<p>I think even if that was uw, that is still low for UMDCP. The SAT is also low for OOS.</p>
<p>Only 25% of students are from OOS. I am assuming they are from RI. Although this is not NJ/NY/CT, it is still a north east school, and for diversity it hurts compared to the fact if they were from No. Dakota.</p>
<p>If you look at all of the EC’s you can see that if they were on track and LAX (which is a spring sport) for 2 yrs. it is hard to justify the uw and the SAT. What it is saying to me from a quick eyeball, is yes, they are nationally ranked, but it was not a yr round sport, not if they could do other spring sports. That means they could have still pulled up the gpa.</p>
<p>I am not trying to insult the OP, but as a Mom, who had a National Bronze Medalist for TKD, and a 2 time St Champ, who traveled to other states to compete. I know how hard it is putting in the training hours and competing. Yet, there are students who have done it and still pulled a much higher gpa plus a higher SAT.</p>
<p>UMDCP is a stat oriented school. You need to use those essays to get them over the very of your stats.</p>
<p>I say this constantly. Every yr people will give chances, and many will say to one poster sorry, but no, only for them to get a BFE. On the flip side many will say not only yes, but probably merit to see them get the Thin envelope.</p>
<p>Nobody here sits on the committee, we only can give answers from what we have historically seen.</p>
<p>For the OP they have 2 things going for them
- Athletic awards
- Not from NJ/NY/CT…although RI isn’t that big of a help for OOS, it is still better than applying from those 3 states.</p>
<p>The only way to be accepted is to throw our responses in the circular filing can and APPLY!</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Remember one thing, use this yr to push yourself from an educational standpoint. 1 AP is going to hurt you, the majority of these kids enter with 7+ APs, ALL Honors and an SAT near 1300 out of 1600. Academically it could be a tough transition. UMDCP is not an easy school.</p>
<p>Additionally, since you are 11th Nationally, I would assume you are much higher for the State and Regional rankings. I would add those rankings into your EC. I.E. 11th Nat. 5th Atlantic Regional, 1st R.I. It places more emphasis how hard you compete, which allows them to overlook the grades somewhat.</p>
<p>Finally what is your major. Engineering, criminology, architecture and that is going to be very hard to get admitted. Undecided and that can help you.</p>