<p>Decision: Accepted (Honors College) Major: Computer Science
**General Stats: **[ul]
[<em>]GPA: 4.24
[</em>]Rank (if applicable): N/A
[<em>]SAT (1600/2400): 1540/2230
[</em>]SATIIs: 720 Physics, 800 Math II
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]APs: US History (5), English Language (5)
[/ul]Others:[ul]
[<em>]Courseload: hard
[</em>]Awards: National Merit
[<em>]ECs:
[</em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities:
[<em>]Essays: nothing at all special
[</em>]Recommendations: Good
[/ul]Background:[ul]
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Race: White
[<em>]School Type: Private
[</em>]State: MD
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<p>Decision: Accepted Major: Japanese
**General Stats: **[ul]
[<em>]GPA: 3.74
[</em>]WGPA: 4.33
[<em>]Rank (if applicable): -
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400): 1400/2140
[<em>]SATIIs: -
[</em>]ACT: -
[<em>]APs: psych 5, doing lit and japanese this year.
[/ul]Others:[ul]
[</em>]Courseload: not that hard haha
[<em>]Awards: -
[</em>]ECs: theater
[<em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities: -
[</em>]Essays: decent
[<em>]Recommendations: good i think
[/ul]Background:[ul]
[</em>]Gender: female
[<em>]Race: white
[</em>]School Type: public, competitive
[li]State: maryland[/li][/ul] Reflection and General Comments: got scholars, and im enrolling!</p>
<p>** Decision: Accepted to Scholars Program**
** Major: Economics **
**General Stats: **[ul]
[<em>]GPA: 94
[</em>]WGPA:
[<em>]Rank (if applicable): top 10%
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400): 1380/2100
[<em>]SATIIs: USH 650, Math IC 680, Bio M 670
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]APs: USH (3), Senior Year Enviro, Psychology, English Lit, Calculus AB
[/ul]Others:[ul]
[</em>]Courseload: all honors and AP
[<em>]Awards: NHS, Foreign Language NHS, Math NHS, etc.
[</em>]ECs: Yearbook EIC, Youth Group for 4+ years with tonsof leadership, a lotttt of community service, mathletes, tutoring, a lot more
[<em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities: day camp counselor for 2 summers
[</em>]Essays: I think they were well written
[<em>]Recommendations: great, both teachers adore me
[/ul]**Background: **[ul]
[</em>]Gender: Female
[<em>]Race: White/Jewish
[</em>]School Type: Catholic
[li]State: NY[/li][/ul] Reflection and General Comments:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (CP Scholars) Major: Japanese
**General Stats: **[ul]
[<em>]GPA: 2.98 (Ha…) 3.14 (9th-11th, not including HS classes taken earlier)
[</em>]WGPA: 3.78
[<em>]Rank (if applicable): does not rank
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400): 1470/2230
[<em>]SATIIs:
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]APs: US Govt (5), World Hist (4), Calc BC(4), Bio (4), Psych (5), Eng Lang (5), Stat (3)
[/ul]Others:[ul]
[</em>]Courseload: 12 APs by the end of HS
[<em>]Awards: National Merit Commended, AP w/ Distinction
[</em>]ECs: Various tutoring activities, community service
[<em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities: Summer Internship
[</em>]Essays: I don’t know
[<em>]Recommendations: Have no idea… the teachers I asked like me, though. Counselor - have absolutely no idea. Could have been good, could have been atrocious
[/ul]Background:[ul]
[</em>]Gender: M
[<em>]Race: Asian
[</em>]School Type: Large public school
[li]State: MD[/li][/ul] Reflection and General Comments:<br>
I don’t know what to say…was convinced I got denied.</p>
<p>if i my app says advising college: Smith Business School, does that mean i got direct into the business school? And if i haven’t got into the Honors college yet can i still get in?</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected
Major: Engineering
General Stats:
GPA: 3.3
WGPA:3.9/5
Rank (if applicable): N/A
SAT (1600/2400): 1330/1890
Background:
Gender: Male
Race: Asian
School Type: public
State: MD
Reflection and General Comments:
I got flat out rejected, no spring admission or fall admission. UMD was my number 1 choice :(</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Honors College) Major: Biological Sciences LEP
**General Stats: **[ul]
[<em>]GPA: 3.62
[</em>]WGPA: 3.9
[<em>]Rank (if applicable): N/A
[</em>]SATIIs: 740 Bio M
[<em>]ACT: 2 31s
[</em>]APs: 7 by the end of high school
[<em>]ECs: solid stuff
[/ul]Background:[ul]
[</em>]Gender: male
[<em>]Race: white
[</em>]School Type: extremely competitive (20th in the nation)
[*]State: NY[/ul]</p>
<p>Clark School
Major: Material Science Engineering</p>
<p>**General Stats: **[ul]
[<em>]GPA: 3.75
[</em>]WGPA: 4.2
[<em>]SAT (1600/2400): 690 CR; 730 Math; 650 Writing
[</em>]SATIIs: 750 Math 2; 750 US History; 690 Chem.
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]APs: US (4); Calc AB (5); Chem (4)… a few more pending.
[/ul]Others:[ul]
[<em>]Awards: nope
[</em>]ECs: nothng spctacular
[<em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activitiess: No
[</em>]Essays: Good
[<em>]Recommendations: Good
[/ul]Background:[ul]
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Race: Asian
[</em>]School Type: Public
[li]State: MD[/li][/ul] Reflection and General Comments: Petty happy. I came to MD in mid June of 2009, yet because of Parental job changes… I should get instate tuition, but I’m marked as a out of stater… Any have any experience or suggestions on how to change this?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Engineering
General Stats:
GPA: 91
WGPA: 95
Rank (if applicable): top 20%(we dont rank but notify students when they’re up there)
SAT (1600/2400): 1260/1810
SATIIs:
ACT:
APs: Chem (4)
Others:
Courseload: all honors, 3 APs
Awards: none…
ECs: football varsity 4 years, basketball 1 year, bunch of clubs
Jobs/Internships/Other Activities: job
Essays: pretty good
Recommendations: my favorite teacher wrote it. we have a pretty good relationship
Background:
Gender: M
Race: Asian
School Type: Large public school
State: NJ
Reflection and General Comments:
this is probably my 2nd choice. depending on the financial package i recieve, that will determine my decision. Northeasern is my first choice, and i’m stuck between Penn state and UMD. all engineering majors.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Major: Undecided
**General Stats: **[ul]
[<em>]GPA: 3.8
[</em>]WGPA: N’A
[<em>]Rank (if applicable): I have no idea
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400): 1860
[<em>]SATIIs: None
[</em>]ACT: 27
[<em>]APs: US History (4), US Gov and Politics (3)
[/ul]Others:[ul]
[</em>]Courseload: Pretty tough. Mostly honors and AP
[<em>]Awards: A bunch
[</em>]ECs: Not many
[<em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities:
[</em>]Essays: I think mine were pretty terrible
[<em>]Recommendations: Very good
[/ul]Background:[ul]
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Race: White
[</em>]School Type: Small
[li]State: MD[/li][/ul] Reflection and General Comments:
12 years of hard work has finally paid off!</p>
<p>**General Stats: **[ul]
[<em>]GPA: 3.3
[</em>]WGPA: school doesnt weight
[<em>]SAT (1600/2400): 1460/2230 (CR-800 M-660 W-770)
[</em>]SATIIs: US-770 Lit-730
[<em>]ACT:n/a
[</em>]APs: US- 5 Lang-5 Gov-5 Psych-5 Enviro-3 H.Geo-3
[/ul]Others:[ul]
[<em>]Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended, National Achievement Semifinalist, a ton related to my ECs, both in my school and state level
[</em>]ECs: leadership position in a non-profit organization, owner of small business, over 300 volunteer hours
[<em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activitiess: see above
[</em>]Essays: I liked mine a lot. It was about culturual diversity
[<em>]Recommendations: Great. Written by teachers I’ve had multiple years
[/ul]Background:[ul]
[</em>]Gender: Female
[<em>]Race: Black
[</em>]School Type: small private
[li]State: MD[/li][/ul] Reflection and General Comments: Wow, I have no idea if I’m even getting into college anymore</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Honors College) Major: Gov & Politics
**General Stats: **[ul]
[<em>]GPA: 3.9-something (school doesn’t do UW GPA; it’s a bit of an estimate)
[</em>]WGPA: 4.17
[<em>]Rank (if applicable): school doesn’t rank
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400): 1400/2200
[<em>]SATIIs: World Hist, US Hist, & Lit - same score for all: 720
[</em>]ACT: n/a
[<em>]APs: word hist, us hist, lang, psych (all 5s)
[/ul]Others:[ul]
[</em>]Courseload: a bit tough… APs: calc (ab), lit, enviro sci, us gov, comparative gov, german
[<em>]Awards: Jack Kent Cooke young scholar, some AP award, the reg. honor societies awards
[</em>]ECs: some summer community service programs, tons of summer educ camps, 1 season of tennis (hah, didn’t like it), school newspaper, language club, honor societies
[<em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities: nope
[</em>]Essays: pretty good
[<em>]Recommendations: good, I guess?
[/ul]Background:[ul]
[</em>]Gender: female
[<em>]Race: white (russian)
[</em>]School Type: public, large, competitive-ish
[li]State: Virginia[/li][/ul] Reflection and General Comments: UMd isn’t really my top choice (not really fond of the campus or large size of school), but the Honors College thing might tempt me to go there</p>