<p>Realistically, what are the chances of getting in after being deferred from priority decision. Since many people were accepted for Spring semester it seems pretty unlikey that a deferral will get in at all. Any thoughts or prior experience with this please!!</p>
<p>Personally, and have NO previous experience, only what is going on in the level of schools that kids that apply to Maryland have on their radar, I think Maryland dropped the ball on this one.
With the removal of ED, your going to get a trickle down, better apply all over the place group of kids, I would venture to guess the apps to Maryland were way over because of the removal of ED at other schools. If you read the accepted thread, a 1/3 or more said "well if I don't get in anywhere else I might go", so anything is possible if that helps ease your mind a bit. </p>
<p>My daughter 95 GPA, 9 APS 31 ACT, 3 years INTEL research semi finalist. Research in lab which gave her a phenominal rec, didn't even get deferred to the regular pool, flat out rejection. She laughed with anger of their suggestion to attend a two year community college get her GPA up and reapply as a transfer student, I tell you, I am disgusted with the whole process. NOTHING is worth this (sorry to hijack your thread) but the kids move on as best they can. Best of Luck!</p>
<p>CBK, thats shocking, are you talking about University of Maryland and did she get admission into spring?</p>
<p>Yea College Park, did priority deadline, nope, no spring admission, nada, flat out rejected.</p>
<p>They told her to consider a local community college to get a solid GPA and seriously consider a transfer. She cried and laughed and threw the letter accross the room. </p>
<p>ARE THEY ON CRACK?
when I THINK of all the work this kid put into her research project, no joke during the summer about 25-30 hours a week,about 10-15 for the past 3 years READING writing to professors/researchers all over the world, for it to come to a 2 year community college to bring up her GPA? Nothing wrong with that option, but this kid has a bug for research, she loves it, but makes me wonder if it is nothing but a sick game of what they do to these kids. Unfair.</p>
<p>yea oos is hard to get into UMD</p>
<p>is there any way to contest the decision? i really wanted to go to umd, it was my first choice. i know someone who got in from my school (oos) with a low gpa and a 1650 sat score, also not a minority, i dont understand how this happens. =(</p>
<p>Although my son does not have the gpa of your daughter his SATs were 1520/1600 and was deferred. DOes this mean that he will not get in - it looks like other's stats are much lower.</p>
<p>Does anyone think that it's strange that there are very qualified candidates getting rejected/deferred and they are all from NY??? Mind you, I am just an observer (my d did not apply to UMD), but just wanted to add that.......Is it just possible that soooo many NY kids applied that they had to create a cut-off somewhere? (There was discussion about this a few months ago with UMich-EA and NJ-after a certain point, everyone was deferred, regardless of stats)</p>
<p>FWIW we're in Maryland and know some great kids with respectable stats who were rejected this year.</p>
<p>CBK, I am so sorry for your daughter. I am in shock myself over that!! Good luck to you and your daughter.</p>