OFFICIAL University of Maryland Class of 2019 DECISIONS Thread

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[size=+2][ b]Decision: Accepted Scholars[ /b][ /size]

[size=+1]Planned major:Political Science[ /size]

Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): 1320 (670R 650M)
[ *] ACT: 28
[ *] SAT II:N/A
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):School does not rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (2) Gov (5) World History (4) Lang (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP CAL, AP Bio, AP Bio Lab, AP Italian, AP HUG, AP Literature, Researh Practicum, Sculpture
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

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Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (Captain), Italian National Honor Societu (President), It’s Academic (Co-Captain), National Honor Society, and Tennis
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Not anything specific but I do quite a bit of it.
[ *] Summer Activities: Summer Bridge
[ *] Essays:I think they were good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:I got a recommendation from my Italian Teacher.
[ *] Counselor Rec: My counsellor went to UMD so I guess that helped some.
[ *] Additional Rec: N/A
[ *] Interview: N/A

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Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: I think we’re spot on middle class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation,

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Reflection
[ *] Strengths: I think I did really well with the prompt because I worked really hard on it. I was honest.
[ *] Weaknesses: I’m not exactly the most elite student.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was accepted because I really wanted to go to this school, and I’m pretty sure it showed on my application.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was accepted to Towson, Radford, George Mason, VCU, Salisbury, Stevenson, Hood, and Coppin State.

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General Comments:

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Decision: Accepted Scholars

Planned major: Business - Undecided, but changing to International Business

Objective:

[ul][] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): 1200
[] ACT: 26
[] SAT II: Physic: 580; Math 1: 640, US History: 610
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank: 22/323
[] AP: Physic B (3), US HIstory (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: French, Calc H, Economics, Gov, Pre-college English, Everything else electives
[] Major Awards: National Honor Society, National Math and Spanish Honor Societies

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Subjective:

[ul][] Extracurriculars : Varsity Soccer and Cheerleading, Club Soccer, Black History Club, Literary Club, SADD, can’t think of anything else right now
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: TOPSoccer coach, Knights of COlumbus Squirettes
[] Summer Activities: Business bootcap, UMD’s Portz Honor’s Program
[] Essays: They were good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Pre-Calc teacher, Physics (AP and honors) teacher
[] Counselor Rec: got one
[] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: none[/li]
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Other

[ul][] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[] School Type: Catholic
[] Ethnicity: African-American and Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $60k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

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Reflection

[ul][] Strengths: For this application? Probably my short answers and essay, maybe my early APs
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores? OOS?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well rounded student.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- McDaniel, Chestnut Hill, St. John’s U, Iona, and Pine Manor.
Waiting for three, including Harvard, Penn, and Georgetown

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^^
Actually I just remembered what essay I used for this application and it was amazing

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are you guys recieving decision by mail or online?

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@infuzing
Both. I just checked the portal when the decisions went up, though. The letter arrived a week later, for me.

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So the decision releases are scattered?

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@Juggerz‌ For Priority applicants, no - they all came on the same day. Some people just updated this thread later than others.

Don’t know about regular applicants, though.

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Decision: Accepted for Spring Admission (Freshman Connection)

Planned major: Criminology

Objective:
[ *] SAT I N/A
[ *] ACT: 29
[ *] SAT II: N/A
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75 uw 3.8 w
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (class president) baseball, soccer, cross country, volunteering
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Two years part time
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Yes
[ *] Summer Activities: Work+sports
[ *] Essays: Very good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: several including Harvard grad
[ *] Counselor Rec: yes
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: no

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Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Private Catholic schools
[ *] Ethnicity: American
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 150k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

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Reflection
[ *] Strengths: essay leadership
[ *] Weaknesses: test scores, course selection (only 1 AP)
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well rounded student, very involved
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UDel, Tenn, Temple, St. John’s (honors), SUNY Albany (honors), Miami (oh), SUNY Geneseo. Waitlist: Clemson (fuck being out of state) Rejected: none

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General Comments: Had the housing link

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[size=+2][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /size]

[size=+1]Planned major: Computer Science [ /size]

Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): 1030
[ *] ACT: 20
[ *] SAT II: Bio E 420, Lit 540, Math 1 460
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/400
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 2, 2, Unknown, Unknown
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Ceramics 2, AP Lit, AP Cal AB, Computer Graphics, AFJROTC
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

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Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Bicycle Club (President) AFJROTC (Command Staff) Counselor Assistant, Bake Club, Step Team, JV then V Volleyball

[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 30 hours (basically assistant stuff)
[ *] Summer Activities: NCAYLC MOWW
[ *] Essays: AMAZING, I let loose and blasted a terrible teacher I had and my struggle to learn.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Lets put it this way, Alot of teachers like me
[ *] Counselor Rec: I was her favorite assistant
[ *] Additional Rec: AFJROTC for community reference
[ *] Interview: I didn’t have one…

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Other
[ ] State (if domestic applicant): In state
[ *] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[ *] School Type: Bladensburg HS (One of the worst in PG County *the worst county in MD
[ *] Ethnicity: African American
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: Free Lunch Status
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A I’m third to go to college and fairly average

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Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Writing and leadership
[ *] Weaknesses: AP Cal grade and test scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I did priority admission and worked hard on my essay
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: N/A

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General Comments:
Everyone seems to have really high stats but I didn’t and I got in with a scholarship so don’t think you have to be a complete genius.

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What was your SAT scores and W gpa. You got accepted to USC (South cali. university??) …that’s a better school that UMD tho

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SAT scores…USC is a more prestigious school if your talking about South cali.