<p>So in the mail today I received a handwritten letter from Eden Garosi of the College of Chemical and Life Sciences Admissions Office. The letter said I had a "very impressive" application and mentioned some of the things that were in my application. Then she invited me to visit and talk to a professor. I was pretty surprised because UMCP is a big school with thousands of applications to go through.</p>
<p>What exactly does this mean? Does this mean I have a good shot at a merit scholarship? Does this just mean I had a SAT score above some cutoff, or did they look at my entire application and put thought into who got a letter? Did any one else get a letter like this?</p>