<p>Anyone else nervous?!?! Or am i the only one freaking out?! </p>
<p>This is just a thread made to talk about worries/anticipation/thoughts about admission to Maryland!</p>
<p>14 days and counting everyone!</p>
<p>Will the decisions be emailed/posted online?</p>
<p>Do they post scholarship/merit aid decisions with their letter? I’m pretty sure they tell you if you got into any honors college</p>
<p>I’m so anxious! Maryland is my #1 choice college so I am very eager to hear from them!</p>
<p>In response to all the questions you posted…</p>
<p>Last year, the email about admissions was available online on Jan. 31, and the snail mail letter was <em>dated</em> Jan 27 but arrived several days AFTER Jan 31st. NOTE: there were numerous rumors/threads giving everyone false hope that decisions would come out sooner. Do yourself a favor and don’t listen, just hang tight…</p>
<p>The admission email states only admission, advising college (ie your major<em>) and special program invite (ie honors, scholars, etc</em>*), but does not include merit scholarship info.</p>
<p>A snail mail letter was dated Feb 21 for notification of a merit scholarship. A FAFSA must be completed in order to accept this scholarship, even though it is solely a merit-based award and not need-based.</p>
<p>Need-based scholarships, grants, loans, etc are available sometime in April, a few weeks before the May 1 commitment date. Pay attention to the priority deadline for FAFSA submission.</p>
<p>*For those who applied to LEPs (limited enrollment programs like engineering, business, etc), if the advising college does not specifically state Clark( for engineering) or Smith (for business), etc., that means you were accepted to the university but NOT to the LEP you selected. Typically, they will put Letters and Sciences for the advising college if you did not get into the LEP. </p>
<p>If you are accepted as a direct admission to the LEP of your choice, you will get an additional, separate letter from that LEP several days later, welcoming you to that program (at least they did that for engineering, and I would assume it’s done for other LEP’s as well).</p>
<p>**If you are invited to a special program like honors or scholars or CIVICUS, etc, you will also receive an additional, separate letter a few weeks later with details about the program you were selected for.</p>
<p>I wish everyone all the best in the hopes of becoming a Terp! :)</p>
<p>maryversity- thanks for your informative post. Do you know if students can double major? My D applied as a criminal justice major which is an LEP but is also interested in Broadcast Journalism now which is also an LEP. Or, if she decides to do Broadcast Journalism in the Phillip Merril School would it be difficult to switch into that because it is an LEP? Also, what is CIVICUS?</p>
<p>Hi Carly135, I am a freshman in CIVICUS (still on winter break) and would be happy to help explain what CIVICUS is for you. Basically CIVICUS is a two year living and learning program with 60 freshman 60 sophomores based on leadership, scholarship, community service-learning, community building in a diverse society, and citizenship and is located in one of the best freshman dorm locations, Somerset Hall, right next to McKeldin Library. You have to take one 3 credit class first semester where the director, Sue Briggs, (who has so many connections) teaches you about civility, societal issues, and identifying problems in a society, and how we can help fix these problems. We also read The Laramie Project. I got an A in the class, but it is not a joke. The class is small like 20 kids and you know everyone in the class and you know almost everyone in the whole building. You also take BSCV181 instead of the UNIV100 class for the 1 credit class. You also have to do community service during your fall and spring semester. Opportunities to do community service are posted in the basement next to the classroom, and you just sign up. We have a van that will take you to the community service event. CIVICUS is a great opportunity to have an instant group of friends, to still make friends outside of CIVICUS, to learn about society, to learn how to be civil towards each other, and to help serve your community. You also have to take a 1 credit class the Spring of freshman year as well as Sociology 105, and a class soph year fall semester, and then an internship the Spring of your sophmore year which you pick. A CIVICUS citation is also awarded on your transcript/diploma with completion of the program I know people who have balanced having two majors with CIVICUS, and it is not that hard for your daughter to become a double major, you just contact the school department and tell them your situation and you go through the process.</p>
<p>Yes, in general and in concept, students can double-major, but it is easier to match some majors than others…I don’t know too much about the majors you are referring to - I have a freshman engineer. However, I can tell you that when we went to an accepted students day I remember talking to an engineering student who had a double major of engineering and math. Since there is a lot of overlap, that is a feasible double major. However, he was taking the max allowable credits - 21, I think? - and I wouldn’t recommend that for everyone. You will have to compare the four-year academic plans (ie required courses) of both to see how much overlap there is and speak to an adviser, especially since both are LEPs…not sure if that’s possible or not. You should note that a double major may increase the chance of turning four years into five… A minor is going to be easier, of course. </p>
<p>The best thing about Maryland is that if you do change your major (let’s face it, how many 18-year-olds know definitively what they want to do with their lives?) there are lots of options and a lot of really outstanding programs. It’s not like you are going to a school that is well-known for x and you change to y, but y and all the other majors are not good there. Maryland has many great programs in a variety of areas. </p>
<p>Here is the link to explore CIVICUS, which is one of the living-learning programs
[CIVICUS</a> Living and Learning Program](<a href=“http://www.civicus.umd.edu/home.htm]CIVICUS”>http://www.civicus.umd.edu/home.htm)</p>
<p>UMDCP has a lot of living-learning program options that are really outstanding and have been the role model for many other universities. Here is the link to show you the various living-learning programs
[Office</a> of Undergraduate Admissions · University of Maryland Living and Learning Programs](<a href=“http://www.admissions.umd.edu/academics/LivingAndLearningPrograms.php]Office”>http://www.admissions.umd.edu/academics/LivingAndLearningPrograms.php)</p>
<p>Thank you herewegocolleges and maryversity for the great information. It is much appreciated!</p>
<p>Do the double major! I’ve heard great things about the broadcast program.</p>
<p>I’m SO NERVOUS!!! I have gotten to the point where I made myself a fake rejection letter to prepare myself for Jan. 31st!!!</p>
<p>I’m very nervous. I’ve been accepted everywhere else I’ve applied, but UMCP is the most selective school, and I applied as a Government & Politics major (which is an LEP program). </p>
<p>I wish the decisions would come out sooner! This has been the longest wait to hear back from a school. Then again, I heard back from Pitt in October, so I was very fortunate to hear early results.</p>