Honors question/merit scholarhip

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Maryland - College Park
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<p>Thanks in advance for any help you all can provide...I have posted in the past, but have some more data: my daughter is a rising senior and for a variety of reasons, interested in the UMd Honors College (and Animal sciences major). She is ranked in the top 4 students of almost 500 in a competitive public high school (in Pennsylvania), and her GPA is approximately 4.2 (weighted, which is about as good as you could be due to the number of honors/AP courses she was eligible to take). Her ACT, taken as a sophomore, was a 35. She has taken 5 AP courses (Chem, Eng Lang, Calc BC, US and World History), and gotten all A's and all 5's on her AP tests (except a 4 in World History). SAT2s include Math 2 (750), Literature (740), Chem (780), and Spanish (690). Long term, her career goal is to become a veterinarian, specializing in equine and equine sports medicine and surgery.</p>

<p>Her passion is equestrian, spending 20+ hours every week with training and competing in regional and national eventing competitions. She has done fairly well in eventing and Pony Club (HB/C3), and has won some awards. She has some other ECs as well, including Key Club and other community service involvement, but nothing remotely involved as this. Her recs and essays should be excellent. She is probably going to take an alternate path her senior year and finish a few high school classes virtually (although she has enough credits to have graduated early), and take a college course or two. She is doing this to spend the year working full time (or more) as a working student for a current US Olympic eventing rider. She would learn infinitely more from doing this, and also be able to advance her own riding and compete during the year. We have no concerns about her being able to handle her coursework during this time.</p>

<p>So...my questions for the UMd people:
1) Any issues with admittance to the Honors College?
2) Any issues with her senior year plan?
3) What are the chances of significant merit aid, OOS tuition waiver, and Banneker/Key scholarship? She would like to attend somewhere that can offer her siginificant merit aid, and save her 'college money' for vet school. </p>

<p>Thanks for any input you all have!</p>

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<p>Sounds like a guarantee to the honors college…even out of state. Even though BK scholarships are usually given in-state, for a 35 ACT, those great Subject Tests, GPA and Course load and ECs, I would say your a match.</p>

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<p>Also, the college of Agriculture has undergrad merit $$ (not similar to the level of B/K or the top of the merit $$, but nothing to sneeze at), and I believe their overall academic level of incoming freshmen to the college of Agriculture will make your daughter especially stand out. BK scholarships are given to in-state AND OOS students. UMD is very numbers driven, and with that ACT and her GPA and class rank, she’ll be a good find. Honors College does not differentiate between in-state or OOS either.</p>