<p>It’s their public affairs program. Just sent the app in. It seems really cool - a great combination of service learning, politics, outside opportunities, and a small cohort of students.</p>
<p>ok that sounds cool. I remember that program but just forgot the name lol. Good luck</p>
<p>Heritage for me too. Grats to everyone.</p>
<p>Are these scholarships of Finacial Aid money? If they are scholarships, did you apply for these scholarships? How did you find out about them?</p>
<p>They are scholarships that you didn’t have to apply for. We got the letters telling us what we got in the mail.</p>
<p>I got Premier last year, but turned it down for Meyerhoff. There’s no definitive criteria for the Premier; in all honesty, I feel there were more qualified applicants last year that didn’t get what they deserved.</p>
<p>2190 SAT (670CR, 740M, 780WR)
AP Bio/AP Chem/AP Physics C/AP Photo all senior year + AP Spanish Lang/AP Calc AB
4.2 WGPA
Eagle Scout
Superintendent’s Honor Roll 3 times
Meyerhoff Prospect
In-state
Plenty of volunteer-work through NHS
NHS, SHS, Tri-M, Orchestra</p>
<p>And that’s all I can remember now. You start to forget your stats quickly in college as they’re totally irrelevant</p>
<p>Has anyone heard of the Centennial Award from UMBC? That’s what I received, and it’s a $12,000/year scholarship for all four years. I can’t find any information about it anywhere though and it’s not listed on UMBC’s website with the rest of their scholarships. Just wondering…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Deferred Early Action)
Major: Anthropology</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1580
SAT IIs: Chinese-650
ACT: 26
GPA(uw/w):3.37
Rank: N/a
Other stats: APs (World-2; NSL-3)
EC’s: 13 years Chinese Chorus, 14 years Chinese school, lots of community service (almost 500 hrs), President of International Club, Creator of Asian-American Club</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Pretty good I think
Teacher Recs: Good. Japanese teacher and Ap World Teacher
Counselor Rec: After reviewing my info, she said she’d be able to write a really good essay.
Hook (if any):</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: MD (Montomgery County)
School Type: Public, competitive
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: It was disappointing to be deferred Early Action, but I’m glad I was admitted anyways. I was also admitted into CP spring 2011 which is a blow, but whatever. UMBC is a pretty nice school, but is it good for Anthropology? I applied to the Humanities Scholars Program (idk when I hear back from them).
Congrats to all those accepted! and good luck to those who are waiting to hear back!!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED! YAY! </p>
<p>Entered as a Biology Major</p>
<p>SAT:1490/2400
ACT:23
GPA(uw/w): 3.76 (uw)/ 4.08 (w)
Rank: School doesnt rank
EC’s:Varsity Tennis (3 yrs/captain), JV Lacrosse (1 yr), Gymnastics (1 yr), Best Buddies (2 yrs/president/treasurer), FBLA (2 yrs), Project Change (1 yr), National Hon Society, Spanish Honors Society, Science Honors Society</p>
<p>Essays: Father’s death motivated me to enter the medical field</p>
<p>Teacher Recs: From english teacher (moms boyfriend) and Medical Career Teacher. Essays were amazing. Recommendations were basically a repitition of my admission essay but included more personal details about my academic achievements</p>
<p>Counselor Rec: Did not see this one, but I suppose it was similar to my other 2 recommendations</p>
<p>State or Country: Maryland/USA
School Type: Public School
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>General Comments: Im not going to UMBC.</p>
<p>How do you know whether you got a scholarship or not?</p>
<p>They sent me a separate envelope about my scholarship maybe a month after I heard about admission. But that could be because I applied Early Action, and they weren’t ready to dole out scholarships at that point.</p>
<p>SAT: 1850
GPA: 3.5
computer science
applied early action
Asian
Essay: My passion on technology
Teacher Reccs: My programming teacher, counselor</p>
<p>Orwellrocks,</p>
<p>Did you apply for a scholarship to umbc, or did you just get it?</p>
<p>I believe people who qualified for Merit Scholarships applied by the Priority Nov. 1 deadline for full scholarship consideration and had stats in the 2000 out of 2400 range or 1300+ out if 1600 range with GPA’s of around 3.9 unweighted and higher than 4.0 Weighted. You did not need to apply separately for the scholarships.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Chemical Engineering</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Didn’t send them but I got a 1750
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] GPA(uw/w): 2.73/3.65
[<em>] Rank: 266/494
[</em>] Other stats:
[li] EC’s: A lot, but no major positions</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I actually didn’t think my essay was that great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: They were ok
[<em>] Counselor Rec: don’t know
[</em>] Hook (if any): National Achievement Scholar but I think all that got me was a free app</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: African- American
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments:I have no idea how, but I’m happy. Probably won’t go were though…</p>
<p>Stadeo, I didn’t apply for the Premier scholarship. My understanding is that they give out merit scholarships very mathematically - with like a giant matrix of SAT scores and GPAs. I did, however, apply by the priority deadline - which was recommended for those who wanted to be considered for a scholarship.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Computer Science</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1760
[</em>] SAT IIs: –
[<em>] ACT: –
[</em>] GPA(uw/w): idk/4.03
[<em>] Rank: school doesn’t have one
[</em>] Other stats: 7 APs
[li] EC’s: Volleyball and Lax for two years, NHS, Academic Team, Youth Group, Loads of Volunteer Work</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Written in a day, editted it myself before I submit it, and that was it.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Got one from my AP world history teacher.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I moved to a new school and barely knew the counselor so I told him what to say basically.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Hmmm…</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Maryland
[</em>] School Type: Pretty decent high school, people move to this area just to go here
[<em>] Ethnicity: Carribean + Asian + Indian = Me 
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Um, just being awesome I guess? Just kidding, hard work in my APs.
General Comments: Was a bit I surprised I got in, anywhere. Not my grades, but my lack of extra curriculars and “original-ness”</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Chemicial Engineering</p>
<p>[ *] SAT:1070/1600
[ *] SAT IIs:Nil
[ *] ACT:Nil
[ *] GPA(uw/w):3.12/4.00 (Unweighted)
[ *] Rank:Top 5%
[ *] Other stats:International Student
[ *] EC’s:National Project PIPE ( Against AIDs Transmission),National Kick Polio Campaign,Choir, Soccer, Drama, Design Technology, Tennis, . Most of it was Compulsory.</p>
<p>[ *] Essays:Great.(I Guess)
[ *] Teacher Recs:Good
[ *] Counselor Rec:Very Good (I’m Good friends With My Counselor)
[ *] Hook (if any):. My Counselor noted that I was going to attend the Congressional Youth Leadership Conference at Georgetown University by LeadAmerica, this summer and I was nominated for the GYLC. Sibling Goes To The Same School Ass Well.I think He/She is doing quite well.</p>
<p>[ *] Continent:Africa
[ *] School Type:Private (Best in Country)
[ *] Ethnicity:-
[ *] Gender:Female</p>
<p>[ *]Other Factors:[ /b] I Had Good National School Leaver Score. All A’s.
[ *]General Comments: I think I got lucky. Never thought I’ll get into college. At this age as well, I am only 14 and I have only done 5 years of High School.</p>
<p>Will we still be considered for scholarship if we applied on Feb and thereafter ? I didn’t heard anything about it actually, until now.</p>
<p>It is very unlikely that you will be considered for Merit based scholarships if you did not apply early action which was by Nov. 1</p>