University of Maryland-College Park Fall 2017 Transfer Discussion

I’ll be a sophomore in the fall hoping to apply to the Business School

Anyone else applying for Fall 2017 transfer?

Any current students have advice for transfers?

What are your stats? Also, where are you coming from?

I’m from MD and I have a 3.67 at my current college and since I have less than 30 credits I had to send my ACT score (28) and HS transcript. How about you?

That’s a really good GPA.
Mines a 2.7 from UMBC. I’m a mechanical engineering major with 50 credits.
However, I am really scared I won’t get in, even for priority.

Yeah it might be tight with that GPA but you never know because one semester the average transfer GPA was a 3.09 it just depends on how good everyone else is

i’m currently trying to transfer from towson university. i took a class at a local community college and my gpa is currently a 3.28. I’ve applied by the priority deadline and i’m hoping to get into the music school! as long as you have about a 3.0 gpa, i think you should be fine

Yeah that’s basically what I’ve noticed

I’m a sophmore from a regional campus of Ohio State.
GPA: 3.55
Good extracurriculars that are relevant to my major (Politics) including interning in Hillary Clinton campaign.

What do you think my chances are?

I’m not really that qualified to give chances but if I had to guess, from what I’ve heard you probably are a safe bet with that GPA

I’m a sophomore and have a 3.89 GPA, majoring in political science at my Harford Community College. I intend on going pre-law. I applied last semester but I decided to stay at HCC for one more semester to finish my associates. I now intend on doing priority decision for this fall. Do I have to re-apply?

It’s also worth noting that HCC is not a part of MTAP.

if you plan on going this fall, then yeah, you should probably re-apply for priority if you haven’t already

When do you guys think all Fall 2017 transfer students will be notified?

The past few years from reading this forum, decisions have been released between April 14-17th

Thanks

Please Chance me
College- Triton College (Community College)
GPA: 3.90
Major: Economics
Unweighted HS GPA: 3.21
APs: None
Honors Classes: 14
Upward Trend in Grades (2 D’s Fr. year, 2 C’s Soph. Year, All A’s and B’s Junior Year, All A’s and 2 B+’s Senior Year)
SAT: 1560/2400 (Old SAT, 2 years ago)
SAT: 1510/1600 (New SAT, taken March 2017)

Extra Curriculars:
Internship at a Law office (Former Judge), Peer Mentor (Tutoring at my Commun. College), Manager at my Job (Philly cheesesteak restaurant), Model United Nations (High School), School Paper Staff, Math Club, STEM Club, Chinese Club (High School), Volunteer Work, Piano, Soccer (High School, 4 years), Intramural Sports

President’s List
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (For Community Colleges)
First Honors in High School (Highest Honors)

Recommendations: None Yet, I am asking my sociology professor and he always tells me I that I am very smart and that I should pursue multiple career paths. I finished my 50 question plus essay and double checked it, all in 15 minutes to prove I am really smart to him. He should give me a good recommendation. (Telling it how it is…)
Might also ask my ECON Professor for a letter of REC (My Major)
If my application is very competitive or complete trash, let me know! Honesty is the best answer!

got the same problem that my submitted date changed. thinking that wont affect the priority

Yeah my application completion date is now 3/25/17… but I emailed an admissions counselor in February before I submitted to make sure they had everything they needed and they did. My submission date is 2/28/17 though so it’s all good.

I don’t know why the completion date changes so often.

Yeah, it’s an odd glitch that their system has. The date just updates every time you log in. it doesn’t necessarily mean that’s when your application was completed. It basically explains it on the application portal.

I wish they notified Fall transfers earlier :frowning:

same wish