<p>I have been researching schools that I may want to transfer to after I do a couple of semesters at a CC. I wanted to know from any of you guys experiences what kind of grades I need, extracurriculars among other things, what should my plan to be admitted?
A few more questions how many semesters do I need to do in college to have my high school record overlooked? And how much aid is given for OOS, I will qualify for a lot of need based aid but does UM give it out?</p>
<p>I’m not really sure about which EC’s you need, but I do know that after 2 semesters UMD will not consider ur hs career.</p>
<p>We’ve seen people who have successfully transferred after one year. The most important thing will be your college GPA. The higher the better. </p>
<p>UMD isn’t good as far as financial aid, especially for OOS. There are several Maryland resident need-based opportunities that obviously don’t apply. Assuming your EFC is low, you’ll qualify for the basic federal programs, but expect that there would be a significant gap not met with loans, grants, etc. UMD does not meet all need-based needs (nor do most (any?) public schools).</p>
<p>Well, Maryland is fairly lax in terms of its IS transfer requirements (I’m less familiar with OOS transfer requirements). Fairly lax in a sense that it’s much tougher to get in as a freshman imho. I believe 3.0 or better is probably sufficient, with/without campus involvement, for a transfer student. MD pays less and less attention to your HS transcript the more semesters you have under your belt, but anectdotally people have been pretty successful in terms of admission with 1 year of B-average college grades (whether or not they officially stop looking at the HS record after 2 years or not, I do not know).</p>
<p>However, there’s a definite problem of it not meeting all of your aid needs. IS students would have access to more money but even IS students are not getting 100% of their need met. So, I would suggest trying to get as good grades as you can, and being as involved as you can. This might put you in the running for some merit aid to help close the gap.</p>