Priority Decision Results (2011)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Maryland - College Park
121

<h2>Decision: Accepted, with an invitation to College Park Scholars</h2>

<p>Date decision received: 1/31/11</p>

<h2>Accepted at which school/major at Maryland: Clark School of Engineering</h2>

<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 2110 M: 690, CR: 720, WR: 700,
ACT: Did not take
SAT Subject Tests: Biology M 750, Chemistry 720
GPA-UW/W: 3.5/4.2
Rank: Does Not Rank
AP/IB classes: MEH (5), Biology (5), Language and Composition (5), Literature, Physics C, and APUSH</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Good</p>

<h2>EC highlights: Captain of FIRST Robotics Team, Executive Officer of Marching Band, Jazz Band, Physics and Biology Teams, former Treasurer/founder of History Club, and JSA Debate.</h2>

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

<h2>Gender: Male</h2>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: Music + Engineering= Awesome</p>

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122

<p>Decision: Accepted, Fall 2011
School/Major: Clark School of Engineering
Honors/Scholars: no mention
Decision Received: Jan 31, 2011</p>

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<p>Stats:
SAT 1360/2070
ACT: N/A
SAT Subject Tests: N/A
GPA (UW): 3.47/4.0 (almost all honors or AP classes)
Rank: Top 12%
APs: APUSH (4), CHEM, Calc BC, Physics, Spanish</p>

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<p>Subjective:
Essays: Fine, previewd by Honors English teacher
Teacher Recs: Teachers liked him, so assume excellent
Counselor Rec: Probably excellent
EC Highlights: Honors Orchestras, violin, NHS, summer college experiences at Penn State and UMD (last summer Discovering Engineering at UMD)</p>

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<p>State: PA
School Type: Midsize Suburban Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Hooks/Other: participated in Discovering Engineering at UMD</p>

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<p>Comment: Should we be miffed that they did not put my son in the honor’s program? and Big Decision to make soon (Drexel Honors (with scholarship), UMass (with scholarship), Penn State, Pitt, Rutgers, UConn, and waiting for Syracuse and Delaware) opinions welcomed!</p>

123

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

<p>Date decision received: 1/31/11</p>

<h2>Accepted at which school/major: Neuroscience and Physiology.</h2>

<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 2080 M: 750, CR: 600, WR: 730 (12 Essay)
ACT: Not taken.
SAT Subject Tests: 730 (Biology M) and 730 (Math II)
GPA-UW/W: 3.96/ 4.82
Rank: 9/ 221
AP/IB classes: Bio (4) Calc AB (4) Psych (4) Micro (4) Macro (4). Taking senior year: Statistics, US History, Calc BC and English Lit
Subjective: X
Essays: Okay-Good
Teacher Recs: Generic.
Counselor Rec: VERY VERY generic.</p>

<h2>EC highlights: Worked at 4 hospitals including Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland medical center (350+ Hrs), class treasurer, SGA, secretary Nat Art Hon Society and Clay club, Nat Hon Society, AP scholar with dintinction, Honorable mention in Maryland Dintinguished scholar, 2nd place maryland envirothon, varsity tennis (10,11,12) and varsity badminton (10,11,12), Green Club Organizer, Future Educator’s club, Captain Culture Coalescence.</h2>

<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: Maryland!!!
School Type: Magnet/public
Ethnicity: Asiano- Indiano.</p>

<h2>Gender: M</h2>

<p>Other Factors, hook?: None.</p>

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<p>Congrats to all the new Terps! UMD wasnt my first choice, but i dont mind going there either!! Wohooo Goodluck everybody!!</p>

124

<h2>Decision: Accepted, with an invitation to Honors College</h2>

<p>Date decision received: 1/31/11</p>

<h2>Accepted at which school/major at Maryland: Letters & Sciences</h2>

<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 1920 M: 640, CR: 690, WR: 590,
ACT: 30 M-29 R-33 Eng-30 Sci-25
SAT Subject Tests: US History 640
GPA-UW: 3.9
Rank: 14/161
AP/IB classes: APUSH (4), Psychology (4), English Language and Composition (5), AP Euro (3), AP Biology, AP US Gov’t, AP World History</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: One great one, one decent one
Teacher Recs: Good, not great though
Counselor Rec: Amazing</p>

<h2>EC highlights: Captain of: Hockey, Softball, Soccer, Debate (Founder also), Model UN (Founder), Model Congress, Mock Trial. Also 4-year member of College Bowl.</h2>

<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: New York
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>

125

<p>@maxiumus1992</p>

<p>White Male
New York
Private School</p>

<p>Couldn’t resist saying this: But I think they want yo monaayyy!</p>

126

<p>I have evacuated the country yesterday since things were getting pretty dangerous and unstable but I am safe now haha :slight_smile:
It was actually tough living without internet for 4 days haha… :S</p>

127

<h2>Decision: Accepted (and Scholars)</h2>

<p>Date decision received: 1/31/11</p>

<h2>Accepted at which school/major at Maryland: Letters & Sciences</h2>

<p>Stats-
SAT Total: N/A
ACT: 32 M-32 R-28 Eng-35 Sci-32
SAT Subject Tests: Chem 670, US History 690, Math II 710
GPA-UW: 3.8, W: 4.52
Rank: Top 10%
AP/IB classes: AP Euro (5), APUSH (5), AP Studio Art, AP Calc AB, AP Physics B, AP Economics </p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Both great
Teacher Recs: I’m assuming very good
Counselor Rec: Definitely helpful </p>

<h2>EC highlights: Varsity Swimming (Captain (2yrs), All Division, All County, Coach’s Award), National Honor Society (treasurer), Figure Drawing, Crew Team, Weight Training, Lifeguard, C.I.T., Intern Experience, Bass Guitar, High School Orchestra, Math Honor Society, Science Honor Society, Art Honor Society, Girl’s Varsity Swim Manager, Scholar Athlete, Athlete of the Month, Principal’s Honor Roll, All County Art, High School Pull Ups Record (31)</h2>

<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: New York
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>

128

<h2>Decision: Accepted, with invitation to honors college. </h2>

<p>Date decision received: 1/31/11</p>

<h2>Accepted at which school/major at Maryland: Clark School of Engineering</h2>

<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 2110 M: 800, CR: 700, WR: 610,
ACT: —
SAT Subject Tests: Biology 750, Chemistry 790, Math II 800
GPA-UW/W: 3.7 (Don’t know weighted)
Rank: Does Not Rank
AP/IB classes: Chemistry(4), US history (4), Statistics(5), Psychology, Government, Biology, BC Calc</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Decent, couldn’t deal with the length restrictions
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Great</p>

<h2>EC highlights: Captain of Track team, 3 year Varsity track and basketball, Biology I and II teams, Physics team, Chemistry I and II team, Miscellaneous clubs, Vice project manager for Habitat for humanity project for 2 years.</h2>

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

<h2>Gender: Male</h2>

<h2>Other Factors, hook?: I can dunk a basketball</h2>

129

<h2>Decision: Accepted</h2>

<p>Date decision received: 1/31/11</p>

<h2>Accepted at which school/major at UMD: Computer Science</h2>

<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 2310 M: 800, CR: 720, WR:790
ACT: X
SAT Subject Tests: M2 - 800 Phy - 650
GPA-UW/W: 4.0/4.76
Rank: 1/302
AP/IB classes: Gov and Pol (3), Calc AB (5), Comp Sci A (5), World History (3), English Lang (5), Calc BC (5), Chemistry (TBD), Physics C Mechanics (TBD), Statistics (TBD), English Lit (TBD), Spanish (TBD)
Subjective: X
Essays: not stellar, but original?
Teacher Recs: okay
Counselor Rec: generic</p>

<h2>EC highlights: Founder, Manager of tutoring organization, Captain of Varsity Tennis, FIRST robotics, Computer Club, AP Scholars, NHS, Spanish NHS</h2>

<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: MD
School Type: small, public
Ethnicity: Asian</p>

<h2>Gender: M</h2>

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

130

<h2>Decision: Accepted</h2>

<p>Date decision received: January 31, 2011</p>

<h2>Accepted at which school/major at Maryland: College of Computer, Math, and Natural Sciences</h2>

<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 1980 M: 670, CR: 690, WR: 620,
ACT: 31
SAT Subject Tests: Chemistry: 700, U.S History: 780
GPA-UW/W: 3.8/4.11
Rank: 20/458
AP/IB classes: European History(5), U.S History(4), Statistics(4), English Language(3)
Essays: Pretty good
Teacher Recs: great rec from my french teacher
Counselor Rec: pretty good, she knows me really well</p>

<h2>EC highlights: orchestra, SGA, volunteering, key club</h2>

<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: Maryland
School Type: Large public school
Ethnicity: Black </p>

<h2>Gender: Female</h2>

131

<h2>Decision: Accepted to College Park Scholars</h2>

<p>Date decision received: Jan 31, 2011</p>

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

<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 2270 M: 670, CR: 800, WR: 800
ACT: n/a
SAT Subject Tests: did not send to UMD
GPA-UW/W: 3.4 (B+) uw/don’t know weighted – mostly B’s in fresh and soph year, A’s and B’s in junior and senior year
Rank: no ranking
AP/IB classes: AP Calc AB, French Lang, AP Lang and Comp, AP Lit and Comp, AP Stat
Essays: excellent
Teacher Recs: very good
Counselor Rec: excellent</p>

<h2>EC highlights: diversity board and culture club leadership, read & write Hindi (first division certificate, pursuing diploma level this year), piano, teaching Hindi and piano, volunteering, internship at Wharton, head delegate at Model OAS</h2>

<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: Maryland
School Type: medium-sized private school
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Female </p>

<p>Hook: MD resident, interdisciplinary interests, good writer? no clue…</p>

132

<p>Decision: Freshman Connection/ Spring 2012
School/Major: Letters and Science
Honors/Scholars: X
Decision Received: Jan 31, 2011</p>

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<p>Stats:
SAT (CR/M/W): 610/570/630 = 1820
ACT: 28
SAT Subject Tests: X
GPA (W/UW): 4.4/3.78
Rank: Top 10%
AP/IB classes: AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, AP Literature and Composition, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Language and Composition, AP Human Geography, AP Psychology, AP Political Science</p>

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<p>Subjective:
Essays: Excellent, I thought, reviewed by a few English teachers and friends.
Teacher Recs: Excellent, had for years and know personally.
Counselor Rec: Excellent, know personally, worked a lot with.
EC Highlights: Editor in Chief of Newspaper, and other leadership positions in the Newspaper. Secretary in NHS, leadership in various other clubs and organizations. Hundreds of community service hours through several different programs. Summer journalism program at Virginia Tech. A few awards like AP Scholar Award.</p>

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<p>State: Maryland
School Type: Medium-Large Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Hooks/Other: Legacy, my mom went there and various other extended family members. I applied to the School of Journalism, I kind of had a writing/literature ‘hook’ if you will. :confused: </p>

<p>I’m honestly pretty surprised I wasn’t accepted to the Fall term. ):</p>

133

<h2>Decision: Accepted, Fall 2011, College Park Scholars</h2>

<p>Date decision received: Jan 31, 2011</p>

<h2>Accepted at which school/major: College of Computer, Math, and Natural Sciences; BIological Sciences</h2>

<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 2270 M: 740, CR: 740, WR: 740,
SAT Subject Tests: Chemistry: 690; World History: 780
GPA-UW/W: 3.38/4.1
Rank: 95/314
AP/IB classes: Government (4); Calculus (4); World History (5); English (5); Chemistry (didn’t take)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Pretty Good, creative; English teacher loved them
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Good</p>

<h2>EC highlights: Piano, and Orchestra; Speech and Debate; Interact Club, Treasurer; President of Anime Club; </h2>

<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: MD; instate
School Type: Pretty competitive, medium public high school
Ethnicity: Asian</p>

<h2>Gender: Female</h2>

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

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134

<h2>Decision: Accepted to College Park, No honors/scholars</h2>

<p>Date decision received: Jan 31, 2011</p>

<h2>Accepted at which school/major at Maryland: College of Behavioral And Social Sciences, Economics</h2>

<p>Stats-
SAT Total: 1980 M: 770, CR: 550, WR: 660
ACT: n/a
SAT Subject Tests: 670 US History, 630 Math level II
GPA-UW/W: 3.52 Weighted, don’t know UW
Rank: N/A
AP/IB classes: US gov / comparative gov, macro/micro economics, calculus, ibhl english, ibsl/ibhl psychology, environmental science, us history
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recs: very good
Counselor Rec: very good</p>

<h2>EC highlights: worked for school newspaper, helped coach basketball, captain of varsity basketball / volleyball</h2>

<p>Location/Person-
State or Country: Taiwan
School Type: very competitive, private American school in Taiwan (mentioned in Wall Street Journal)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Hook: MD resident, interdisciplinary interests, good writer? no clue…</p>

135

<p>I applied RD. You guys have some really high SAT score. Mine was really low…just 1530. My GPA was 4.0 in freshman, 3.85 in sophomore, 3.85 in junior (Couldn’t get A in English!!). 3 APs, 2 IBs. I got Maryland Distinguished Scholars award - Honorable mention. Not a GREAT list of ECs. The more I think/ask around it looks like GPA does not count much…so i am really worried :frowning: I put myself around 90% of getting rejected after looking at the ED profiles.</p>

136

<p>Don’t count Urself out I did but I got accepted with a 3.6 gpa 1770 sat
Oos according to the stats I had no chance but I got fall for one reason or another. Goodluck but missing the priority deadline is a killer.</p>

137

<p>tekneek—you may consider going to a CC for a year if you don’t get a UMD accept (invader is correct…missing the priority deadline isn’t going to help your chances at all). MD students with really good grades in a community college for at least 1 semester have a much better chance of getting accepted as a transfer-in at UMDCP, especially if their h.s/SAT stats weren’t stellar.</p>

138

<p>Guys, admitted! Also invited to Honors College~
What would you say about Honors College in UMD? A nightmare studying with all talents?</p>

139

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date decision received: January 31, 2011
Accepted at which school/major at Maryland: Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Honors/Scholars: Honors</p>

<p>SAT Total: 1950 M: 710, CR: 590, WR: 650,
SAT Subject Tests: Math II: 750, Chinese with Listening: 800
GPA-3.7
Rank: 1/27
AP/IB classes: AP Statistics, AP Literature
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Good
EC highlights: Volunteer at an orphanage for three years, volunteer at the Taipei International Flora Expo, English tutor, class president for two years, member of the Young Honor Society for three years, school newspaper chief editor for two years, worked at a local magazine, writer/narrator of my school’s playwrighting competition (won first place), numerous awards for regional art and literary contests</p>

<p>State or Country: Taipei, Taiwan
School Type: International private school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female</p>