Understood. Just curious what this discussion board WOULD have recommended if a kid had a 31 ACT. Submit or not?
I donât have an answer or an opinion. Maybe others do.
We are in the same boat and have not decided yet. Interested to hear what you do- D23 4.1 weighted great ECs (2 varsity sports, club leadership etcâŠ)
I think itâs really hard to guess right now but a couple of questions for you. How are the individual sub scores? If they are all strong, Iâd be tempted to submit. If there was a weaker score, that might sway me to go TO.
GPA matters here too. If the student has a very very high GPA, I wouldnât submit.
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I think youâre good to submit. Even with test optional the average has only shifted up 1 pt Historically pre-TO you are right at the 50% line. Itâs not going to raise you up if the academic profile is a little light and itâs not going to drag you down if youâre already strong.
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My friend called UMD admissions because her dd was in this same situation with a 1330 SAT. Admissions told her donât submit. They said the way they evaluate applicants is that all those with a test score are placed in one pile and evaluated together and those that do not submit (TO) will go in another pile and evaluated together. I donât think any indication was given regarding whether more offers would be given to one pile over another or if it would be even.
Thanks. Guess weâre back to âno right answerâ. My kid has a 4.0 unweighted with about 5 APs overall, 1 honors. Good EC (not awesome). Strong essay writer. So the ACT score of 31 could be a âdragâ it seems more than a lift, but we decided to submit.
I think a 31 shold be submitted. I wouldnât leave the AOâs guessing. Itâs good enough not to hurt.
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Iâd been worried about the email from UMD that said they didnât have everything, yet Common App said they did. UMD didnât reply to emails or calls, so I felt nervous.
Today, we saw that UMD downloaded the application. I hope that means they have what they need.
We didnât bother requesting scores from College Board so donât have to worry if the scores show up or not. I love TO, because itâs one less thing to track. 
Once the college downloads your application they should be sending you an email to their portal. Your best bet is to check the portal and make sure they have received all required materials.
Thank you.
Even if it says it is complete, I would call Admissions to confirm. Sometimes there are errors and it would be a really rough thing for your kid to find out they were bumped to RA because of a technical error. Better safe than sorry.
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We called and emailed. No reply.
The portal says itâs complete. Itâs just that email that said it wasnât.
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How long does it take for school docs (transcript and LORs) to show up as received? Dâs school sent those over the weekend via Naviance but the UMD portal doesnât reflect those so the application looks incomplete. All of Dâs common app material submitted weeks ago is there and complete and Naviance shows everything from the school as sent, but we want to make sure thereâs no glitch with the school material. Does this situation need an email to confirm completion or is there typically a lag even with electronically sent school docs? Definitely donât want to blow the EA deadline with some administrative error.
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Both.
There may be a lag in showing up on the portal, but donât take a chance - confirm with UMD.
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Thanks for the quick reply. Now the portal is showing that the transcript and LORs were received yesterday, but somehow the application status is âNOT completeâ and nothing is showing as missing. Weird. D will give it another hour or so and then email admissions if itâs still showing incomplete. Seems like there is a lag in the portal.
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I had that problem last week, there is a lag and It does update in a few hours. Good luck!
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In case anyone else has this problem, Iâm replying to report that the portal finally updated to show a complete application this morning â two days after the final documents were sent. I guess the volume of material being submitted, even electronically, close to the deadline slowed the portal updates.
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Just some additional color on thisâŠ
The lag is actually due to the human effort involved in the process. When transcripts and other files come in from high schools, someone in the admissions office takes a quick look to make sure they are what they purport to be.
For example, the pdf thatâs supposed to be a studentâs transcript might actually be something else (by mistake)
Once verified, the staffer checks off the document as received and then thatâs reflected on the portal immediately.
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