Yes, I looked up who the regional representative is. They don’t list their emails online but I googled her and found it. Definitely reach out to that person; I think you will get a quicker response that way.
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It is so interesting as my son did a course through Syracuse summer of 2020 not for credit and listed it under activities. He didn’t get a grade and it wasn’t for credit so there would be no transcript. And he was accepted. Maybe they knew from the program it wasn’t for grade/credit.
If even some of the courses were for college credit, UMD needs the transcript. That being said, it’s a shame that the file was marked “completed.”
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In this more recent conversation or the email that was sent did you indicate that you are aware of at least one other student in this same situation who Maryland agreed to review as an EA app if the transcripts were sent immediately and that you request the same consideration for your daughter?
While I would hope the admissions department as a whole is applying consistent policies in exception situations like these, it seems possible that individual admissions counselors are empowered to make these decisions independently. And if that is the case your daughter’s counselor might benefit from knowing that another counselor decided to do that for another student.
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Your situation is different from dreamermom and momoftwo77. In your situation UMd seems to have acknowledged your child’s application was complete and it somehow got missed and they confirmed they’d review it and provide a decision in 5-7 days. I’m not sure this is worth tweeting at Maryland about but certainly couldn’t hurt to do a follow-up email to your child’s specific admissions counselor just to confirm what you were told over the phone.
In the other two cases, although the Maryland portal showed their students application as complete, Maryland believed they were missing transcripts which is why they didn’t process the applications. In one case, they seem to have now agreed to process the application as an EA app. In the other case it seems like that decision is still unclear. I’m not sure even in these situations I’d jump to tweeting to Maryland about it since contact has been made.
In my opinion the person who should be tweeting at Maryland is @Bda2022 and anyone else who has tried but been unable to make contact to find out why they didn’t receive a decision.
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One of the dilemmas with the scholar program is the number of additional courses it requires you to take. That could come in the way of graduating early or getting multiple degrees. I wonder if it would be better for students who want to graduate early or with multiple degrees to decline LLC offers. Anybody have thoughts on that?
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@Bda2022 FYI, I didn’t get a call back. I googled the admissions rep for our area, figured out her email, and emailed her all the details. When I spoke to a random person over the phone, I didn’t get anywhere. Go to their site, under the Search function, search for “Admission representative” and find yours, and then Google them, find their email–they don’t list them on their site but ours was [lastname]@umd.edu–and send them a detailed email. Good luck!
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I don’t know what these specific courses are, but when my D was in University Honors several years ago, the courses that she had to take for her Honors Citation were courses that also satisfied GenEd course requirements that All students must satisfy. They were not really additional courses.
My daughter is a senior now. Her freshman year they had to take an Honors 100 course that all Honors students took. She and her freshman roommate, also in Honors College, actually taught that course as sophomores the following year. But I believe they have discontinued that particular course or at least discontinued having students teach it. Nonetheless, it was a great opportunity for them and a nice addition to their resumes. All that to say, you just might find some interesting opportunities in the Honors College that you wouldn’t have otherwise.
And based upon momoftwo77’s success, it sounds like you definitely need to be communicating directly with your daughter’s admissions counselor rather than with whoever happens to answer the phone or any generic email box.
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I should have clarified. I was wondering about the Scholars & Carillon programs more than the Honors. I do see the advantages of being in the Honor’s program.
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My son (UMD '18) was in the Honors College (University Honors), and graduated in 4 years with a major in Aerospace Engineering and minor in Statistics. My daughter was in the Scholars Program (Arts Scholars), and will graduate on time this year with a double major (Business Management and Marketing). Neither had any issues completing all of the requirements. The classes required for their LLC Programs weren’t extra classes, but rather counted toward their gen ed requirements. I will add that my son started at UMD with 33 credits from AP classes. My daughter started with 27 credits.
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I believe that Students could do Scholars or Carillon for one semester, then drop it if desired. I think that having a cohort to begin with can be very beneficial in such a large university.
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Thanks for sharing your perspective. Very helpful.
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That is correct. My daughter had a few friends who really didn’t care for the Art Scholars Program. They simply dropped it. I think that one of them actually dropped it by second semester of freshman year.
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With respect to additional courses, I expect that Honors and Scholars are the same. The courses that you have to take for either one, satisfy GenEd courses that are required for Graduation. No one can get out of taking a certain number of these courses. You can look at the 4 year plan for your student’s major to see what is required.
I know that the Honors College sounds impressive, but a much more impressive accomplishment is Departmental Honors. Students can apply for this at the beginning of Junior year.
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Also it can be difficult to get into many of the more popular GenEd courses. Many of these courses are restricted to students with less than 60 credits. Over 60 credits, you are put on a hold file and can’t actually be added to the class (assuming there are still slots available) until days before the semester starts. If you are coming in with a lot of AP credits, this can be an issue as early as your first year. The advantage of a more robust LLP program is that several of the Geneds are within the program and you don’t have to worry about getting into them. My DD completed many of her GenEds through the University Honors seminars - however this is a totally different program now with less flexibility - but a much nicer dorm.
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Lol has anyone else also not received a UMD decision yet? This is getting ridiculous - the admissions office wouldn’t accept my calls because their lines were busy and I emailed the office but never got a response.
RIP I guess to my UMD application.
I tried googling for our regional rep and I am not able find her contact e-mail
@banoobmom See staff directory for UMD. Put Admission Officer’s name
https://identity.umd.edu/search
And @techpreneurCV
Did you contact individual admissions counselor for your region?
https://www.admissions.umd.edu/explore/admission-representatives
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