The priority deadline for financial aid is February 15th. Does this mean I have to accept my offer of admission before applying for FA or can I just apply without committing to this school (just yet)?
In State Son
Accepted in Letters and Sciences (He did not get into Engineering)
Invited into the Scholars Program
]Planned major:Engineering (now what??)
Objective:
[ *] SAT I (M 740 + CR 640 = 1380):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: Math II 800!
[ *] Unweighted GPA 3.64(out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank 17%(percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP Calculus AB (5), AP Physics (3) AP Amer. Gov. (4) AP World (3)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Calc BC, AP French, Anat & Phys., Drama, Creative Writing
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars Co-founder of film club, tennis, track
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Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):MD
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:W
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: double income- high average
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Reflection
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: scores
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted at Drexel, Catholic U., UMBC
Waiting to hear reg, decision from V Tech.
**Decision: Accepted **
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 720 Literature, 730 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.73
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 42/460
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (3), AP Chemistry (2), AP Psychology (5), AP English 11 (5), AP US History (4), AP Calculus AB (5), AP Computer Science (2)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP English 12, AP Calculus BC, AP Spanish 5, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, Journalism, Accounting
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Gender Equality Club (2 years, treasurer), Gay-Straight Alliance (4 years, no leadership), Key Club (4 years, no leadership)
Job/Work Experience: Have had a job from grades 10-12. Worked as a waitress, then sales associate at Old Navy, and now I’m a hostess at a restaurant and have a paid internship at a marketing agency ~25 hrs a week for all
Volunteer/Community service: Peer Educator at Planned Parenthood (2 years), 100+ hours a year
Summer Activities: None, I go to Colombia to visit family
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10, poured my heart and soul into them, talked about the difficulties of growing up with a bipolar mother who doesn’t take medication and living on my own from the time I was 16 and how that taught me how to overcome almost anything
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10, I’m super close with the two teachers who wrote my recs and my counselor. All three were huge supports to me through high school and knew about my living situation
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Business - undecided
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 85,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: SAT scores, awards
Weaknesses: Not many leadership extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: High scores and a lot of AP classes taken
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted- Towson, UMD
Waiting to hear from- University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, Yale, Carnegie Mellon, Berkeley, NYU, University of Florida
General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in!!
@QuiteAverage90 - You can submit the FAFSA without committing to UMD
Decision: Accepted
Scholars
Clark Engineering
Already posted just stats but I figured I would post everything for future applicants
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1370/1600 (760 Math, 610 Critical Reading)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 111/499 (my grade’s insanely smart)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (4), AP Stat (5), AP Comp Sci (1), AP Macro Econ, AP Micro Econ, AP Calc AB, AP Physics 1, AP Env Science
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Honors English 12, AP Calculus AB, AP Env Science, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Physics 1, Technology intern
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class Council, Student Ambassador, Founder/President of a club that does volunteering with the special needs students at my school, Peer assistant for my schools special needs soccer, bowling, and baseball teams, National Honor Society,Volunteer at a dog rescue
Job/Work Experience: I worked at a restaurant for 6 months sophomore year, inschool internship for 9 months my senior year
Summer Activities: N/A
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8, wrote about how my bed affects me (lol)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10, I got my english and physics teacher to write them. Extremely close with both and they know me on a really personal basis
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Engineering - undecided
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Probably 100k+ not really sure though
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars, grades
Weaknesses: Essay
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted- Penn State, UMD, Delaware, NC State, WVU
Rejected- UNC
Waiting to hear from- VA Tech, Syracuse
General Comments: Accepted my admissions offer and put down my deposit for UMD!
Decision: Accepted
Scholars
College of Computer, Math& Natural Sciences
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1300/1600 (660 Math, 640 Critical Reading)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.60
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 56/420 (my grade this year is ridiculously smart)
Senior Year Course Load: English 4 (H), Astronomy (H), AP Psychology, AP Chemistry, AP Microeconomics, and Public Speaking (H). Doing a self
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Co founder/President Table tennis club, Varsity tennis team, Current Events club, Secretary of Programming club, Math Honor Society, National Honor society, piano composer
Job/Work Experience: Freelance Developer
Summer Activities: Piano, Piano composing, table tennis, running, freelance developing, and programming apps
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10, I got one from my CS teacher who I’ve had one class with each year since sophomore year
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: I’m not sure
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars, recommendations
Weaknesses: Essay
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted- WPI, Rutgers New Brunswick, UMass Amherst, UMD College Park, UNH
Rejected- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (deferred from Northeastern)
Waiting to hear from- Boston University, Penn State, UConn, Case Western Reserve University
Decision: Accepted Honors
SAT I (breakdown out of 1600):1420 (2220 superscore)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
Rank 1 out of 400+
IB Diploma Candidate
OOS
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Accepted Fall of 2016 into Scholars
Planned major: Government and Politics
Objective:
SAT I: 1390 (Math 670, CR 720)
Unweighted GPA: Unknown
Weighted GPA: 3.93
Rank: 25
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: (highlights)
Three years varsity Tennis (Senior Captain)
Model UN VP
Four year varsity soccer manager
Campus Ministry leader
Actor in three shows, tech in two
Volunteer/Community service: Roughly 90 hrs
Essays: 10/10
Teacher Recommendation:
Literature and Public Speaking- 10/10
Honors world History, APUSH and AP Gov- 8/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Other:
In-State
White Male
Hook: Overcame TBI in eighth grade/freshman year in which I lost most of my long term memory
Other acceptances/denials: Accepted- James Madison, St. Joes, Duquesne, Seton Hill. Deferred- Georgetown
Had housing glitch
@Leyla98 @InfoSec I actually applied on December 3rd, which is obviously more than a month past the Nov. 1st Priority deadline. I was accepted on January 29th along with all of the priority applicants. Pretty weird and I wasn’t expecting it, but I’m not complaining!
Decision: Accepted Honors
Planned major: Atmospheric Science
Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): 1460/1600 (730 CR and 730 M)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/560
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Enviro (4); Euro History, U.S. History, Lang, Psych (5)
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Physics 1, Peer Helping, AP Comp Sci A, AP U.S. Gov, Econ, AP Stats, AP Physics C[/li]
Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): president of CA scholarship/community service club (11-12th) and leader of a few other smaller clubs on campus, coach a middle school Odyssey of the Mind team (11-12th)
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: a lot of various community service mostly through extracurriculars
[] Summer Activities: babysitting 9th-11th, atmospheric science program 12th
[li] Essays: good, not fantastic though[/li]
Other
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Female[/li]
Reflection
[] Strengths: Relatively good scores/GPA, unusual major
[] Weaknesses: Nothing too noteworthy on my extracurriculars
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Cornell University, a few state schools. WL/R: none
Edit: I didn’t get accepted into Scholars, I just copied the decision from above my post.
Decision: Accepted Scholars
Planned major: Electrical Engineering
Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown out of 2400): 2120 (720 CR// 690 Math)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.55
[] Weighted GPA (out if 5.0): 4.14
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5) Calculus AB (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP, 2 Accelerated
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar[/li]
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Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 1 President, 2 VP, 4 Secretary
[] Job/Work Experience: Entrepreneurship
[] Summer Activities: Tutoring, Camp Management
[] Essays: Written in 1.5 Days, so decent maybe?
[] Teacher Recommendation: 2 Good Recs
[] Counselor Rec: Idk, probably good I think
[] Additional Rec: Principal, good
[] Interview: None offered
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Other
[] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: M
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Reflection
[] Strengths: SAT, Extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: GPA/ Class Rank
[] Why you think you were accepted: My ECs are unique and meaningful. The content of my essay was good.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UVA (Accepted)
Accepted for Fall to the School of Public Health
Major: Pubic Health Science
SAT 1660/2400
GPA Unweighted 3.54
All Honors and 6 AP classes
Two classes at community college (dual enrollment)
Internship: NIH
Lots of EC’s and Community Service
Female, First Gen
Excited!!
Decision: accepted- College Park Scholars
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): superscore 2210- reading 720 math 690 writing 800
[ *] ACT: 33- don’t remember breakdown
[ *] SAT II: US History- 740 Literature- 690
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 91.1- seems a bit low, but there’s an upward trend, and my school is an internationally recognized magnet school, so that has some weight as well
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History: 5 English Language: 5 US History: 5. English Lit, Psych, US Gov in progress
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit, AP Psych, AP US Gov, Advanced Latin Readings (honors, not AP), Calculus, Nutritional Science, Newspaper
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some sort of AP scholar thing?? for getting 5s on 3 AP tests, gold and silver medals on the National Latin Exam
[ /list][ b]Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): piano for 6+ years, robotics team- PR department- since sophomore year, I’m now a project manager this year, school newspaper since sophomore year (freshmen aren’t allowed to join)- now an editor
[ *] Job/Work Experience: November 2014 to present: paid internship at an office. I go 2-3 days a week after school for 2-3 hours a day
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: N/A
[ *] Summer Activities: summer 2012: did “summer school” at my school to fulfill some requirements, to free up periods during the actual school year. summer 2013: paid office internship over the summer. summer 2014: just SAT prep tried desperately to find a job, but no luck. summer 2015: worked at the office
[ *] Essays: valid af
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I’m not allowed to read them, but I assume they’re pretty good- both of my teachers really liked me
[ *] Counselor Rec: good I suppose
[ ] Additional Rec: got one from my boss, and she really likes me, so I assume it was good
[ ] Interview: N/A
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: International Relations/Public Policy/something in that realm
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: magnet public school
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: pretty high lol
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): campus visit
Decision: Accepted Freshman Connection (Spring Admit)
Decision: Waitlisted
Planned major: Government and Politics
Objective:
[] SAT I: Math – 610 CR – 700 (1310/1600) W – 640 (1950/2400)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Math – 630 CR – 680 (1310/1600) W – 690 (2000/2400)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.14
[] Weighted GPA: 3.56
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A (my school doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (3), AP Language (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Statistics, AP French Language, AP Literature, AP Comparative Government, Honors Acting
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Most Dedicated Advanced French Student, National Honor Society Member
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Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I has HEAVILY involved in my schools theatre program as both an actor and a stage manager, so both teamwork and leaderships skills are represented. Also–International Thespian Society (Secretary), Volunteer League (President), Young Writer’s Club (Vice President), Gay-Straight Alliance (Vice President), Calliope–Student Arts & Lit Magazine (Literary Editor)
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Food Bank, Mission program, etc. (around 100 hrs total)
[] Summer Activities: Took a 3 week college course in Ithaca, NY for credit, summer before Junior year, Community service for library
[] Essays: I’m an excellent essay writer, so I have no problem saying that my essays were probably a big positive for my application
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from my french teacher of (then) 3 years, the other a math teacher I’d only had for one year then, both really like me and have seen me struggle and work through many issues, so I think the recommendations were honest and fair
[] Counselor Rec: My counselor and I were not very close, but I’m sure her reccomendation was decent, if not slightly impersonal
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
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Other
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Small, private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation American? Honestly, not very sure… I’m a minority applicant!
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Reflection
[] Strengths: SAT score, essays, ECs, upward trend in GPA, took challenging classes all four years
[] Weaknesses: GPA was super weak
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My GPA is definitely the reason I was deferred to Spring/waitlisted for Fall.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ACCEPTED to DePaul University , University of Illinois Chicago, Trinity University, CU Boulder, University of North Texas, University of Kansas, University of Minnesota, St. Edward’s Uni, & Temple University. WAITLISTED at Southern Methodist University. REJECTED from University of Texas, Austin (offered CAP program) & University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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General Comments:
I honestly never thought I could get into a school as good as UMD with as low a GPA as mine. But I think it just goes to show, that if you take challenging classes and make a low GPA, good schools will still consider you. Always apply at least! Still not sure if I will be attending here but–GO TERPS!
[size=+2][ b]Decision: Accepted Scholars[ /b][ /size]
[size=+1]Planned major: Finance and either Broadcast Journalism or Communication on a PR track double major[ /size]
Objective:
[ *] SAT I (out of 2400): 2090
[ *] ACT: didn’t take
[ *] SAT II: 710 on Math II
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67 (3.89 weighted)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), Microeconomics (4), Macroeconomics (3), Statistics (didn’t take yet)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat and AP French V, everything else is academic
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): First Place in Feature Writing for newspaper article statewide, Second Place for In Depth Reporting for newspaper article statewide, Third Place for In Depth Reporting for newspaper article statewide, Fourth Place for Public Speaking 1 in FBLA, AP Scholar Award, English Honors Society within school
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Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Member of school newspaper for 4 years (Editor in Chief), member of FBLA for 2 years, part of a small branch of student council for 1 year, played violin for like 9 years lmao, member of statewide press organization
[ *] Job/Work Experience: freelance reporter at township newspaper, Kumon tutor
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at audiobook recording nonprofit, volunteer at local temple
[ *] Essays: pretty decent, but I didn’t send my best ones to Maryland
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: pretty strong
[ *] Counselor Rec: I practically wrote it myself so again, pretty strong
[ *] Additional Rec: I don’t remember if I submitted one to UMD, but if I did it was a good one
[ *] Interview: no interview
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Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[ *] School Type: Large public high school
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian (like India, not Native American)
[ *] Gender: F
Has anyone received any merit scholarships oos yet?
the big ones were mailed out on 2/25. not sure about smaller, departmental ones.
Does anyone know when RD decisions come out?
is rd that big of a disadvantage