UMD Banneker Key & Other Aid Class of 2022 discussion

@dylanpop You mean you were invited to interview for the BK scholarship on coalition?

@glorianagloriana Yep. His coalition has it too. It doesn’t make too much sense for coalition to be updated at different times, so it looks like that’s the place to look whether you got in or not (Unless somebody who got the physical letter reports that their coalition isn’t updated yet).

Is it right on the coalition page with the decision letter, checklist, etc? Thanks

@Daisy50 As @Dylanpop says above, the Coalition App “Checklist” has been updated to reflect a B/K Interview date

@Fukuro @dham340 The ONLY thing my DD received in the mail was the B/K red envelope (and a handwritten letter from an Admissions Counselor the day before). Never got anything in the mail with a hard copy of her Admissions letter.

I checked coalition and I’m a finalist!!! I’m so excited

@gemini2727 yeah under the checklist it gives me an interview date

Still waiting for a letter though

What screen or tab on Coalition App would mention it? Thank you.

The checklist

Slightly off-topic - Does anyone know if the UMD Presidential Scholarship is in the range of $5k-$10k per year?

For those of you who received the invite on the Coalition, are you in state or out of state?

@DollyPuppy instate is 5k or 8k a year. Out of state is 8k or 12k a year.
@landolakes instate

No update on my coalition… Looks like I didn’t get it. That most likely rules out UMD for me. Good luck to those who became finalists! :slight_smile:

Thanks so much to everyone on this thread for providing information. There is nothing on my son’s Coalition checklist showing anything different or an interview date, so we are figuring he is not going to be offered a BK interview. You all saved us from unnecessary stress/waiting to hear!! Congrats to all who got it!

Can someone post a picture of what their coalition looks like?

Did anyone out of state get the letter or an update on their Coalition checklist?

Here is a link to the UMD Merit Scholarships. Amounts are contained in the sub-links

https://financialaid.umd.edu/scholarships/merit.html

Hey everyone - there is a "Special Note: email from UMd that says:

Dear [MESMES’ Daughter],

Greetings from Maryland!

By now, you should have received a special packet in the mail providing instructions on how to accept your invitation to campus to interview for our …

If for some reason you have not received a packet, please refer to your MyCoalition Checklist for more information.

We look forward to welcoming you to campus!

Sincerely…

Just to clarify there are oos kids who have received a letter/email/coalition update right?

My 3rd child has been accepted to UMD and I wanted to add a note about aid. My middle son received a significant scholarship from the A James Clark Engineering school and was notified via email with a letter following. He had also already sent in his acceptance. He was invited to Scholars and his stats were average for UMD. We are in state from a large school with many students attending UMD from our area. Most students do not receive aid or scholarships but wanted to remind everyone that there are departmental scholarships in addition to the regular merit aid.