<p>Since decisions are out, now would be a good time to start this thread. Future applicants can use this as a reference. Remember to remove the spacing.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1340/2010
[</em>] GPA(uw/w): 3.1/3.8
[<em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[</em>] Other stats: 9 AP’s, AP Scholar with honor
[li] EC’s: Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Baseball, Captain It’s Academic, Biology tutor, more but I can’t list them all right now. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Great. Wrote a flashback story combining real time experiences with imagination.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t get to see
[</em>] Hook (if any): None that I can think of</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MD
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[</em>] Gender: M</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: My gpa was weak. Took too many AP’s in my opinion. My SAT and essay helped I think.<br> General Comments: Really happy I got in. This was my 2nd college acceptance, though the 1st college acceptance I would consider going to. Grats to everyone. Time to relax…I’m going to college!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: ~1250/1850
ACT: ~27
GPA(uw/w): 3.7/4.4
Rank: School doesn’t rank
Other stats: 7 AP’s, AP Scholar
EC’s: Too Many… mainly presidents of some active clubs
Subjective:
Essays: Basic… responded to the Computer topic
Teacher Rec: Great
Counselor Rec: Never saw it
Hook (if any): None
Location/Person:
State or Country: MD (MoCo)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian-American (South Asian)
Gender: M
Other Factors: Average student w/ high GPA.
General Comments: My Second Choice school, so I’m quite happy. </p>
<p>@Misterpops: Are you trying to do Pre-med? I also chose pre-med! </p>
<p>Also, scholarships will be coming out in Januaury, so people should chance each other if they’ll get scholarships or not.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Political Science, History</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1440/2230
ACT:
GPA(uw/w): 4.0/4.6182
Rank: 1/476 (12/476)
Other stats: 7 AP’s, AP Scholar with Honor, MD Distinguished Scholar, National Merit Commended
EC’s: Speech and Debate Captain, Newspaper Editor, President of Young Dems, HOBY, NHS, Model UN…
Subjective:
Essays: I guess it was as good as it could be for that prompt - responded to the one about art.
Teacher Rec: Glowing, though a bit non-descript.
Counselor Rec: Amazing
Hook (if any): ?
Location/Person:
State or Country: MD (Frederick)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Other Factors: strong academics and leadership
General Comments: I’m applying to the Sondheim Public Affairs Program and waiting to hear about scholarship. My decision will probably be dependent on both of those, but if those work out, I would love spend my four years at UMBC!</p>
<p>I’d chance others on scholarships, etc., but I really don’t have anything to go off of. Congrats to all!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1290/1850
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 Math II and 680 Math I
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA(uw/w): 3.6/4.5
[<em>] Rank: Top 25%
[</em>] EC’s: Decent, nothing special</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): N/A
[/ul] General Comments:
I’m happy I got accepted, I hear umbc has a really great computer science program but I’m waiting until I hear back from UMDCP until I make my decision.</p>
<p>Just noting a trend here… are all of you incl. your current AP courses in the “Other Stats” section? I am. </p>
<p>@woahwoah:</p>
<p>Comp. Sci.!!! I know some people who are majoring in CS @ UMBC; its hard but worthwhile. I still can’t decide btwn a major in IS + minor in CS or just major in CS? I am not a code monkey and it takes me time to understand math. Your thoughts?</p>
<p>^ No just anything stat wise in general. You could include awards and stuff too. I wrote that stuff up really fast so I didn’t add much. Feel free to add anything.</p>
<p>IS doesn’t sound that appealing to me, I like math and computers and math with computers I couldn’t see myself managing some schools network or something along those lines. I’ve been doing CS at my school for 4 years(AP computer science this year) and I really like it.</p>
<p>I would say that if you got a decent score on your SAT math, you’ll be fine in CS. The math I’ve done is mainly logic and problem solving type stuff, but it could be different in higher level courses so idk.</p>
<p>I dunno…I have a 760 math and a 4 on the ap bc calc test but i failed the ap comp sci. test. I got either a 1 or a 2 on it. I fail at cs so bad =[ I think the problem I have with cs is not being able to convert theory into code. I understand what I am supposed to make the program do (such as how to use binary trees). But I have trouble actually making my thoughts into code form.</p>
<p>Considering your SAT scores, you’ll get a decent scholarship. And Yea, CS can be hard; I’ve taken two years of low-level programming @ my school, so I understand.</p>
<p>@Woahwoah:
Idk; I like IS and its management potentials. I know I’m work my butt of if I study CS. I’m in pre-calc. now, so studying is going to be important in my success.</p>
<p>Just a note:</p>
<p>Here is the list of the general merit scholarships @ UMBC:</p>
<p>Hey guys! Hope you all are doing well. I would like to make a Facebook group for the “UMBC Class of 2014” and was wondering if you all could tell me your facbeook information so I can request you all to join the group. Also, please let me know if you are definitely planning on attending UMBC next year as I would love to meet my fellow classmates.</p>
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<p>I think a face-book group called “UMBC CLASS OF 2014” is quite a bit premature… I don’t think anyone has definitively chosen UMBC @ as their school of attendance. Just wait for a couple of months…</p>
<p>I got Heritage but was hoping for Premier. Anyone here that got Premier mind posting their stats? I just want to figure out how much I missed it by.</p>
<p>I’m in state and Heritage is nice I just was was hoping for Premier. I had a 1490/2140 (stupid writing section) and a 4.0 UW and around 4.2 weighted. I am homeschooled though and wondered if that hurts me.</p>
<p>I received my letter today too! I made Premier which is really exciting for me (zman, my stats are posted on the previous page). My decision will be really affected by the Sondheim program though, so I still have awhile to wait before anything’s official.</p>
I couldn’t see myself managing some schools network or something along those lines. I’ve been doing CS at my school for 4 years(AP computer science this year) and I really like it.</p>