It is for admitted students. Use the University ID in the admission letter to ask to join.
nope, thatās the one Iām in. It says, once your child commits, join the other FB page.
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@DadOfJerseyGirl if you find out anything about any non-FB UMD parents group if you will please pass it along. Iāll do the same. Thanks!
Sure. Will do.
Just as another data point.
My son took Calc AB and got a 4 on the test, receiving credit for Math140 Calc 1. I had also heard about Calc 2 being a weed out at UMD and was nervous when he told me he was going to take Calc 2 his first semester at UMD. In my mind I thought he might be better taking Calc 1 for an āeasy Aā, making sure he had a good understanding and then moving up. Anyway, he did great in Calc 2, A, and has since taken Calc 3 with the same result. Every student is different. I just want to let people know that it was possible to do well in that class. Iām sure a particular professor could make a difference too.
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I heard there may be an accepted student Instagram, but we havenāt yet looked.
Iām curious how the applicant and admission numbers tell you the number or percentage of students that receive scholarships? The product of admit and yield numbers, yes. Iām unclear how scholarship data is derived from this.
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Scholarships are awarded to admitted students. There are many more admitted OOS students than admitted IS students. Therefore. more OOS admitted students are getting scholarships.
It is, as I said , a simplistic analysis. But, given the lack of data regarding UMDās methodology for awarding scholarships. it may be as good as any other.
I really think that trying to figure out.the āWhyāsā of UMD scholarship awards is futile. Iāve been reading these discussions for a few years now. No one has been able to answer āWhyā
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Does not followā¦ as it assumes that scholarships are proportionately distributed among in-state and OOS.
Of course, thatās the crux of the question being asked here, and youāre using an assumption that this is true as support for your assertion that itās true.
State-funded universities have an overriding priority to educate students of the state.
Yes, assuming all students get the same scholarships will mean that all students get equivalent scholarships, but I donāt think this is at all accurate.
Anecdotal data on almost any state university says this is not true. āOOS students receive little financial aidā is a nearly universal statement on state school forums.
If you were admitted under Letters and Sciences, do you have to complete the gateway requirements and then reapply to get accepted as a CS major?
You have to complete the gateway requirements and submit an Internal Transfer form.
Well, good luck to all.
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@SoofDad If you had a dollar for every time youāve been askedā¦ you could fill your carās gas tankš
I could BUY a car and fill the gas tank! 
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My son is on an honors floor and none of them have struggled with 140/141, most of his friends got As. Yes, it is work, but Iād say thatās certainly not a consensus. Calculus is somewhat important to engineering so Iād say itās probably a good idea to have a strong foundation in it.
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For anyone interested, UMD orientation dates are now available.
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This is largely true, but not always. First, OOS students receive little merit aid. They do get financial aid if there is need. Second, some schools are looking move up in the ranks and those will offer a lot of merit aid to OOS. My kid has been offered 15m at Oregon so far. But that pales in comparison to what you can get at a place like Alabama.
The reality is at most schools OOS students get āhigherā scholarship amounts.
UMD is a little less than $10K for tuition and fees for instate. OOS is $37.5K.
So someone is not going to get $12K in-state.
Schools want the OOS tuition $ and even someone who earns $12K out of state (and they are few) is still a better customer than the in-state student.
This plays out at many / most public colleges - scholarships for OOS students are richer.
Canāt tell if thereās less or more in quantity - but certainly $$ per student would be more on OOS in most places.
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But this is also on UMD. The letter from Letters and Sciences and the referenced LEP website are not at all clear on this. Why do they bury it in an FAQ on the separate CS website? I know, big underfunded institution with lots of moving parts but you would think they want the students they have admitted to understand how they get into their desired major.
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