actual results thread for OOS

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Maryland - College Park
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<p>I am wondering if we can compile a list of OOS ppl who got in and plz do it in the following format. (I copied this from BC thread)</p>

<p>Copy and paste the following into the reply. Then fill in the answers. First decision, then SAT scores, etc.
Remove the spaces inside the brackets to make it work...</p>

<p>Let's make it a little more easier to read by making ACCEPTED green, REJECTED red, and WAITLIST yellow. Do this by by putting Red, Yellow, or Green in where the word "Red" is right now in the first line.</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=Red][ b]Decision:[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>DECISION:</p>

<p>[ *] Intended Major:
[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend?</p>

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<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>[ *] Intended Major:International Relations/Scholars
[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 1390/1600
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:33
[ *] GPA:4.1 w
[ *] Rank:top 10%
[ *] Other stats:NHS. FHS, Lead America, Tae Kwon Do Champion, Sr. Lifeguard
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: Niche: Who I would want to speak to and why: Truman and how did it feel to drop the bomB for the 2nd time
[ *] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec:Excellent
[ *] Hook (if any):Legacy
[ *) Location/Person:North Carolina
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Sr course load all AP and jump start… weakness not alot of ECS
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:SAT/ACT, class ranking and gpa high enough to make scholars and gemstone
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend?Yes</p>

<p>Hope that helps for 2013!</p>

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<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>[ *] Intended Major: Computer Science
[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 1650/2400
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA: 3.71
[ *] Rank: 2/40
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Pakistan
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian/Pakistani
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: A1 Computer Student
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Computer Talent
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend? YES!</p>

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<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>[ *] Intended Major: Journalism
[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 1410/1600 (2210 incl writing)
[ *] SAT IIs: USH 790, English Lit 750
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA: 3.9
[ *] Rank: 7/64
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: Excellent, unusual, and much longer than the recommended length
[ *] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Probably very good
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Oregon
[ *] School Type: Public magnet
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Scores, GPA, Essays
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend? Yes (Honors Humanities)</p>

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<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>[ *] Intended Major: Journalism
[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 1280/1600 1880/2400
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT: 28
[ *] GPA: 3.7 uw 4.0 weighted
[ *] Rank: top 15%
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: good, well written but nothing too out of the ordinary
[ *] Teacher Recs: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: New York
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: IB diploma program so I had a really tough schedule, and tons of varying ec’s between sports, church related, community service and other clubs… as for weaknesses there was nothing all that special about my rank or sat/act scores
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: strength of hs schedule/gpa and ec’s
[ *] Other Factors: My sister graduated in 2004 and had a friend who worked in admissions, so supposedly a good word was put in for me and they were told that I was likely to attend if accepted. I don’t know if it actually helped me or not though
[ *] going to attend? Absolutely… Go Terps!!!</p>

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<p>DECISION:</p>

<p>[ *] Intended Major: Chem (thinking about chnaging to bio though lol)
[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 1880/2400
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA: 3.8 UW (We never had waited)
[ *] Rank: Top 5%
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: Pretty good. The end was really nice.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Awesome
[ *] Counselor Rec: Never saw it
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Maryland (but I’m an international I think)
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Pakistani
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strengths: AP’s, Independent Study classes. Weakness: Math (more of a personal weakness I don’th think adcoms saw this one too much lol). Volunteer+Clubs+ extra stuff
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
[ *] Other Factors: Not too many people from my county applied lol
[ *] going to attend? Yeah</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>[ *] Intended Major:Business- undecided
[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 1330/1600
[ *] SAT IIs:N/a
[ *] ACT:N/a
[ *] GPA: 3.85 unweighed
[ *] Rank: school did not rank
[ *] Other stats:NHS, field hockey, president of a club, treasurer of another, 500+ volunteer hours (over like 3 years)
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: were pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Hopefully good (I never got to read them)
[ *] Counselor Rec:Excellent
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country:NJ
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Weakness- my school did not offer a.p’s so that looked bad, strength- great e.c’s and volunteering
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:SAT, G.P.A extracurriculars were good enough to get into scholars…also I got my app in early which makes all the difference (My friend with similar stats got in for spring because she sent hers in toward the end of the priority deadline)
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend? YES!!! Go Terps =)</p>

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<p>wow..ive got a 3.2 gpa uw and a 1970 sat..and im out of state..maybe i wont apply..lol..</p>

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<p>You won’t get accepted if you don’t apply..OOS can be harder to get in if you are from NJ/NY area, but it could be easier if you are from Oklahoma or Michigan…I don’t think they have alot of applications from that area and the school wants kids from across the nation.</p>

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<p>interesting, well i can either put California OR New York, which would you suggest i put</p>

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<p>Typically the majority of Maryland’s oos students come from the NY/NJ area, so I would think that California will make you stand out a little bit more to the admissions committee.</p>

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<p>Does maryland practice A.A. Just want to know because im from NY and ill say ill have a little over a 50% chance of getting in but im hispanic as well so if they do practice A.A. then i think ill have a really good shot</p>

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<p>Well if you are going to say you are hispanic either way California is probably a better chance.</p>

<p>Go back and look at old threads, it is very competitive from NJ. We use to live in NJ many moons ago, my Mom still does, all of her friends grandchildren are trying to apply to UMD and are frightened that they will not get in. NJ has some excellent schools in the nation which gives an edge (The admission board looks at your rank and the school —how many go to Ivies, 4 yrs, etc—going to a school with a lot of kids going to Ivies helps your score).</p>

<p>Also how can you claim either state…you have to choose the 1 you are residing in! Are you going to school in CA and folks live in NY, or vise a verse? Where is your license? If this is a divorce situation, you will be from the state of the custodial parent, which means if 1 parent lives in CA, but you live in NY with the other, you are from NY. Where is your transcript coming from…not sure, but I think that is how they will determine which state.</p>

<p>As far as AA, I do not know, but my guess is since they take federal funding and the Supreme Court already ruled on this re Univ of Michigan they will follow the SC ruling</p>

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<p>Finally, even if they use AA, there are tons of minorities from everywhere across the country…and if they are required to select a certain % for AA, you will only get a very small foot up…OOS is @30%, than let’s say 10% of that number goes to AA…(this includes foreigners, i.e. Gibbush) Calculate the numbers only 1200 students out of 4K came from out of state(including international) and if you reserve 10%, only 120 out of 4K are AA. Not sure if you know, but UMDCP had over 28K applicants for 4K slots.</p>

<p>I wouldn’t consider being hispanic a hook. You also might need it, you say you have a 50-50 chance…what are your actual stats? Realize they look at the entire student. Maybe you have lower grades, but work 20 hrs, play sports yr round, involved in leadership at school, take the hardest course load and volunteer hundreds of hrs. You would probably be accepted faster than the kid who has 200 pts higher on the SAT, with a 4.5, but has never done anything, but school.
To them you are a better student because it shows you can juggle and deal with pressure.</p>

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<p>BTW when I say stats, I mean course loads. 3.2 on a 4.0 being the captain of a team, involved in school and holding a job doesn’t necessarily knock you out.</p>

<p>A 3.2 with no honors/IB/AP classes, no job, no school involvement, no volunteering hrs will make it a little harder.</p>

<p>DS had a 3.43 uw (I think the min for scholars is 3.4 uw)</p>

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<p>oh cool i was the captain of my math team and we went to the Harvard MIT Math Competition and i was acknowledged as a high scorer. :D!! and i have like 125 hrs community service, and a lot of ec’s. starting to think i have a chance..</p>

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<p>the reason why i think have around a 50% chance is because i know someone from my school who had very similar stats as mine and hes white and he got in. So that is why if they do practice AA. then i think itll have an extremely good chance of getting in</p>