My son is OOS, hasn’t committed yet and got 50k. Probably will attend unless he gets into Northwestern. He applied there ED and got deferred. Also waiting to hear from Michigan, Vandy, UNC and Berkeley.
Received the presidential scholarship today. 50k total, 12.5k a year. OOS
@lifegarding, we are in state. D is most likely committed to attending UMD.
@JMRome My son also got the Presidential 20k merit, and he is not in honors or scholars. We are out of state.
@field2life My son is in a similar situation as you at another university. Got accepted into Scholars, a strong student with good EC’s and leadership but they chose not to give him any merit money.
I’m wondering if because we already committed in early Feb. That the school feels less need to offer a scholarship?
@lifegarding i wonder if in-state hasn’t come out yet. D has not committed, was accepted to Honors, but no $ yet. Most comments seem to be OOS – which is great, because it shows how high in demand UMD is!
In state. Accepted into Honors. $9k total merit (not per year). Had expected more based on other kids from prior years with less than stellar credentials. We don’t qualify for need based so this is it. However, reading here about how many well qualified students haven’t been offered any merit by College Park this year we will consider ourselves lucky.
@Green2022 my D is the same. In-State, Honors. She received Dean’s scholarship, $9000, spread over two years. Was hoping for Presidential but like you we are grateful for what she got. I think for in-state, merit is pretty skimpy at UMD.
I have heard that there are some department scholarships awarded a n April. Also, there are more scholarships they can apply to in later years. As we all know, every little bit helps!
Just logged on to MD financial website and found “award”…Loans. No scholarship money. Even though our “need” was calculated at a higher number, it simply suggested sources of other loans. I’m a bit flabbergasted. Looks like UMD is off our list. There’s no way we’re paying 50k for OOS when our D can graduate debt-free from other schools. I have to say, very disappointed.
Has financial aid been released yet?
@PA511 you can log into your MD portal and click on financial aid to see if they have come to a determination yet. It will either say under review, or tell you your award info.
Seems like the merit awards are very much score driven, especially for in-state, with more variability for OOS students. Everyone at my D’s in-state school who had a 34 ACT received a Presidential Scholarship (8k/yr), vs 33 ACT received a 2 yr Dean’s Scholarship for 4.5k/yr. Most of the IS respondents on this thread coincide with this tight cut-off with 34+/1530+ getting 4 yr Presidential and 33/32?/<1530 gettings Dean’s. Most OOS with 34+ are getting larger Presidential (8k/12k/12.5k/yr). Most 32-33 OOS are getting 5k/yr Presidential with some OOS only getting 2k/yr Presidential. Also some OOS 34+ getting no merit. Seems like these awards are really more to keep the top IS students in-state where even a 2 yr 4.5k/yr award is significant taking into account the lower in-state costs. For many OOS families, even a somewhat generous 12.5k/yr award is still not enough to send their child to UMD when other schools are offering more. From personal experience, UMD’S OOS merit awards are quite generous compared to U Michigan where the OOS COA is over 62k/yr and the only kids getting merit, so far, generally have 35+ ACT! Probably why UMich in-state yield is 70% vs 30% OOS.
@CU1986 yup, my D is 34+ OOS on the ACT…no merit. No honors. No scholars. No love for her from MD. Oh well, c’est la vie.
DS admitted to UMD Honors and Smith Business school. 4.25 GPA and 34 ACT. We are OOS. Logged into financial aid portal thanks to @JMRome post, and nothing, nada, zero merit. We really loved the vibe at UMD when we toured but DS has better offers from higher tiered private business schools with significant merit. Time to break up with UMD.
I never got an email but I know others that did does that mean I didn’t receive any merit? also what is this financial aid portal being r talking about and how do I get to it and log into it?
@glaze0430 your student needs a UMD.edu account. There were several steps to take upon acceptance to reserve spot for housing, accept decision (which DS has not done and probably won’t do now), etc. Once that account is set up, the financial aid is in there with the whole cost of attendance spreadsheet. I don’t remember specifically how we did it but the acceptance letter was our starting point. Good luck!
No in-state merit with UMD Honors, 35 ACT and 4.0 UW. Made the decision not to attend easy.
DD got Dean’s scholarship $4500/year x 2 years. Hoping for President’s scholarship but we are still happy for Dean’s scholarship. Got $8000/year x4 yrs from UMBC but will decline now that we got scholarship from UMCP.
@glaze0430 your Maryland ID is in your acceptance letter. You use it to set up your UMD.edu account (set password, etc.) The easiest way I found to get to the financial aid link was to go to the Admitted Freshman Checklist, go down to the step that talks about Financial Aid, and click on the link there. It takes you directly to the FA site (testudo) and when you log in you see your info there.