Priority Decision Results (2011)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Maryland - College Park
81

<h2>Decision: Accepted</h2>

<p>Date decision received: 1/31</p>

<h2>Accepted at which school/major: Aero Engineering</h2>

<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 2110 M: 710, CR: 720, WR: 690
ACT: Did not submit
SAT Subject Tests: Did not submit
GPA-UW/W: 3.5/3.9
Rank: 55/600
AP/IB classes: Math SL, English HL, History HL, French HL, Chemistry SL (3), ITGS SL (5), AP Euro (4), AP Stat (3)
Essays: Pretty good, methinks
Teacher Recs: Glorious
Counselor Rec: Pretty good, at least personal (my counselor only deals with the IB kids and knows me pretty well)</p>

<h2>EC highlights: Extensive Civil Air Patrol, NHS, French Honor Society, Toastmasters, Lacrosse, Cross Country </h2>

<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: MD, AAco
School Type: Big, IB magnet, otherwise terrible
Ethnicity: white</p>

<h2>Gender: female</h2>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: I write good, visited like 4 times?</p>

<p>I have a D on my transcript (IB Math HL, dropped it) and just generally sucked last year. You don’t have to be perfect! :)</p>

82

<p>Already a student, but congrats to all who got in.</p>

<p>Lol at all the people admitted to the honors college who didn’t realize the form says Miami not Maryland though.</p>

<p>Also to enskaisin: “I write good” ?..</p>

83

<h2>Decision: Accepted</h2>

<p>Date decision received: 1/31</p>

<h2>Accepted at which school/major: Mechanical Engineering</h2>

<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 1870 M: 650, CR: 620, WR: 600
ACT: Did not submit
SAT Subject Tests: Did not submit
GPA-UW/W: 3.3/4.0
Rank: N/A
AP/IB classes: AP Stat
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recs: Great, I think :stuck_out_tongue:
Counselor Rec: Not sure, hopefully it was good</p>

<h2>EC highlights: Varsity Sports, New Orleans Environmental Awareness Trip, Work Experience, Volunteering</h2>

<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: Jersey baby
School Type: Small, very competitive
Ethnicity: white</p>

<h2>Gender: male</h2>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: Visited once, basically it. My admission should offer all hope as my stats aren’t nearly as competitive as the others here! Didn’t think I’d even get in</p>

84

<h2>Decision: Accepted into Honors College</h2>

<p>Date decision received: Jan 31</p>

<h2>Accepted at which school/major at Maryland: Smith School of Business</h2>

<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 2090 M: 730, CR: 640, WR: 720
ACT: N/A
SAT Subject Tests: Math 2 - 750, Chemistry - 700
GPA-UW/W: 3.83/4.66
Rank: Top 10th
AP/IB classes: AP NSL - 5, AP Chem - 4, AP BC Calc - 4, AP Stat - 4, AP World History - 3, AP Lang - 2, AP Spanish Lang, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Comp. Gov., AP Lit, AP Physics
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Should be okay</p>

<h2>EC highlights: Not much, leadership positions in three honor societies, members of 4-5 clubs, 270+ SSL Hours</h2>

<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: Maryland
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White (Middle Eastern)</p>

<h2>Gender: Female</h2>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: nope?</p>

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85

<p>I havent recieved my decision. Could it be cause im applying from out of the country???</p>

86

<h2>Decision: ACCEPTED and to Scholars :)</h2>

<p>Date decision received: January 31st
Accepted at which school/major: College Park and KINESIOLOGY </p>

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<p>Stats-
SAT Total:1900 M: 680, CR: 590, WR: 630,
ACT: 31
GPA-UW/W: 4.2 Weighted
Rank: 16/290
AP/IB classes: AP CHEM, AP PHYSICS, APMICRO/MACRO, AP CALC BC
Essays: i think really good?
Teacher Recs: really good
Counselor Rec: really good</p>

<h2>EC highlights: NHS, volunteering at PT place, Op Smile, Model UN etc</h2>

<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White</p>

<h2>Gender: Female</h2>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: idk?</p>

<p>Anyone else KINESIOLOGY?</p>

87

<p>Decision: Accepted Into Honors College
In-State</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 780 V, 630 M, 770 W = 1410 / 2180 SS (single sitting)</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>SAT II: 780 Biology-E, 780 US History (Both not submitted in time)</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school does not rank, but top 15% probably</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Latin Vergil (5), AP Biology (5), AP European History (5), AP US History (5)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: Hardest possible</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honors, Maryland Distinguished Scholar - Honorable mention, school award, National Latin exam three times, tons of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu awards, almost all about 1st or 2nd place.</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Israeli Krav-Maga, Philosophy Club (Founder), Yearbook, Newspaper, Book Club, Tutored in 11th and 12th, some other less major things…</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: worked for my school last summer…</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: volunteered a lot in 9th and 10th grade</li>
<li>Summer Activities: above</li>
<li>Essays: apparently pretty good </li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: both excellent, though I waived the rights</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: probably pretty good, though I waived it.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: N/A</li>
<li>Interview: N/A</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): MD</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): US</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Hispanic</li>
<li>Gender:M</li>
<li>Income Bracket: upper middle class</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, verbal SAT, classics, passion / essays (I guess?)</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths:verbal and writing SAT scores, URM, rare major, my essays and teacher recs</li>
<li>Weaknesses: math sat score, ec’s not amazing I guess</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I suppose the combination of top 1% in reading and writing scores, hispanic, classics, and excellent essays really paid off.</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/deferred: UChicago EA and UNC Chapel Hill EA </li>
</ul>

<p>Other Comments: My safety school, though a nice bonus I suppose.</p>

88

<h2>Decision: Accepted Fall 2011</h2>

<p>Date decision received: Jan 31</p>

<h2>Accepted at which school/major at Maryland: Assuming Aerospace Engineering (as applied) but the page will not load atm</h2>

<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 1810 M: 630, CR: 600, WR: 580
ACT: 30
SAT Subject Tests: Math Level 2- 540
GPA-UW/W: 3.3/5.0
Rank: school does not rank
AP/IB classes: n/a
Essays: I loved them!
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Great</p>

<h2>EC highlights: Piano 7 years, choir 7 years, beta tester for iPhone gaming company Tapulous, Volunteering</h2>

<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: New York
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Black/Latina</p>

<h2>Gender: Female</h2>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: Full 4 year scholarship to current school (earned through grades in middle school), ventures scholar, attended summer program at UMD</p>

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<p>Congrats everyone who got accepted! :)</p>

89

<p>My sister is IN for Fall 2011!!!
no idea of her stats
OOS:North Carolina
Congrats everyone!</p>

90

<p>Was everyone notified of honors/scholars in the email??? Cause I can’t access the website to check…</p>

91

<p>Accepted Fall 2011!!!</p>

92

<p>Decision: Accepted with College Park Scholars</p>

<p>Date received: 1/31
Accepted at: College of Behavior and Social Sciences (Government and Politics).</p>

<p>SAT: 1360/1600, 1950/2400. 720 M, 640 CR, 590 W (10 essay)
GPA: 3.5 UW 4.67 W
Rank: 15/248
AP: Govt and politics, statistics, environmental, english lang, world
taking now: econ, english lit, euro</p>

<p>Essay: one essay about why I wanted to go to UMD and one about my experience with interning for my state senator last summer
Teacher Recs: One glowing rec, the other from my state senator
EC Highlights: GLSEN media ambassador, 2-sport captain, 12 season athlete, class VP, young democrats president, BBYO (jewish youth organization) chapter president, ect.</p>

<p>Male
White
Owings Mills, MD</p>

93

<p>I got an email saying i was accepted! but is anyone else having trouble getting to the Maryland website? its very slow</p>

94

<p>Congrats and the website is very slow lol I was able to check it once but that was around 5 ish after the email but haven’t been able to get back on lol.</p>

95

<p>@collegegirl44 i’m doing kinesiology as well (:</p>

<h2>Decision: Accepted/Honors College </h2>

<p>Date decision received: January 31st
Accepted at which school/major: College Park/KINESIOLOGY</p>

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<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 2020 M: 680, CR: 630, WR: 710
ACT: N/A
GPA-UW/W: 4.10 Weighted
Rank: 10/623
AP/IB classes: AP Bio, AP Chem, AP English Lang, AP English Lit, AP U.S. Hist, AP Stats, AP Calc, AP Spanish
Essays: I thought they were pretty good
Teacher Recs: really good
Counselor Rec: amazing, counselor loves me (:
EC highlights: varsity basketball/lacrosse, NHS, hospital volunteering, Interact Club</p>

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<p>State or Country: NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female</p>

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<p>Other Factors, hook: none</p>

96

<p>Yeah, almost 40,000 trying to access a site at once = slow :P</p>

<p>Okay, 40,000 is a completely guesstimated number of how many applied, and I also realize that not everybody is trying at the same time lol</p>

97

<h2>Decision: Accepted with CP Scholars!</h2>

<p>Date decision received: January 31st
Accepted at which school/major: College Park/ Letters and Sciences</p>

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<p>SAT Total: 1980 M: 640, CR: 620, WR: 720
ACT: 30
GPA: 3.9
Rank: N/A
AP/IB classes: AP Statistics, AP Studio Art
Essays: solid
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: great!
EC highlights: captain of varsity swimming, 60+ community service hours</p>

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<p>State or Country: NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female</p>

98

<p>Decision: Accepted, Fall 2011
School/Major: A. James Clark School of Engineering/Bioengineering
Honors/Scholars: Honors College
Decision Received: Jan 31, 2011</p>

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<p>Stats:
SAT (CR/M/W): 750, 750, 800 (10 Essay)
ACT: N/A
SAT Subject Tests: Math Level 2-800; Chemistry-800
GPA (W/UW): 4.27/4.00
Rank: 6/~440
AP Classes & Exams Taken (Scores): Gov’t (5), Eng Lang (5), Chem (5), Calc AB (5), World History (4)
Current Schedule: Band, AP Eng Lit, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Psych, AP Biology</p>

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<p>Subjective:
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Not exactly sure, but it was long. Plus, I’m pretty well liked around the counseling department.<br>
EC Highlights: Civil Air Patrol, SCA/SGA (at school & regional levels), NHS, Christmas in April, Tennis, Cross Country</p>

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<p>State: Maryland
School Type: Med-Large Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male</p>

99

<p>Decision: Accepted, Fall 2011
Honors/Scholars: Honors College
Decision Received: Jan 31, 2011</p>

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<p>Stats:
SAT (CR/M/W): 640, 610, 590
SAT Subject Tests: Chemistry-620, US History 670
GPA (W/UW):3.80
Rank: 15%
AP Classes & Exams Taken (Scores): US History 4
Current Schedule: AP Eng Lit, AP Physics B, Calculus Honors, Constitutional Issue,__________________________________________________ _______
Subjective:
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec:Excellent</p>

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<p>State: Maryland
School Type: Med-Large Public
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Female</p>

100

<p>@ginab591: That would be irony.</p>