<p>BIOLOGY2016: $10,000 from UMBC (in state). Got the Meyerhoff letter for invite for February 24 selection weekend in today’s mail. Actually preferred UMBC (research opportunities & internships available 1st year!). Crazy that MD said no to Engineering. Accepted (with scholarships) to Drexel, Rose-Hulman, UMBC. Awaiting decisions from Delaware & VA Tech. UMBC top choice for now.</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **
School: Business (Smith) College Scholars
Major: Business Undecided</p>
<p>**General Stats: **[ul]
[<em>]UWGPA: 3.8
[</em>]WGPA: 3.92
[<em>]Rank (if applicable): N/A
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400): 1470/2100
[<em>]SATIIs: Math 1 (750), Biology (650)
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]APs: Chemistry(4), Biology(5), Am. History(4)
[/ul]
Others:[ul]
[</em>]Courseload: APs + Honors
[<em>]Awards: Honor Society, AP Scholor, High Honor Roll, Honor Roll, National Young Leaders Conference Nominee
[</em>]ECs: Lacrosse, Football, Community Service
[<em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities:
[</em>]Essays: Good (imho)
[<em>]Recommendations: Good (I think, I didn’t opt to see them)
[/ul]
Background:[ul]
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Race: White
[</em>]School Type: Public
[li]State: NJ[/li][/ul]**Reflection and General Comments: ** My older sister was accepted to the honors program with the same stats as me. How do they choose between/for these programs?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted with Scholars</p>
<p>General Stats:
UWGPA: 3.6
WGPA: 3.8
Rank (if applicable):Top 10%
SAT (1600/2400): 1240/1600, 1860/2400</p>
<p>APs: Lit,Lang, Calc AB, Chem, US History, C, Government, Bio
Courseload: Difficult (all APs and honors)
ECs: SGA,JSA,Invisible Children
Essays: Awesome
Recommendations: Lang teacher and counselor
Background:Gender: F
Race: W
School Type: Public
State: MD
Reflection and General Comments: Holy *****</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted: College Park Scholars!!! **</p>
<p>**School:Behavioral and Social Sciences
Major: Psychology **</p>
<p>**General Stats: **[ul][<em>]UWGPA: 3.64
[</em>]WGPA: 4.36
[<em>]Rank (if applicable): 41/342
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400): 2080/2400
[<em>]SATIIs: bad…
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]APs:[/ul] AP Gov (4), AP World (4), AP Lang & Comp (3 - retaking for credit)
Others:[ul][</em>]Courseload: AP Chemistry, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Euro, AP Lit.,
[<em>]Awards: National Achievement Scholarship Semi-Finalist
[</em>]ECs: dance in and out of school, Model UN, NHS, Interact, SGA
[<em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities: paid job, 180+ volunteer hours
[</em>]Essays: very strong, made them pretty personal and got them edited by english teachers
[<em>]Recommendations: haven’t read them but I’m really close with my 2 teachers and counselor so can’t imagine theme being bad [/ul]
Background:[ul][</em>]Gender: Female
[<em>]Race: African American, 1st generation
[</em>]School Type: Public - pretty good
[li]State: MD[/ul][/li]**Reflection and General Comments: I was very surprised but really happy! I’ve been accepted to all my safeties and now waiting on my regular decision schools but CP is at the top of my list! **</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted (Honors College) **
School: College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
Major: Biology
**General Stats: **[ul]
[<em>]UWGPA: 3.43
[</em>]WGPA: 4.04
[<em>]Rank (if applicable): N/A
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400): 1370/2110 (superscore)
[<em>]SATIIs: 750 Bio M, 650 Lit
[</em>]ACT: 32
[<em>]APs: US Govt, World History, Bio, Lang, Spanish Lang, Lit, Spanish Lit, AB Calc, European History
[/ul]Others:[ul]
[</em>]Courseload: All honors/APs
[<em>]Awards: Scholar Athlete, National Merit Commended, AP Scholar With Honor
[</em>]ECs: Softball, Literary Magazine, Spanish Honor Society, Arabic School, tons of others that I don’t feel like listing, lots of SSL hours
[<em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities: job at a cupcakery
[</em>]Essays: Pretty good! Really proud of them
[<em>]Recommendations: Apparently good haha
[/ul]Background:[ul]
[</em>]Gender: Female
[<em>]Race: White (North African)
[</em>]School Type: Huuuge public
[li]State: Maryland[/li][/ul]Reflection and General Comments: I did expect to get in, but I didn’t think I’d get into the honors college! I’ve gotten into all my safeties. I’m probably going to go here depending on the money I get from my top schools in March.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green ][ b]Decision: Accepted (Scholars) **[/color][/size]
[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]School: College of Letters and Sciences Major: Undecided [/color][/size]
[ b]General Stats: [list]
[ *]UWGPA: 3.5
[ *]WGPA: 4.7
[ *]Rank (if applicable): 49/420
[ *]SAT (1600/2400): 1300/1940
[ *]SATIIs: 640 on US History, 640 on Math I
[ *]ACT: N/A
[ *]APs: Euro, USH (4), Music Theory (4), Biology, Calculus AB, English Lit
[ /list][ b]Others:[list]
[ *]Courseload: APs above and standard Honors classes, as well as IB English, IB Theory of Knowlege, and IB Music Perspectives
[ *]Awards: Outstanding Citizenship in APUSH, All-District and All-County Band
[ *]ECs: Marching Band(flute section leader, music librarian), Drama Club, NHS, Tri-M International Music Honor Society
[ *]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities: None, just volunteering
[ *]Essays: Good
[ *]Recommendations: Excellent
[ /list][ b]Background:[list]
[ *]Gender: Female
[ *]Race: White
[ ]School Type: Public
[ ]State: North Carolina
[ /list][ b]Reflection and General Comments: I wasn’t expecting to get accepted since I’m from NC and I don’t know much about the admissions process/competition of the applicant pool, but I was thrilled when I read my decision online! I still have to hear from a few more places but I’d love to be a terp!</p>
<p>anyone from new york?</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted (Scholars) **
School: College of Engineering
Major: Bioengineering
**General Stats: **[ul]
[<em>]UWGPA: 4.0
[</em>]WGPA: 4.69
[<em>]Rank (if applicable): 1/347(UW), 11/347(W)
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400): 1560/2360 (superscore)
[<em>]SATIIs: 800 MathII, 730 Chem, 710 World
[</em>]APs: Chem, US Gov, Physics Mech, English Lang, WHAP, Bio, Calc AB, APUSH (self), Environmental (self), Human Geo (self); senior year-Physics E/M, English Lit, Macro/Micro Econ, Spanish Lang, Calc BC
[<em>]Courseload: All honors/APs plus band
[/ul]Others:[ul]
[</em>]Awards: Scholar Athlete, National Merit Commended, AP National Scholar With Honor, Preformed at MFA Concert Band Festival
[<em>]ECs: Band (Marching, Wind Ensemble), 3 sports, Quizbowl, NHS, MESA
[</em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities: Internship at JHU research lab
[<em>]Essays: decent
[</em>]Recommendations: i guess they were good
[/ul]Background:[ul]
Gender: Male
Race: Asian
School Type: Public
State: Maryland
[/ul]Reflection and General Comments: happy get in, waiting to hear back about B/K [:</p>
<p>** Decision: Accepted (Honors)**
School: Clark School of Engineering
Major: Chemical Engineering
**General Stats: **[ul]
[<em>]UWGPA:3.914
[</em>]WGPA:4.710
[<em>]Rank (if applicable): 23/438
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400): 1550/2190
[<em>]SATIIs: Chem: 780, MathII: 700, US History: 780
[</em>]ACT: 33 E/M/R/S - 30/33/34/36
[<em>]APs: Chem 4, USHistory 5, Gov 5, Calculus AB 5, Phys B, Bio, Literature, Econ, Psych
[/ul]Others:[ul]
[</em>]Courseload: 10 APs, 3 Dual Enrollment in Comm. College
[<em>]Awards: National Honors Society, 2nd place state debate tournament
[</em>]ECs: 3 Leadership, 3 very committed ECs
[<em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities:
[</em>]Essays: Pretty Bold - about video games
[<em>]Recommendations: Average
[/ul]Background:[ul]
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Race:Asian (Indian)
[</em>]School Type: Public, pretty average
[li]State: South Carolina[/li][/ul]Reflection and General Comments:
My essay was about the impact that video games have had on my reasoning ability and critical thinking skills. I was hoping that this wouldn’t make me look too irreverent. Seems like it worked.</p>
<p>Advice to kids doing this next year: Be bold with whatever you are doing. Also, load up on APs Senior year while everyone else is winding down. This will make you look more serious. My GPA had a serious upward trend and my senior year is my hardest year.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
School: Clark School of Engineering & Scholars
Major: Bio engineering </p>
<p>General Stats: [ul]
[<em>]UWGPA: Don’t know.
[</em>]WGPA:4.29/5
[<em>]Rank (if applicable): 25% cut off
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400): 1350/2070
[<em>]SATIIs: MathII: 790 Physics: 790
[</em>]ACT: 33
[li]APs: None from freshman - junior year</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Others:[ul]
[<em>]Courseload: 3-AP 2-H
[</em>]Awards: Achievement in math
[<em>]ECs: Absolutely none… extenuating circumstances
[</em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities: None
[<em>]Essays: Good
[</em>]Recommendations: Counselor rec was awesome and I think my teacher rec was good too
[/ul]Background:[ul]
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Race: Chinese
[<em>]School Type: Public
[</em>]State: MA
[/ul]Reflection and General Comments:
Super excited. I was pretty sure I would get in, but I never imagined I would be invited to the scholars program too.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Honors)
**School: College of Computer, Math & Natural Sciences
Major: Mathematics **</p>
<p>**General Stats: **[ul][<em>]
UWGPA: 3.48
[</em>]WGPA: 4.98/6
[<em>]Rank (if applicable): 47/327 (top 20%)
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400): 1560/2340 (780,780,780)
[<em>]SATIIs: Math I-780, Math II-770, Lit-720, Physics-710, US History-710
[</em>]ACT: 35 (34 Reading, 36 Science, 35 everything else)
[li]APs:[/ul] Calc AB-5, Stat-5, Calc BC-5, Psych-5, Eng. Lang.-5, World-4, US-4</p>[/li]
<p>Others:[ul][<em>]Courseload: Linear Algebra (Towson University), AP English Lit., AP Economics, AP Computer Science, AP Environmental Science, AP Human Geo., Honors Tech Ed.
[</em>]Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended, Scholar Athlete, School-wide math award
[<em>]ECs: JV softball (captain, MVP), Varsity softball (captain), Rec league softball (6 years)All County Band x2, 6 years of gifted band camp (don’t judge me! 
), Klezmer band, GSA (co-founder, co-president), Class of 2012 Steering Committee
[</em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities: Internship @ Johns Hopkins Digital Media Center, volunteer at synagogue and sunday school, volunteer at ridgely middle (band and chess club), volunteer at hampton elementary (chess club)
[<em>]Essays: Probably one of the strongest parts of my app. I like to think I’m a fairly good writer and I think I was able to say all that I couldn’t in the rest of the app.
[</em>]Recommendations:[/ul] Don’t know the guidance counselor at all, but I was very close to both teachers and feel they know me more personally than my other teachers.
Background:[ul][<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Race: White
[<em>]School Type: Public, National Blue Ribbon
[</em>]State:[/ul] MD</p>
<p>Reflection and General Comments: I’m so relieved to have gotten in! It was a really crappy feeling to not be hearing back from any schools when my friends were, so I’m glad that now I at least have somewhere to go! Hoping for a Banneker/Key scholarship, though it will be a really tough decision to make if I get a really good scholarship at maryland, but also get in to one of the ‘better’ schools I applied to and don’t get any money. Also, I hope people can be slightly inspired by me because I see people who all over ensuring people that you can do well with a low SAT and high GPA, but it seems that nobody has anything to say about low GPA and high SAT. So here’s to all those kids who screwed up their GPA, but really want to make a change and do well! Congrats to everyone!</p>
<p>@ameliab Cant wait to play a game of chess with you if you decide to go to UMD. One of my ECs was teaching chess at the middle school too.</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **
School: College of Behavioral and Social Science
Major: Government and Politics
**General Stats: **[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]SAT (1600/2400): 1340/2010
[</em>]SATIIs: Math 1 - 600, Biology - 630, Modern Hebrew - 800
[li]APs: US Government and Politics (4), Comparative Government and Politics (3), English Lang (3), English Lit (3), Calculus (4), European History (4) </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Background:**[list]
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Race: White
[<em>]School Type: Private International School
[</em>]State: Maryland</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Scholars</p>
<p>School: Clark Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering</p>
<p>**General Stats: **[ul][<em>]UWGPA:3.83
[</em>]WGPA:4.46
[<em>]Rank (if applicable):top 10/360
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400):1310/1920
[<em>]SATIIs:
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]APs:Government/Calc AB/Calc BC/IB English I&II/IB HistoryI/IB Physics I&II/IB Chem/[/ul]
Others:[ul][</em>]Courseload:mostly IB hardest available + Engineering Academy
[<em>]Awards:variety
[</em>]ECs:3 varsity sports all 4 years captian 3 sports 12th one 11th and 12th
select club travel sport since 4th grade\NHS\NSHS
[<em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities:NIST intern
[</em>]Essays: pretty good true to real me short answers were tedious
[<em>]Recommendations:sure they were really strong[/ul]
Background:[ul][</em>]Gender:F
[<em>]Race:Mixed
[</em>]School Type:Public
[li]State:MD[/ul][/li] **Reflection and General Comments:**my safety school really/ got into Ga Tech also
coming down to financial packages and scholarships</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Honors)
**School: College of Behavioral and Social Science
Major: **Psychology</p>
<p>**General Stats: **[ul][<em>]UWGPA: 3.76
[</em>]WGPA: 4.40
[<em>]Rank (if applicable): 42/327
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400): 1430/2130
[<em>]SATIIs: Math II: 740 Chem: 710 Bio: 610
[</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]APs: Computer Science, Calculus AB, Psychology, Chemistry, World History, Micro/Macroeconomics, English Lit, Calculus BC[/ul]
Others:[ul][</em>]Courseload: Not bad
[<em>]Awards: President’s Service Award, Maryland General Assembly Citation, UN NGO Leadership Award, APPA Community Service award
[</em>]ECs: Relay for Life, National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, 500+ hours of community service, a few leadership positions
[<em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities: None/Intern at Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (did not write)/
[</em>]Essays: Complete BS and Common App Abridged
[<em>]Recommendations: Chemistry teacher, Computer Science teacher[/ul]
Background:[ul][</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Race: Asian
[</em>]School Type: Public
[li]State: Maryland[/ul][/li]Reflection and General Comments: I’m a bit surprised. :]</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **
**School: Letters and Sciences
Major: **Letters and Sciences</p>
<p>**General Stats: **[ul][<em>]UWGPA: 3.14
[</em>]WGPA: 3.78
[<em>]Rank (if applicable): n/a
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400): 1100/1650
[<em>]SATIIs: n/a
[</em>]ACT: n/a
[<em>]APs:[/ul] AP Government, AP Language, AP World, AP Psychology, AP Literature, and AP Biology
Others:[ul][</em>]Courseload: Everything honors with the exception of math.
[<em>]Awards: Excellence in Communication from the local Rotary Club, Attendee of Rotary Youth Leadership Awards junior year, Varsity Lettered, Coaches Award in Swimming, Honorable Mention in the Metropolitan Science Fair
[</em>]ECs:</p>
<p>National Honor Society (11/12 grade, treasurer 12)
Best Buddies (10/11/12, treasurer 12)
Students Againist Destructive Decisions (10/11)
SGA (12, Senior Class Vice President)
Yearbook (10/11/12: Section editor (10), Assistant Editor (11), Editor in Chief (12))</p>
<p>Field Hockey (9/10V/11V,12V)
Softball (9/10/11V, Captain 10)
Swim and Dive (9V/10V/11V/12V, Captain 12)
Lacrosse (12V)</p>
<p>[<em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities: Girl Scout Camp Volunteer, Swim Instructor Volunteer, Work during School year.
[</em>]Essays: They were good, “witty but meaningful” said my English teacher
[li]Recommendations:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>-Counselor (pretty good relationship, knows alot about my family)</p>
<p>-Yearbook Advisor (I’ve had him for 3 years and probably knows me the best out of anyone in the school)</p>
<p>I did not get to read them.</p>
<p>Background:[ul][<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Race: Hispanic
[<em>]School Type: MCPS (Public School
[</em>]State:[/ul] Maryland
Reflection and General Comments:</p>
<p>I did not believe it when I saw Fall 2012 on my phone when I checked, I am beyond excited to be attending the University of Maryland College Park. I have grown up in Maryland and always dreamed about being a Terp and now its a reality. :)</p>
<p>Does anyone know if were supposed to fill out the housing/dining form or is that only if were definitely going to umd?</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **
School: College of Behavioral and Social Science
Major: Government and Politics</p>
<p>**General Stats: **[ul][<em>]UWGPA: Not sure
[</em>]WGPA: 4.07
[<em>]Rank (if applicable): N/A
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400): N/A
[<em>]SATIIs: 760 USH
[</em>]ACT: 30
[<em>]APs: US History (5) Gov, Psych, Stat, and Lang this year[/ul]
Others:[ul][</em>]Courseload: AP Psych, AP Gov, AP English Lang, Honor Bio, Applied PreCalc/Calculus
[<em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities: Internship at DC Council
[</em>]Essays: Fine, I think
[<em>]Recommendations: Didn’t see [/ul]
Background:[ul]
[</em>]Gender:F
[<em>]Race: White
[</em>]School Type: Very competitive public
[li]State:MA [/ul][/li]Reflection and General Comments:[ul]
They just got my transcript last Thursday (oops), and I heard back yesterday! Even though my stats are low, I wish I’d been invited to honors/scholars. My whole family lives in DC so I’d really like to be close to them. Maryland is definitely one of my top choices at this point. [/ul]</p>
<p>Science4…do the housing form NOW (to request housing). They assign freshman housing in order by when you requested housing, and it is not binding to you accepting at the university. (otherwise you may end up in a triple). If you decide to go elsewhere, you’ll just need to tell the housing people (in addition to the office of admissions) that you aren’t going to attend. The dining form is filled out after you accept.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Honors)
School: College of Computer, Math and Natural Sciences
Major:Physiology and Neurobiology
**General Stats: **[ul]
[<em>]UWGPA: 3.76
[</em>]WGPA: 4.52
[<em>]Rank (if applicable): 47/328
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400): 1590/2310
[<em>]SATIIs: 730 Bio M, 720 World History
[</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]APs: US Gov and Politics (4), Bio (5), World History (4), Calc AB (3), English Language (5), Chemistry, Psych, Statistics, Calc BC, English Lit
[/ul]Others:[ul]
[</em>]Courseload: Anatomy, English 12 AP, AP Chem, AP Stats, AP Psych, AP Calc BC, Comp Sci II GT
[<em>]Awards: Honorable Mention for National Merit, AP scholar w/ distinction,
[</em>]ECs: Mentor Coordinator for school NHS, Exec board for school tutoring program, Varsity Track for 2 years (hold 2 school records), Volunteering at hospital, Co-president of youth group through temple
[<em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities: Assistant instructor at martial arts academy that I’ve been a student of for 5 years
[</em>]Essays: First one was a narrative about my time volunteering at a hospital, second was a self analysis through answering the question of “Why?” I feel like both were well done, and the former being the best college essay I’ve written for any school
[<em>]Recommendations: One from my US/World history teacher, had her for two years, one from AP Bio/Anatomy teacher, had her for two years
[/ul]Background:[ul]
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Race: Indian
[</em>]School Type: Public
[li]State: MD[/li][/ul]Reflection and General Comments: I’m extremely happy. Now crossing my fingers for Benneker Key.</p>