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Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Maryland - College Park
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<p>can someone evaluate my chances at umcp? i'm an in-state applicant and applied regular decision.</p>

<p>sat: cr530, m650, w610 --> 1180/1790
act: 28
gpa: 3.5w (87.19 average) --> i know it's low, however, i randomly decided to start trying in my senior year and i sent my midyear grades to them which had an average of 91 (like a 3.9)
courses: i've taken 9 or 10 honors/ap classes throughout high school
ecs: volunteer work at three different places, played on the soccer team freshman year, i've held two jobs</p>

<p>i realize my gpa and sat are pretty low for this school, but i'm hoping they'll overlook that with my act being in their range, my midyear grades, and because i believe my essay was pretty well written and might make them see me as unique.</p>

<p>any input is welcome, thanks.</p>

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<p>i hate to say this, but i don't think umd looks at midyear reports unless they requested one from you.</p>

<p>what is your unweighted? and what classes are you taking this year?</p>

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<p>unweighted is probably 3.3 (84 average). i'm taking physics, ap psychology, honors calculus, am govt, regular english iv. i go to a private school if that means anything. they also said that they recieved the midyear grades, so i'm assuming they'll take a look at it if they have it. i have good recommendations, too.</p>

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<p>The people in-state I know with lots of APs and around 3.3 got admitted for Spring. ****ing crazy, I couldn't believe it. But then I know some people with sub 3s who got in. I dunno. Nobody on here can really "say" your chances except that you're below avg. so that doesn't bode well. But there are a lot of other factors to a decision.</p>

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<p>groovin - I agree. One of my friends had a 3.4 with decent SATs and EC's and was either denied or deffered (I just knew she didn't get in).</p>

<p>baltimore - I think that you may be on the line. It seems though that your midyear will help out. In-state will definitely help. I wish you the best of luck! :)</p>

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<p>If they're on the fence about you, then they'll look at your midyear report, and in that case, it'll help you.</p>

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<p>thanks for the input, i appreciate it.</p>

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<p>you would have had a solid chance if you just applied priority... now it gets more difficult</p>

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<p>you have about the same SATs as me and i got deferred to spring admission. </p>

<p>however, i'm one of those people are just unlucky, so you'll probably get in!</p>

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<p>jmryan316, are you in-state or no?</p>

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<p>i really hope you would have applied early. i dont know how to say this but i heard they fill up almost all the class during priority. you might want to send them a letter telling them why you didn't do priority but that umd is your first choice. the good thing is your instate. good luck</p>

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<p>baltimore, yup. </p>

<p>my dad went there too.</p>