<p>It was the president’s. I’m in honors, but I’m not sure if that’s relevant to the scholarship.
I’m OOS, so I’m happy I got anything. The scholarship makes this school, at the very least, possible.</p>
<p>Anyone who’s received the presidential scholarship, would you mind posting your stats?</p>
<p>Sure thing!
GPA: 4.00 UW, 5.62/6.00 W
SAT: 1530/1600 (800 M, 730 CR)
SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 800 Physics
APs: Physics B (5), Physics C, Calculus AB (5), Calculus BC (with a Calc 3 addition), Economics</p>
<p>I got into ECE and I’m from New Jersey, in case that matters.</p>
<p>got the 12k presidential!
sat:800 cr/800 m/720 w, 4.0 uw gpa, 800 sat 2 bio-m, 800 sat 2 math 2, 800 sat 2 us history
5s on ap comp Sci, us history, world history, English comp, calc bc, stat, physics c mech, and bio
couple awards at isef and a few other national science competitions
ecs are pretty standard, varsity xc and track with a few local honors, student government, tutoring, community service, nothing too crazy
too bad umd is still so pricey out of state! does anyone know if there’s the potential for other merit scholarships to come?</p>
<p>@supergwam: There are departmental scholarships that you can apply for.</p>
<p>Daughter is IS and received Presidential 20 k over four years. We are very pleased!</p>
<p>After you are accepted. Do you have to send your response (confirm you will attend university of Maryland) before they send you the package with scholarship?</p>
<p>No, Letty. You should receive financial aid info soon (assuming you applied for it). You dont have to respond until May 1 (but NO LATER!)</p>
<p>Accepted into College Park Scholars Economics with Presidential Scholarship!!</p>
<p>2060 SAT (Single Sitting): 670 Math, 670 CR, 720 Writing
94/100 W GPA
All Honors through HS with AP Bio, AP Euro His Senior Year
Academic awards in History and German in HS
NHS, VP of NGHS, NEHS
Lots of work experience and volunteering</p>
<p>Comments: Love Maryland!! Visited and liked it alot. Will probably attend if I am not accepted off the waitlist from Villanova or am not accepted to Lafayette (which is soon)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Planned major: Psychology</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 720 Writing 680 Math 690 Critical Reading
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: None
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 2.59
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Bottom 50
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on World, 4 on NSL, 3 on Stat, 5 on Macro/Micro Econ and Human Geo (self-studied for econ and geo)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Calc AB, Law, Photography
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team for 3 years, Model United Nations for 4 years, Invest Club for 2 years, Independents Club for 2 years.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Secretary-glorified servant at mother’s business for 1 summer, home care agency
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Retirement home every summer, local fire department three or four times a month. Volunteered for Gary Johnson, Jill Stein, and Ron Paul presidental campaigns in 2012.
[ *] Summer Activities: Research for Senior Project on possibilities for social revolution by democratizing the economies of the world and volunteer service.
[</em>] Essays: Excellent. Wrote them on the collapsing American hegemony and on the decentralization of authority from states to neo-Hegelian organic entities such as corporations and shadowy financial institutions.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent. Talked about potential but laziness if I am not interested in the subject.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Regular
[</em>] Ethnicity: African-American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~100,000, single parent
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, i don’t know if there are any others.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, Recs, and scores (for my ethnicity)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They saw the potential and bit
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: If you are URM and in a good school or a magnet program, work hard if you want that scholarship money but if not then the general scores and/or grades rule will apply for URMs. Didn’t get into HOnors College or Scholars but I never expected to since I would be a risk from their point of view and they would be much safer giving the usual 3.8er a spot in those slots</p>
<p>It’s too bad you didn’t have a higher GPA, you could have gotten into almost any school</p>
<p>That is true, in retrospect I should have paid more attention and hammered down
I am hoping though I can make up for it in graduate school or even transfer after the first year or second by keeping a high GPA and juxtaposing that and high school</p>
<p>I applied for the regular decisions deadline (January 20) and I haven’t heard ANYTHING from UMD. No email, nothing in the mail… nothing. Nothing on my portal either. Looks just as it did when I first applied. I know the absolute latest I have to hear from them is April 1st, but I’m starting to get worried because I’ve had absolutely no contact from them. </p>
<p>Also, should I be checking my portal for the final decision? If so, where can it be found? Or does it come through snail mail?</p>
<p>Slightly off topic, but not sure where else to post my question. My D and I will be visiting UMD next week and need a recommendation of where to stay. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.</p>
<p>@8pawsnfeet here’s some hotels [Local</a> Accommodations, University of Maryland](<a href=“http://www.astro.umd.edu/~white/cp_hotels.html]Local”>Local Accommodations, University of Maryland)</p>
<p>^lanes123…thank you very much. This is very helpful.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Planned major: History</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 670 Writing 670 CR 670 Math
ACT: 32
SAT II: 750 Lit, 680 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/157
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5), Art History (3), USH (3), Environmental (2)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP World, AP Government & Politics, AP Spanish Language, gym, religion
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar; 3-time silver medallist in the National Spanish Exam; NHS for 2 years; Spanish NHS
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Forensics (captain) all 4 years - 1 year Lincoln-Douglas, 3 years Public Forum, few months of Policy, 2 years as captain; Academic Team
Job/Work Experience: Busser/hostess at local restaurant for 13 months
Volunteer/Community service: NHS service, not much else
Summer Activities: Babysitting; went to Spain for two weeks this past summer for college credit
Essays: My one-size-fits-all essay was brilliant, the UMD-specific ones not so much.
Teacher Recommendation: Excellent.
Counselor Rec: Excellent.
Additional Rec: N/a
Interview: N/a
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private (Catholic)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $150,000ish
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/a
Strengths: ACT I guess? General academics, my transcript is pretty good
Weaknesses: Lack of ECs/service
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It was a safety tbh
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: Not sure why I’m not in the Honors Program, but that’s life I guess.</p>
<p>UMD college park is my absolute dreams school and I got accepted as I just found out through the portal. No doubt about it I will be UMD College Park class of 2017</p>
<p>@USNChief
“A cautionary tale for students and parents considering University of Maryland - College Park”
I understand your stand point and I think it was caused be error on both ends. UMD only printed the specific major on the online version of the acceptance letter and not the paper version, so this would have caused confusion to those who didn’t look at the online copy first. That being said, I think the fact that you were surprised by this shows that you didn’t do enough research on your part. If you look on UMD’s website, they clearly state the requirements and restrictions of applying to UMD and their method of notification.</p>
<p>Jast a little disclaimer, I have no intention of offending anyone, just merely pointing out things here.</p>
<p>@dean3326, @carop4. Did you guys apply for the priority or regular decision? I applied for the regular decision but have not yet been notified of my admission decision.</p>