Chances at UMD?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Maryland - College Park
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<p>Hi, I'm a senior at a small private school in Pennsylvania.
Sat: 1190
Math: 620
Reading : 570</p>

<p>SatII math2: 630
SatII chem: 600</p>

<p>6 Aps through junior and senior year.</p>

<p>My gpa from junior year was 4.06 I think</p>

<p>Varsity field hockey four years, MVP junior and senior year, captain senior year
Varsity basketball four years
Varsity lacrosse four years, MVP sophomore year, probably captain this upcoming season
Athletic award voted by faculty sophomore year for most promising athlete</p>

<p>Silver key (honors or something with high honors for a term) freshman and sophomore
Gold key (just a little higher honors, but highest key) junior year</p>

<p>Did ASP (Appalacia service project) junior year, with other community service so a lot of that.
Did reading Olympics the past four years
Day student proctor, highest day student honor besides pres.</p>

<p>I might be missing some stuff but there I am in a nutshell. I would really appreciate someone chancing me, UMD is my top choice!</p>

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<p>GPA is right on average. The SATs are low in both categories. The four years of every sport known to women are pretty impressive. OOS.</p>

<p>40-60 at worst.</p>

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<p>do you think theres a chance of admission to engineering?</p>

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<p>direct admissions to engineering is unlikely. there are a lot higher math stats than yours. you’ll have to prove first that you can cut it.</p>

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<p>Re engineering admission:
This info is from the accepted student day for my son back in 2012:
around 5000 applicants, with 1625 admitted
28% women
15% minority
average SAT (CR=M) 1381
75th percentile SAT 1460
25th percentile SAT 1320
average HS GPA 4.2</p>

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<p>If I get accepted to college park but not engineering, what are the requirements needed to join the next semester?</p>

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<p>loveUMD you get accepted to Letters and Sciences. Then you take “Gateway” classes freshman year and obtain a 3.0 GPA . Sophomore year you will be accepted to Engineering if you complete all the aforementioned requirements. </p>

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<p>So I can take the exact same classes as if I were in Engineering? I won’t be behind at all?</p>

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<p>yes and nope. not unless you test into pre cal or something like that.</p>

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<p>Check out these pages for details…if you are admitted to the university but not the school of engineering, you would be considered an “internal (in-school) transfer” or “internal applicant”
<a href=“Undergraduate Transfer Students FAQ | A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland”>http://www.eng.umd.edu/advising/transfer-faq&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“Transfer to Maryland Engineering | A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland”>http://www.eng.umd.edu/advising/transfer&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.eng.umd.edu/advising/transfer-guide”>http://www.eng.umd.edu/advising/transfer-guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Those are great pages, thank you so much, all of you, for your time and knowledge. I can’t wait to hear back from
UMD this Friday!! :)</p>

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<p>UPDATE: I got in!!.. starting january 2015, no engineering admittance. I’m assuming this means I’ll be even farther behind…?</p>

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<p>YEAAAAA! Congratulations, loveUMD. I don’t know about the falling behind part. I think you can still take classes in the Fall. You just live off campus. Don’t quote me on that but investigate and let me know what you find out.</p>

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<p>Congrats on getting in! Jkeil is correct - you can take classes through the Freshman Connection program, but you do have to sign up for that. Classes available for FC students are limited, but still allow you to take some core classes you need anyway like the math, English and gen eds - just in non-prime hours of afternoon through evening.</p>

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<p>Yea I looked up the FC and I’m glad I can ‘start’ in the fall. Dorm space is limited too. Also I’m going to the sleepover for accepted students, does anyone know what to expect? I don’t want to go in blind</p>

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<p>Nothing to prep for. It’s just to give you more information with the bonus of sleeping on campus for extended time to interact with current students. They do icebreaker activities for socializing and there are sessions- some to give you more facts about the school and some to give you more info about your major, etc. Orientation is a different story - that is done starting in June after you have already committed to attending. Orientation is something you don’t want to go in blind for because you will be picking classes. But this sleepover is honestly just a fun way for you to get to know the school better so you can decide if it’s the right fit for you.</p>