighted and 1484 SAT. Iā€™ve been told this is very school dependent but UMD should not be considered a safety for anyone who attends a high performing school.

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Whats moco?

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Montgomery County in Maryland

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3.96 unweighted for any Program or only for Limited Enrollments.

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Thatā€™s anything.

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The 2025 class was the largest graduating high school class in American history. So it was exceptionally competitive applying to college this past year. The birth rate dropped mildly with the Great Recession in 2008 and kept dropping considerably after that. It may be a bit less competitive this year and will get much better in coming years.

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