<h2>Decision: Accepted College Park Scholars*</h2>
<p>Date decision received: Jan 31</p>
<h2>Accepted at which school/major at Maryland: Clark School of Engineering- Aerospace Engineering*</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 again to everyone who got accepted!
(sorry again for the repost…just updating)</p>
<h2>Accepted at which school/major at Maryland: Merrill College of Journalism</h2>
<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 1900 M: 660, CR: 680, WR: 560
ACT: N/A
SAT Subject Tests: N/A
GPA-UW/W: 3.7ish/3.989
Rank: 31
AP/IB classes: N/A
Essays: Pretty good, but not as good as some of my other schools
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Great</p>
<h2>EC highlights: Band and all possible extracurricular music opportunities all throughout HS, SGA-committee leader, NHS-committee leader, class council, tons of volunteer hours at various places</h2>
<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: MD
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White</p>
<h2>Accepted at which school/major: College of Arts & Sciences/Communications — hopefully switching to Business School</h2>
<p>Stats-
ACT: 30
GPA-UW/W: Weighted: 4.1
Rank: About 40/210
AP/IB classes: 1 French AP
Essays: Very strong
Teacher Recs: Very strong
Counselor Rec: Very strong</p>
<h2>EC highlights: 4 years Varsity soccer, 3 years Varsity crew, Job, 2 years Varsity Paddle Tennis, community services, Service League, eBay Business</h2>
<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public (Top 10 in Philadelphia Area)
Ethnicity: Caucasian </p>
<h2>Gender: M</h2>
<p>Other Factors, hook?: nothing in particular</p>
<h2>Decision: Accepted, College Park Scholars</h2>
<p>Date decision received: Today
Accepted at which school: College of Math, Computer, and Natural Sciences</p>
<h2>Major: Physics</h2>
<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 2210 M: 740, CR: 740, WR: 730 (Guessing approx, the math figure is correct but I don’t remember whether the CR was 730 or the WR was).
ACT: 34
SAT Subject Tests: N/A
GPA-UW/W: 3.65/4.3
Rank: N/A
AP/IB classes: AP BC Calculus, AP Physics C, AP Biology (5), AP Psychology (5), AP Language (5)
Subjective: ?
Essays: They were okay, I rushed them like crazy and was pretty vague because at the time I wasn’t really considering UMD, but apparently they were good enough.
Teacher Recs: Great, we’re best buds
Counselor Rec: Dunno. I knew my counselor but not very well.</p>
<h2>EC highlights: Theater, choir, started my own astronomy club, cool volunteer experiences</h2>
<p>State or Country: MD
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White</p>
<h2>Gender: Female</h2>
<p>Other Factors, hook?: Low-income, females in science, international background</p>
<p>Does anybody know the difference between honors and Scholars…? I can only really find superficial differences and I can’t seem to figure out how they sorted the scholars and the honors out.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, Fall 2011
School/Major: Phillip Merrill College of Journalism
Honors/Scholars: Honors College
Decision Received: Jan 31, 2011</p>
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<p>Stats:
SAT (CR/M/W): N/A
ACT: 33
SAT Subject Tests: N/A
GPA (W/UW): 4.5/3.86</p>
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<p>Subjective:
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Probably pretty generic
EC Highlights: Too many to list–varying types of EC’s with many leadership positions, recognitions, and awards.</p>
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<p>State: Maryland
School Type: Med-Large Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Hooks/Other: Legacy (Pretty much all of my immediate and extended family has gone to UMCP)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, Fall 2011
School/Major: Clark School of Engineering
Honors/Scholars: Honors
Decision Received: Jan 31, 2011</p>
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<p>Stats:
SAT (CR/M/W): 700/800/680 (1500/2180)
ACT: N/A
SAT Subject Tests: N/A
GPA (W/UW): 5.6(6 scale)/3.9
Rank: Top 2%</p>
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<p>Subjective:
Essays: Mediocre (Waited to Halloween to submit by app all the files on my computer were deleted. MY father bought a backup harddrive (finally!) since this happened before, but when he came home, I found out that he never installed it, so my essays were not great…)
Teacher Recs: Teacher liked me, had him 3 years, was president of his club, so assume excellent
Counselor Rec: Probably excellent - he seemed high on me
EC Highlights: A lot… Sports, School band, Ravens Marching Band, volunteering through Key Club, Science Club president, two years in SGA, and various other activities and awards</p>
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<p>State: Maryland
School Type: Small Public - (smallest in Baltimore County)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Date decision received: 1/31/11
Accepted at which school/major at Maryland: College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Science
Major: Biology</p>
<h2>Scholars</h2>
<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 2130 M: 710, CR: 670, WR: 750,
ACT: –
SAT Subject Tests: None
GPA-UW/W: 95.1, 101.0
Rank: Unranked (though somewhere in the top 15%)
AP/IB classes: English Language (5), English Lit, German, Biology, Calc AB</p>
<p>Subjective-
Essays: Rushed, done the night before the deadline
Teacher Recs: I’m assuming good, from my German teacher who I’ve had for 3 years
Counselor Rec: Again, assuming good, though I wouldn’t know</p>
<h2>EC highlights: President German Honor Society, 40+ hours/year dedicated to school spirit, semi-regular volunteering at local assisted living facility, Johnson & Johnson TAP</h2>
<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
School/Major: School of Education
Honors/Scholars: Honors
Decision received: Jan 31, 2011</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT (CR/M/W): 640/720/710 (1360; 2070)
ACT: 32
SAT Subject Tests: N/A
GPA (W/UW): 4.24/?
Rank: Top 10%
AP/IB Classes: AP Spanish Language, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Gov, AP Calc BC, AP Pysch</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: One great, very original. The other, pretty good
Teacher Recs: Probably very good, teacher liked me a lot
Counselor Rec: Also probably good
EC Highlights: Mano en Mano (President), SGORR, MAC Scholars, Project Support, basketball team manager, volunteer work at church</p>
<p>State or Country: OH
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED, Fall 2011
School/Major: Richard H. Smith School of Business/FInance
Honors/Scholars: SCHOLARS
Decision Received: Jan 31, 2011</p>
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<p>Stats:
SAT: N/A
ACT: 30
SAT Subject Tests: N/A
GPA (W/UW): 5.7(Out of 7)/3.4(Out of 4)
Rank: Top 25%</p>
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<p>Subjective:
Essays: Amazing
Teacher Recs: Amazing from what i hear
Counselor Rec: Probably excellent she seemed high on me
EC Highlights: Tons of em</p>
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<p>State: New Jersey
School Type: Large Public (2200 students)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Hooks/Other: congressman wrote a rec and brother goes there</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, Fall 2011
School/Major: Smith School of Business
Honors/Scholars: none, but invited to global communities living learning thing
Decision Received: Jan 31, 2011</p>
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<p>Stats:
SAT (CR/M/W): 650/690/590 (1340/1930)
ACT: N/A
SAT Subject Tests: N/A
GPA (W/UW): 3.6
Rank: school doesnt rank</p>
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<p>Subjective:
Essays: pretty good but not as good as my other ones
Teacher Recs: Teacher loved me and im 6/6 so i assume good
Counselor Rec: Probably excellent - she thought i was awesome
EC Highlights: A lot… golf team captain, editor of the yearbook, treasurer of youth group, part time job, youth softball umpire, and a bunch of other stuff</p>
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<p>State: Ne Jersey
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: female</p>
<h2>Accepted at which school/major: Letters and Sciences, Undecided</h2>
<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 1920 M: 670, CR: 650, WR: 600
ACT: N/A
SAT Subject Tests: N/A
GPA-UW/W: 3.45/3.9
Rank: N/A
AP/IB classes: AP US History, AP European History, AP Literature, Language & Literature, AP Psychology, AP Computer Science A, AP Chemistry
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recs: Great, I think
Counselor Rec: Not sure, hopefully it was good</p>
<h2>EC highlights: Eagle Scout, lots of leadership from Scouting, Football (2 yrs), Track (3 yrs), NHS, Summer jobs at UMBC (teaching asst for magnet school summer sessions) and as Aquatics Instructor at Camp Rodney, lots of community service (> 1,000 hrs), including a week in Camden, NJ.</h2>
<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: Maryland
School Type: Private, very competitive
Ethnicity: white</p>
<h2>Decision: ACCEPTED INTO LETTERS AND SCIENCES :D</h2>
<p>Date decision received: 1/31/11</p>
<h2>Accepted at which school/major at Maryland: X</h2>
<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 1770 M: 630, CR: 530, WR: 610,
SAT Subject Tests: Chemistry-620 Math 2-610
GPA-3.75
Rank: Top 25%
AP/IB classes: IB HL-Business & Management, Chemistry, Biology IB SL-Math, English, Arabic Abinitio
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: Awesome, my teachers adored me
Counselor Rec: Good</p>
<h2>EC highlights: 4 Water Polo Varsity Letters (& club), 4 Swimming Varsity Letters (& club), NHS, Peer Tutor, Student Council, Peace Club, Newspaper Group, Volunteer at a local orphanage, Volunteer at a Kid’s Museum, Volunteered at Indonesia, Injaz Business Group </h2>
<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: Cairo, Egypt
School Type: International private school
Ethnicity: African American</p>
<h2>Gender: Female </h2>
<p>I am just so ecstatic because I am not the 2000 SAT/4.0 GPA and I made it ahhh can’t wait to get to know everyone :)</p>
<h2>Accepted at which school/major: Letters and Sciences!</h2>
<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 1930 M: 610, CR: 660, WR: 660,
ACT: none
SAT Subject Tests: US History: 750, World History: 770, Chemistry: 690, Literature: 650
GPA-UW/W: 3.81/4
Rank: Top 10%
AP/IB classes: AP World History (5), AP Chemistry (4), AP US History (5), AP English Language and Composition (4) | Currently taking AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP US Government, AP Literature, AP Computer Science A</p>
<p>Subjective-
Essays: Decent, I guess? I didn’t write about something too typical.
Teacher Recs: I guess they were pretty good.
Counselor Rec: Lengthy, that I know</p>
<h2>EC highlights: Artistic Adviser for poster design in Debate Team, Key Club, and UNICEF clubs. Member of Future Business Leaders of America. Member of the National Honor Society. </h2>
<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: Queens, New York
School Type: Public High School in Queens
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)</p>
<p>Date decision received: 1/31/2011
Accepted at which school/major: Computer Science Major</p>
<h2>Honors/Scholars: Honors</h2>
<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 2140
ACT: 36
SAT Subject Tests: didn’t send
GPA-UW/W: 4.0 unweighted
Rank: 1/113 or so.
AP/IB classes: Chem 4, Bio 5, Calc AB 5, Comp Sci 5, Physics B 5, Lang 4 || Currently in Lit, Calc BC, Gov, Econ</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Good I suppose
Teacher Recs: Fabulous
Counselor Rec: Probably pretty boring, considering she was new to the school and I met her when asking her to write me letter. But let’s be realistic: my school uses form letters anyway.</p>
<h2>EC highlights: All State Choir, High School Choir for 4 years, Worship Leadership Team at my church, Drama, Thespians, NHS</h2>
<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: Space Coast of Florida
School Type: Public ‘School of Choice’
Ethnicity: Whiter than snow</p>
<p>Date decision received: 1/31/11
Accepted at which school/major: College of Arts and Humanities (Spanish)</p>
<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 2010 (710 M, 650 R, 650 W)
ACT:
SAT Subject Tests:
GPA-UW/W: 3.75/3.90
Rank: 39/411
AP/IB classes: Eng Language (3), Euro (4), US History (4), Calc AB(5)
Right now-AP-Calc BC, Psych, Lit, Spanish, Biology; others-Master Tutor, Sociology, PE, Orchestra IV</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: awesome.
Teacher Recs: 2 AWESOME ones from ap lit and spanish teaches and 1 pretty good one from calc teach
Counselor Rec: never saw it
EC highlights: 1st chair cello, 3 varsity sports (2 all 4 years, 1 for 3), NHS, student gov (4 yrs), class council (3 yrs)</p>
<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: Maryland!
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other Factors, hook?: brother is a current student</p>
<p>@mobarek1 i’m surprised you can even post/check right now…i thought mubarak shut down the internet in egypt?
altho i think its really cool that theres someone from freakin egypt posting on the thread about going to umd…</p>
<p>I applied with a 3.55 GPA, 1870 SAT, in state student, no deferral simply a rejection. No UMD I would not like to attend Montgomery College. </p>
<p>Not to be a jerk, but honestly I am disappointed with UMD, a college I grew up around. For the most part, I thought I had good grades and UMD would take care of their in state students. Guess not. </p>
<p>So this probably is the end to my fan-hood regarding Maryland, as it was the only school I was rejected by. While it was not my first choice, it hurt to be considered not prepared for Maryland’s college work. It was also my fallback school if I couldn’t go out of state. O well, I’m sure I’ll have a better experience at Alabama. ROLL TIDE!!!</p>
<p>Date decision received: 1/31/11
Accepted at which school/major: Biological Sciences: Physiology & Neurobiology</p>
<h2>Honors/Scholars: Honors</h2>
<p>Stats-
SAT Total: Didn’t submit
ACT: 33 C 36 M 34 W 33 R 29 S
SAT Subject Tests: Math II 720 U.S. History 720
GPA-UW/W: doesn’t weight - 3.85
Rank: doesn’t rank
AP/IB classes: AP Biology (4) AP Euro (4) AP US (4) AP AB Calc (5) AP Psych (5) AP Spanish (4); taking AP Stat, AP Lit, and AP American Gov this year</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Pretty damn good, i thought so
Teacher Recs: Really good
Counselor Rec: Good</p>
<h2>EC highlights: Varsity tennis (9-12th), Varsity soccer (11-12th), Started Habitat for Humanity Club, Editor/Writer for School Newspaper, Model Congress (11-12) and Gavel winner, some more random stuff</h2>
<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: New Jersey
School Type: Independent
Ethnicity: Indian</p>
<h2>Gender: Male</h2>
<p>Other Factors, hook?: First generation in this country? nothing incredible</p>
