Letters and Sciences

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Maryland - College Park
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<p>Applied to the business school with a major in accounting, but the site says I'm accepted to Letters and Sciences. </p>

<p>Is this a huge disadvantage? UMD was my top choice and I'm kind of bummed that I didn't get into the business school or get invited to Scholars or Honors. I thought my stats were very good, but I guess not good enough for either of those programs.</p>

<p>So how difficult would it be to get into the business school having not been accepted in from the start? And would my first year classes be any different from someone who was accepted or does everyone just take core classes anyway?</p>

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<p>can anyone help me out here??</p>

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<p>Everyone just takes the CORE requirements they need (the ones they don’t have from AP, etc) for the first year. Some of the Smith kids might take a few business classes if they’re ahead of the game in that area, but most kids take CORE classes.</p>

<p>It doesn’t put you at a disadvantage necessarily for applying for Smith after freshman year. At that point, I believe they look at your freshman year stats, and if you’ve been doing well you could very well get into Smith.</p>

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<p>I am in the same situation as you are: applied to Smith and instead got L+S. For me, though, it’s not that bad, because my plan was to major in computers anyway (IS or CS). Considering your situation, if you really want to go to UMD and graduate w/ an accounting degree, work really hard in your freshman year. That way, when you re-apply to the Smith school as an Internal Transfer student, you might have a chance of getting into the Business school. Your 1st yr. classes will be no different than everyone else. Heck, there is even an option w/in L+S called ‘Markets and Society’:</p>

<p>[Letters</a> and Sciences - University of Maryland](<a href=“http://www.ltsc.umd.edu/markets.html]Letters”>http://www.ltsc.umd.edu/markets.html) </p>

<p>Might be interesting… They invite students, so I hope we both get it!</p>

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<p>So how difficult would it be to get into the business school having not been accepted in from the start?

  • I would say somewhat difficult but not impossible. You can only apply once a year though so you have to work hard. Competition is high.
    And would my first year classes be any different from someone who was accepted or does everyone just take core classes anyway?
  • Yes and no. People who know their major take 1 or 2 major related courses. People who don’t, like me, take cores that also overlap with many major related courses.</p>