It sounds like you already know that most applicants are admitted EA. For the class of 2023 it was 97.3%. Still, like the lottery, you gotta be in it to win it. The application fee is $85. If that is not a hardship, I would still apply RD but also know that it’s a long shot and you need other realistic target and safety schools.
One of the colleges my D applied to OOS admits less than 1% of its students from my state, so I do not expect an acceptance but she was interested so she applied.
Unfortunately your odds in RD are extremely slim, not so much because of your stats as just UMD will already have most of who they want.
In the end they will pick and choose the last students that they want during RD very carefully, probably looking to fill in any gaps (specific major, other status they want to shore up). You might be one of those but who knows.
We are OOS, and my son applied in late October. Based on trends from previous years, do folks have a sense for when decisions start coming out? Thank you! And good luck to all.
Applying RD is tough at UMD. EA is the one to apply for. The problem is they’ll have filled the vast majority of applications they want. I think RD is mostly them plugging holes. Just my thoughts. Hopefully someone can give you a decent answer but applying RD has severely hampered you.
Uggggggh, out if state. Take what I said and multiply it by ten…
Even though my daughter is fully aware that she will not know anything until the end of January, she woke up today at 5:30 am to go to dance practice and saw an email from “University of Maryland Admissions” She thought to herself “this could be really bad or it could be really good” And with a small amount of trepidation opened it to read
“Happy Thanksgiving from the University of Maryland Admissions”
With a Subject that starts “Happy Thanksgiving from the University of Maryland,”, seems odd to call this cruel. This would have to apply to every email received from any college to which a student has applied
Do other mail clients not show the subject line in the initial listing?
It was in her phone so no subject and at 6am on her way to dance practice. Was supposed to be funny and sarcastic. Glad I don’t have your sense of humor
SAT composite appears to be off. According to CDS for 20-21, ~ 55% of enrolled students had scores < 1400; 1460 was beginning of 4th quartile (1290 2nd q), therefore, 1430 is too high for midpoint
@SoofDad
It could be the difference between admitted and enrolled students. Many of the strongest students might have decided to enroll somewhere else thus lowering the median of enrolled students.
The level of negativity some people possess is amazing