Chance Me for UMD-CP

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Maryland - College Park
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Hi! I submitted my UMD application a few weeks ago, but I can’t stop thinking about it. What are my chances of getting in even though I’m out-of-state and Asian? I really want to go. It’s my top choice, and I would absolutely be crushed if I didn’t get in. Do you think I could get into the Honors College or get any merit?
Stats:
GPA: 4.4651 (W), 4.0 (UW)
SAT: 1540, 800 Math, 740 Reading, 22 essay
ACT: 36 - 36/36/36/36, 10 Essay
Class Rank: 1/617 (although my school requires that we don’t report rank)
AP: Seven 5’s (U.S History, European History, Calc AB, Calc BC, Chemistry, Chinese, English Language)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Comp Sci A, AP Physics C (both), AP Macroeconomics, AP Statistics, PE
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, 10 Science Olympiad medals, Society of Women Engineers High Award, Bryn Mawr President’s Book Award, Delaware Valley Science Council Finalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (VP), SNHS (Secretary), Science Olympiad (President), Math Club (Officer)
Job/Work Experience: Tutor
Volunteer/Community service: Spent my summers doing outreach to my city and abroad as well with a total of 400+ hours
Summer Activities: Community Service
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8.5/10 - unique, but some people absolutely loved it while others were a little offset by the stream-of-consciousness format
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): counselor (10/10) - I was one of his favorite students and his priority with college apps, chem teacher (11/10) - She let me teach her organic chem class, and I was her go-to person for everything, had her for two years, English teacher (9/10) - I did some of my best writing in that class
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major and College: CMNS - Applied math
State (if domestic applicant): PA
School Type: competitive large suburban school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: high

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Obviously you know that you have a very competitive profile. Shouldn’t be a problem. Any merit aid at UMD is very, very rare. There’s not much of them going around considering that they’re a state school with primary objective to serve their residents. Maryland is great though. My son is an out of state junior there now. Engineering.

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Why is this school your first choice? You are pretty much guaranteed to get in with the stats like those and a solid application. In fact, you could definitely get into a better school with those stats (not saying UMD is a bad school or anything).

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In fact, UMD is a very good school. Best of lucks to you, anyways :slight_smile:

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It’s not my number one top choice, but I have a few schools that are on par with it. I have a dream school, but it’s so hard to get into, that it’d be a blessed miracle if I got in.

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I did get in

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You should receive B/K invite.

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@terranmn I didn’t. Refer to my thread about how I didn’t get the invite and was really upset haha. I’m okay though, now.

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Good luck & best wishes!

My D similar stats, IS. Very disappointed not been invited.

According to your user ID, I realized that we have one more thing in common, sigh …

Anyway, she won’t go anywhere else as long as Honors College & ACES LLC.

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@terranmn

Did your daughter get ACES? I really hope she did!

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Yes, she did. Thanks!
She also got Presidential Scholarship. We’ll accept this offer.