What is the housing glitch?
Decision: Accepted Scholars and College of Letters and Sciences (undecided major)
Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): 1420 (680 CR, 720 M)
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 37/559, (Top 10%)
• Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, 4 Honors
• State (if domestic applicant): PA
• School Type: Large public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Male
Accepted Computer Science Honors! OOS with a 34 ACT, great recommendations, unique extracurriculars, and stellar essay! Really hoping for merit scholarships - the only way UMD can compete for me 
Decision: Accepted Spring 2017
Planned major: Microbiology
Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): 1110 ( MATH 560, CR 550)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.4
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Minority, Good Essay & Exceptional EC’s
had the housing glitch
(Without the hooks, I don’t think I would have been accepted)
S was accepted, computer science honors
ACT 35 (33/36/34/35)
3.6/4.1, top 30%
12 APs
Strong CS ECs
OOS - TN, public school, no hooks
had the housing glitch
Congrats to everyone!!
Decision: Accepted to Letters & Sciences Fall Semester
(I applied for engineering & alt. major was physics)
Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): 1470 (CR 710, M 760)
[ *] SAT II: 710 Math II
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4 (3.7W)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5) AP World History (4)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Computer Science, AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, Honors English,
World War II:Europe, Chorus
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Church Acolyte (Team leader)
Mock Trial Club (Co-president)
Drama Club
GSA
horseback riding (Eventing)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
Youth Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic
[ *] Summer Activities:
Summer@Brown physics course on tesla’s inventions
Seminar for Top Engineering Prospects (STEP) at Purdue University
[ *] Essays: a trimmed down version of my Common app essay, which was pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: probably good
[ *] Counselor Rec:probably good
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Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Delaware
[ *] School Type: Private, Independent
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Strong scores, female in STEM
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Purdue, Pitt, waiting to hear from Clemson, Wisconsin, and Virginia Tech
General Comments: Just surprised that I didnt get into engineering, or my alternate major for that matter even though I got into Purdue’s First Year Engineering (FYE). may have something to do with the fact that they misplaced my test scores into a duplicate account until early January, so a possibility is that they had already filled all the LEP/Honors spots by the time my application got fixed and reviewed.
Decision: Accepted Honors
Planned major: Computer Science
Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600):
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics 1, USH, Comp Sci, Lang all 5s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, Lit, Spanish, BC Calc, Gov, Macro, Statistics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A[/li]
Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Pres Coding Club, Board Member Sci Oly
[] Job/Work Experience: Researcher at comp lab, Internship @ cloud computering
[] Volunteer/Community service: like 50 hours
[] Summer Activities: Camps & Research
[] Essays: 9/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: 4/10
[] Counselor Rec: No idea
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/li]
Other
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity:Hispanic
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: 150k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
Reflection
[] Strengths: Grades, Test scores, Essay
[] Weaknesses: Rec
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strengths
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Decision: Accepted Fall 2016 (OOS)
Planned major: Undecided (maybe biology?)
Objective:
- SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): 1280 (640 CR, 640 M, 630 W)
*ACT: did not submit
*SAT II: did not submit
*Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not sure out of 4.0, but 93 UW, 96 W
*Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
*IB (place score in parenthesis): English, Spanish, Business, and Bio - Senior Year Course Load: IB English HL, IB Spanish HL, IB Bio HL, IB Business HL, Pre-Calc, Economics
*Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Science Honor Society, Swim Team (Freshman- Senior year, captain senior year)
*Job/Work Experience: none - Summer Activities: swim team
- Essays: I did the “Tell us about a time when your expectations and outcomes differed” one. It was decent but had a good message.
- Teacher Recommendation: 2 teachers, probably pretty strong
*Counselor Rec: probably generic
*Additional Rec: none
*Interview: none
Other
- State (if domestic applicant): NY
- Country (if international applicant):
- School Type: public
- Ethnicity: white
- Gender: female
- Income Bracket: not sure
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
- Strengths: upward trend in grades from freshman-junior year (90 avg-96 avg),
- Weaknesses: essay, SAT scores were a little low for UMD, not many EC’s
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i’m great
- Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to University of Delaware, Penn State, SUNY Albany, SUNY Stony Brook, UMass Amherst so far…
General Comments: Very excited to be accepted to Maryland!! I have to visit to see if I will attend.
(I had the housing glitch btw!)
Rejected :-(((((((((((
[ *] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): 1130/1600, 1740/2400
[ *] ACT: Didn’t take
[ *] SAT II: Didn’t take
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.53 UW; 3.76 W
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Don’t really remember but I know I passed
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Gov/Econ, Calculus, Journalism 2, Art 1, TA
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
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Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club President, UNICEF President, Key Club Officer, UNICEF Officer, Reporter for student newspaper and now editor-in-chief of paper, Historian for another club
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 2 Summers > Monday - Thursday from 8am - 6pm as a receptionist; Worked at the same company during sophomore year and worked every Saturday from 11am - 5 pm.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Over 180 hours
[ *] Summer Activities: Mosaic Journalism Program: 2 weeks working with professional journalists, received opportunity to write for San Jose Mercury News
[ *] Essays: Really good :-)))))
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Superrrrrrr good, so extraordinary that I can’t even believe letters like this are even possible
[ *] Counselor Rec: My counselor supposedly said she catered the recommendation specifically for this school so I’m guessing it was a really good letter.
[ *] Additional Rec: N/A
[ *] Interview: N/A
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Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian/Chinese/Hong Kong
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation
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Reflection
[ *] Strengths: My extracurriculars were the strongest part of my application for sure. The letter of recs were also really good as well as my essay.
[ *] Weaknesses: My academics for sure. My GPA is somewhat low and my SAT is definitely below par.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Most likely because of my SAT score.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Drexel and WSU
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General Comments: Of course, I am disappointed I was rejected. UMD is (maybe was now?) my dream school and I am definitely going to be sad for a while. But I’ll get over it. Maybe I’ll try appealing?
Good luck to everyone else!
S accepted:
Fall 2016, Clark School of Engineering, Honors College
33 ACT, 3.97 UW, Home-educated, In-state
Housing “glitch” present
Decision: Accepted, Smith School of Business, FIRE Program
ACT: 33
GPA: 3.6 (UW)
Rank: School doesn’t rank
7 AP Classes taken
AP scholar with Honor designation
ECs:
Attend a service-oriented HS, over 200 service hours completed
Active in my high school’s campus ministry program
Participated in multiple leadership and community outreach programs
Essays were good
Recommendations were good
Other:
OOS from New York
Private, All-boys Jesuit high school
No hooks, suburban upper class male
Comments: Excited to see what the First-year Innovation and Research Experience (FIRE) program I was invited to is all about. Glad I got into the Business school I know the LEPs have been pretty selective.
Accepted Fall 2016
College of Education - Secondary Education
FIRE Program
SAT 1310
GPA 3.5 UW 3.9 W
6 AP classes 18 Honors classes
Top 30% of class
AP Scholar
Class VP all four years
Had a job since 9th grade
Essay was good
Recs were very good
Glad he got in, but he has committed already elsewhere.
And for what it’s worth, no housing glitch ever appeared.
Decision: Accepted Scholars
Planned major: Communications
Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): 730CR 710M 720W
[] ACT: 31 (didn’t send)
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school doesn’t unweight, but weighted GPA is 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lit (my school doesn’t offer a lot of AP courses)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: English Lit AP, Calculus Honors, Economics, Psychology, European History, Art
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student[/li]
[/list]
Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Sound manager for school’s stage crew for two years, photography club (vice president senior year), prom committee, history club, 2 year varsity volleyball player, 3 year softball varsity player
[] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
[] Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts for all 4 years of high school
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Probably about average, it wasn’t terrible but it definitely wasn’t great
[] Teacher Recommendation: 9/10 I had the teacher for two years and we had a really good relationship
[] Counselor Rec: 7/10
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/list]
Other
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/list]
Reflection
[] Strengths: Definitely my SAT score
[] Weaknesses: Even though my school offers limited APs, definitely my lack of AP classes. Also, my GPA isn’t particularly high.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think overall my stats were alright, but my SAT score really helped. I really didn’t expect to be admitted to the Scholars program though, and I’m really excited about that.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to University of Miami with scholarship and Northeastern, and waiting for University of Southern California, UCLA, Fordham, NYU, Drexel, and University of Delaware.
Decision: Accepted Honors
Planned major: Physics
Objective:
SAT I: 1410 out of 1600 (2160 all 3 sections)
Unweighted GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0, 4.68 weighted
AP: All 5s English Language, AB Calc, US Govt, Music Theory
Senior Year Course Load: AP BC Calc, AP Physics, AP Comp. Programming, Applied Science, Honors English, Chamber Orchestra
Major Awards: NMSF
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Community Orchestra (1st chair), Color guard, school musicals pit orchestra
Job/Work Experience: NIST research Internship, math tutor, cello tutor
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours
Essays: Very good
Teacher Recommendation: Influential teacher
Counselor Rec: Very good
Other
State: MD
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: Asian/White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Upper Middle
Hooks: none
Reflection
Strengths: 4.0 and science internship in my major
Why you think you were accepted: Strong SAT, GPA, challenging classes
Reflection: Also got into Georgia Tech, UMBC (full tuition), but going to UMD.
Decision: Accepted Honors
Planned Major: Economics
Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2020 (650M 680CR 690W)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 63/418; Top 16%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5) English Language (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Microeconomics, Calculus, Financial Accounting Honors (recieving college credit for it), other random electives (Into to Comp. Sci.; Theatre 2)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society; Spanish National Honor Society
Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Winter and Spring Track (3 years; Senior-Captain); Theatre Society Business Crew (3 Years; Junior- Secretary; Senior- Treasurer); NHS; SNHS; I.T. Girls (3 Years-Secretary); Improv Troupe (4 Years)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at public library (25 Hours); Volunteering at local elementary school (6 Hours)
[] Summer Activities: Volunteeering
[] Essays: Really good, won an essay contest for it
[] Teacher Recommendation: My teacher told me that he wrote a really good one (not a typical, generic one)
[] Counselor Rec: Assuming it was a generic one that all counselors write (I didn’t really talk to my GC that much)
[li] Additional Rec: From a club advisor; told me she spent a lot of time and put a lot of thought into it[/li]
Other
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 64K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM; First generation American
Reflection
[] Strengths: SAT; Essay; Reccomendations; Extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: GPA; Class Rank
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT; Essay; Reccomendations; Extracurriculars
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Rutgers NB, Drexel, Fordham, University of Pittsburgh; Applied: American University, Boston University, New York University
General Comments:
Really happy I got into UMD despite my decline in grades my Junior Year.
I got into the Honors College! fall 2016- public health major
out of state
31 ACT, 4.2 weighted GPA
Decision: Accepted Honors
Planned major: Biology
Objective:
SAT I: 1480/1600
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
All APs and honors
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Founded two initiatives serving children, research at Johns Hopkins (publishing paper soon), soccer, Eagle Scout
Job/Work Experience: Tutor, lawn and snow service, babysitter
Volunteer/Community service:1000+ hr
Essays: 8/10
Teacher Recommendation: 9/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Other
State: Old Line!
School Type: Private, Catholic
Ethnicity: Viet
Gender: M
Income Bracket: ~40k
Hooks: first gen, personal struggles, low-income
Reflection
Why you think you were accepted? EC, scores
Reflection: Also got into Harvard and UVA, waiting for YPS
Congrats to all who got in! Hope this helps someone in the future! Feel free to PM me or look at my post for Harvard decisions for more detailed statistics.
ACCEPTED: Smith School of Business.
And global communities program??? Anyone know what that is?
Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): 1350/1600
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 28/420
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (2), Macro (4) calc ab (4) lang (3) psych (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP micro, English, java programming, other typical honors classes
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
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Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): own my own business ( www.solefiresneakers.com ), volunteered overseas with underprivileged kids, summer internship at start up, very involved in my temple, started my own vlub, DECA, etc
[ *] Job/Work Experience: two jobs
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered overseas
[ *] Summer Activities: internship
[ *] Essays: I think my essay was very good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: pretty good
[ *] Counselor Rec: very good
[ *] Additional Rec: none
[ *] Interview: none
[ /list]
Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NH
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: middle class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
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Reflection
[ *] Strengths: essays, extracurriculars
[ *] Weaknesses: sat scores, gpa
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: extracurriculars
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: UNH, UMass Amherst,
Deferred: UMich, Northeastern
Decision: Accepted Scholars
Planned major: Letters and Sciences 
so I guess that means I didn’t get into any…that’s ok I applied bio but figured i’d probably transfer out of it anyway
Objective:
[ ] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): 1260/1600, CR-660 M-600
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85, 4.4 weighted
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 33/396
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (4) World History (4)… took quite a few more but did not submit/mention
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Microsoft Certification I, AP Chem 1 & 2, Percussion, Pre-Calc Honors, AP Lit, AP Psych, Concert Band
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I don’t think so. not MAJOR
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Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band 9-12 (Co-section leader 12) Indoor Percussion 10-12 (Co-section leader 12) National Honor Society 11-12, Tri-M Music Honor Society 11-12, Prom Committee 11, SWAG (Students With Achievement Goals -lol cute right-, Co-founder 12) Student Ambassador 12
[] Job/Work Experience: none really, just a little 4 day science internship at a local liberal arts college sponsored by Ft. Detrick
[] Volunteer/Community service: quite a bit
[] Summer Activities: that internship and BAND CAMP!!! any other band geeks on here?
[] Essays: I talked about how my sister and I founded a club at our school. I think it was good but I only showed it to my parents
[] Teacher Recommendation: idk
[] Counselor Rec: idk
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[ /list]
Other
[] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: African American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: I don’t remember mentioning that on the app
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM and I have a twin?lol she also got in btw[/li]
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Reflection
[] Strengths: EC’s, maybe essay, GPA, transcript, probably the hooks tbh
[] Weaknesses: SAT score, lack of standardized tests
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: isn’t that the same as strengths (bear with me im new to making comments on this site I’ve only ever been an onlooker)
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Hampton, George Mason, Towson, and UNC Chapel Hill<<just happened last night.
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General Comments:
Neato Bandito! whoa that was dorky srry. Anyway, what did you have to have to get into Scholars? I got in but my sister didn’t which was quite awko-socko (more dorky rhymes srry) and kind of a damper on things. We have basically the same everything except SAT, in which hers was about 100 pts lower. Was there like a certain cut off for getting into Scholars? UMD isn’t necessarily our top school but we’re just wondering. Self esteem thing.
Both had housing link btw