<p>I was admitted.</p>
<p>3.54/3.46
1740
630math
570reading</p>
<p>Congrats to who got in…hopefully I get in around feb. How were you guys recommendations and essays? I got the same stats as some of you and im trying to figure out why i wasnt admitted. My essay was incredible and my recommendations were pretty good. I also have a lot of extracurriculars under my belt.</p>
<p>Good recommendations and essay.</p>
<p>But I come from a Science and Technology High School in Maryland.
Varsity Baseball Captain
Vice President of Science and Tech advisory board.</p>
<p>My guess on admissions since I’m just a parent but do know individuals involved with admission at some private schools. Here’s three things they told me that makes a difference:</p>
<ol>
<li> Location - OOS from a low representative area is an REAL advantage.</li>
<li> Essay - Was told NOT to do any real editting of my son’s essay. An essay that reads “above” the test/GPA is discounted. A “perfect” essay, B’s in English and a 630 writing score… they would rather see a thoughtful essay from the prospective student instead of the parent or HS English teacher. Granted, its a little crystal ball reading but I was told that it is frequently quite obvious, especially based on vocabulary.<br></li>
<li> Declared Major - They need to balance classes so… I was also told that undeclared (what my daughter did a few years ago) is the worst choice to make. Pick one and then switch or tell your advisor your not sure. For most majors, everyone takes the same first semester classes anyway. Problems come in year 2 1/2+ when there are to many students for available lab space… so they limit incoming class size accordingly.</li>
</ol>
<p>In state, at a public & competitive hs</p>
<p>Rank: UW-58/370 or W 54/370…2nd decile, but technically in the top 15%</p>
<p>GPA: UW 3.74 or W 4.38 (weighted system–add 1 point for each AP or GT course and .5 point for honors course)</p>
<p>AP Classes: Govt, Bio, Calc AB, English Language, Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, and Psychology. mostly got As in these, one or two B’s. all other classes are almost all GT or honors.</p>
<p>SAT: 1710 (CR 530, M 560, W 620)</p>
<p>ACT: 24 (E-26, M-26, R-24, S-21, Eng Combined-24)</p>
<p>Recommendations, Essays, and ECs are all great</p>
<p>Applied Early Action for Fall 2011 Undecided,
Got deferred to Regular decision and hope to get in</p>
<p>What are the chances of my getting accepted here?
And how good of a scholarship do you think I could get, based on what you know and your past experiences?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>You should have got in EA. What major you intend to study ? Did you apply for any Scholarships (CWIT/Meyerhoff/Sherman) ?</p>
<p>accepted but probably won’t go
3.74 UW
34 ACT</p>
<p>Clinton–I did undecided and no I didn’t apply for any of their scholarships</p>
<p>when do deferred students find out…and how- online or mail?
anyone remember the date from last yr?</p>
<p>Thanks for the input…hopefully i get in Reg. Decision…here are my stats:</p>
<p>Rank: W 9/478
GPA: UW- 3.8 W 3.9
SAT’s: 1700 (CR-600, M-550, W-550)
ACT: 24
IB Classes: IB History 2, IB Bio 2, IB Math Studies 2, IB Art 2, IB Spanish 4, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB World Lit 2, and College Summit
Essay and Recommendation Letters Great!
Extracurriculars: Captain of Softball Team, Captain of Volleyball Team, Treasurer of FBLA, Participate in Tech rew at my School, National Honors Society</p>
<p>CollegeMounting we have similar stats! I hope we get in!</p>
<p>I also applied for the CWIT Scholarship program so I hope to hear back from that as well</p>
<p>@tjcann…what school do you go to?</p>
<p>I know! I hope so too, and based on last year’s stats, we are pretty close!!</p>
<p>Hopefully we make it because UMBC is my first choice! But as of now its whoever is giving up the most money. What other schools did you guys apply to?</p>
<p>I applied to:</p>
<p>UMBC (Deffered EA- Find out in FEB)
Towson University (Accepted)
Salisbury University (Accepted)
Drexel University (Find out in FEB)
Roanoke College (Find out in FEB)</p>
<p>I got my acceptance letter about a week ago, and just got my scholarship info a few minutes ago. I got 15,000 a year for 4 years (in state).</p>
<p>SAT I: 760 M, 800 CR, 680 WR (1560, 2240)
SAT II: Math II 730, Chem 680, US History 700
GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.1 W
Class Rank: top 10%
EC’s: Baseball, Soccer, Drums, Guitar, It’s academic
10 AP’s, mostly 4s, with a 5 or two
AP Scholar With Distinction
National Merit Commended Scholar
Comp Eng/Comp Sci intended major.</p>
<p>I don’t plan on attending, but the offer is nice. My scholarship was just general merit, not myerhoff.</p>
<p>I also got a letter saying I got $5k a year scholarship.</p>
<p>Deferred EA, then accepted today! Still waiting to hear back about Honors College/Humanities/scholarships.</p>
<p>3.5uw gpa
SAT: R-680 M-440 W-540
ACT: 25
All Honors, 5 APs</p>
<p>Got deffered in late December also and got acceptance mail today !!</p>
<p>3.7 GPA SAT - 1760</p>
<p>5 APS</p>
<p>you guys already got a decision for RD?
i was also deferred, but didn’t recieve another decision yet =)</p>
<p>I got my acceptance letter today! I’m waiting to hear back from CWIT…I really hope I conjure up enough scholarships to go here. I love UMBC! :)</p>
<p>I got accepted as well!!!</p>
<p>I got accepted!!</p>