Admission Question

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Maryland - College Park
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I submitted my application to UMD for early action review, but I did not include a club on my activity list because I wasn’t sure if it would be approved by the school. Since submitting my application, I have had my club approved and had some meetings. Is there any way I can email the admissions office and have them consider the formation of my new club in my application?

If anyone’s wondering, the club is a TILE Chapter that works with the FBLA and the existing entrepreneur club to provide advice to high school students who are interested in becoming entrepreneurs.

Thanks in advance for any tips and advice.

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Honestly, I can’t imagine one club making/breaking your application/admissions decision.

Personally, I think it would more be something for consideration by programs like Honors/College Park Scholars. If you are invited to either program, they will send you a questionnaire to “rank” which of the specific programs you would like to be placed in. As part of the questionnaire, you can mention that to support your request for a business-related program (since they limit the numbers they assign to each program, the business programs are more popular and therefore competitive for placement).

If you are applying as a business major, admissions to Smith are highly competitive since it is a LEP and I think stats are more important. However, if it’s really concerning to you, and you have no other evidence of leadership on your application, you can call Smith admissions and ask them directly.

Best of luck!

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@maryversity

thanks so much for your response. since you seem knowledgeable, do you think you could give me a realistic chance me for getting into UMD and potentially the honors/scholar programs. I am applying as a business major and I know it is competitive.

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1470 (770 Math, 700 other) 18/24 essay
SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math 2
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.78 UW, 4.27 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): APUSH (4), AP U.S. Gov (4) AP Physics 1 (3), AP Calc AB (5), AP Macro (5)
Senior Year Course Load: Religion, AP Calc BC, AP Psych, IB Econ HL, AP Env. Sci., AP Literature
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, School Scholarship, Blue Ribbon Agricultural Fair, Honor Roll

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
TILE Chapter Founder and Content Coordinator: 12, focusing on encouraging entrepreneurship in high school students
Head Lifeguard-Summers 2016 and 2017
Retreat Leader: 12 lead a church retreat
Justice Team Member: 11-organized events about social justice
National Honor Society Member
School Scholar Program: top 15% of grade
High School Baseball Team: 9-12

Job/Work Experience: Head Lifeguard (11, 12)
Volunteer/Community Service: Foreign Mission Trip, Domestic Mission Trip
Summer Experience: jobs
Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Calc AB teacher, idk waived knows me well though and likes me
Teacher Recommendation #2: IB Econ HL and AP Macro teacher, idk waived knows me well and also likes me
Counselor Rec: 10/10 she loves me I haven’t read it though

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
CommonApp Essay: talked about curiousity and my passion for going below surface of information 9/10

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Maryland
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: 200K+
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development): None