<p>This is my dream school, I am from MD and ever since I was a kid going to the games I have always wanted to be a Terp. But my grades are not up to par. My weighted GPA is roughly a 3.5 and unweighted roughly 3.2. my current SAT scores are pretty low too, they are roughly a 1600 on a 2400 scale. However I am taking them again on October 6th and I am taking the ACTs at the end of September. I am also enrolled in a 8 week prep course. I plan on applying for Early Action as well. I am involved in several extracurricular activities such as Marching Band for 4 years, Key club for 1 year, Unified sports tem (sports for the disabled students) for 1 year, Youth mentor at my church for 5 years. Any advice at all would be much appreciated. Anything that I could still do starting my senior year to make me more marketable would be amazing. Thanks!
Molly</p>
<p>It definitely helps that you’re in MD. I trust that you’ll be able to improve upon your scores. Are you taking a strong courseload? </p>
<p>The application for UMD is actually open now, so I would start on the essays and spend time making them as representative of you as possible.</p>
<p>I’m curious about the honors program myself, but don’t know if you’re qualified or not. I mainly wanted to post because I noticed you said you’re taking the SAT on October 6th this year. October 6th is a Sunday and I am absolutely certain that the SAT is on Saturday, October 5th this year. I just wanted to make sure you didn’t miss you’re SAT date–that would be horrendous.</p>
<p>Futureteacher, I don’t see how you get in to College Park, unless your SAT scores improves greatly. Bringing your grades up first semester would help, too. I’m rooting for you, though!!</p>