Does out of state make huge difference? We are shocked @ denial-especially after reading this thread.
@alexeles What school did she apply to? Some are a lot more competitive than others
@rockinman - I guess that it’s always possible that a mistake could have been made. Since my son applied as undecided, I don’t really know what they were looking for or how many applied to the engineering school. I’m sure that you’re disappointed, but you really can transfer into the engineering school relatively quickly and still graduate in 4 years. Have you taken any AP classes? You might already have credit for a lot of the gateway classes. I know that another parent, either terpmom or maryversity has posted the link to the transfer requirements. Here is the link again:
http://www.eng.umd.edu/advising/transfer#current
A lot of the admissions stuff (with all schools) seems pretty random. My son is in the Honors College and did get a presidential scholarship, but was not invited to Bannker/Key even though his stats were higher than some who got the invite/scholarship. No point in trying to figure it out.
accepted to freshman connection
3.3 UW, 3.9 W, 2090 SAT 30 ACT from a Florida private school
Lots of law-related extracurriculars and went to NHD nationals this year at UMD
what exactly is freshman connection?
Obviously some are more competitive but we are surprised especially after seeing many accepted have lower grades equal SATs etc. Into James Madison Delaware uva Duquesne St Joe’s, waiting to hear from pitt.
Really urgent question for people who “knows the answers to”!!. I have been accepted to global communities program! Did everyone get accepted? Am I supposed to be proud? Also, I applied to criminal justice but was accepted.to letters and sciences! Will I be able to switch to ccjs once.i get in and graduate in 4 years if I work hard? If its not for ccjs, I have no reason to attend umcp. I want to know if thats a fime possibility
I got in freshman connection too! Basically it lets you take classes in the fall semester but only at certain times(after 3pm M-T and 8-4 F) @kellyr0ma I’m pretty sure there’s FC housing too!
@spidermom03 thanks for all the help. honestly, i’m not that upset since i thankfully have already gotten into bing engineering as my safe school and have applied to over 15 other schools as a prospective eng major hoping can get into a few more (engineering is my passion). by the time i graduate i will have taken 5 ap’s and even though it sounds as though it was super easy for your son to transfer, i think it may be beneficial to go to a school where i know i am safe in engineering. I really do appreciate all the help. Thanks!
@spidermom03 - Do you know when they give out invites for Banneker Key? Your post looked like you might be “in the know” - thanks!
Hey guys… I got accepted to the global communication programs… Any info, I’ve read that only a few people get accepted to it but what do you know about the program??
@kidsrexpensive - I’m not really that “in the know” since my son didn’t get an invitation, but I want to say that the Banneker Key invites were given out in Feb or March. I’m terrible with remembering dates, but there was definitely a rather significant wait between admission and the invitations.
Did we have to apply separately for scholars?
Accepted for Fall 2015!! 
I did have the housing link prior to the decision. And all my friends that were accepted had the link to the housing link as well.
No, there was no seperate app for either scholars or honors. You’re automatically considered. @kimmi136
Accepted for Business Management! 3.38 unweighted/3.83 weighted; 1990 combined SAT. Hope everyone here got in.
Accepted to Honors College for Engineering!
3.71 UW 4.55 W
35 ACT
@rockinman1- My son applied Engineering and got into Letter and Sciences as well. He has already gotten accepted at University Wisconsin Engineering but really likes Maryland. Not sure what he will do but I am thinking Wisconsin.
I’m so excited for all of you new Terps!!!
Really urgent question for people who “knows the answers to”!!. I have been accepted to global communities program! Did everyone get accepted? Am I supposed to be proud? Also, I applied to criminal justice but was accepted.to letters and sciences! Will I be able to switch to ccjs once.i get in and graduate in 4 years if I work hard? If its not for ccjs, I have no reason to attend umcp. I want to know if thats a fime possibility
Can someone plz answer me???
@kimmi136 that is really interesting because my letter implies that I was accepted to the Criminology program, yet I was not accepted for the fall semester.