University of Maryland (2022-2023)

[wicked field]

Still haven’t gotten a decision 😢

[late shard]

Damn

Never even seen that, they always switch to spring I feel like

[wet lava]

do they only accept 4.0s into honors

cuz I was hoping for honors but got scholars

[glacial dove]

dubs

gtech gave me the option

to transfer

umd is actually hatin

[restive edge]

Did u get eject

Reject

[glacial dove]

whatever this is

gaurtuneed transfer next year

[junior patio]

georgia resident?

[glacial dove]

Nah oos International

[peak briar]

whats college park scholars?

[past yoke]

I got in

[wind nymph]

I applied CS but the acceptance letter is showing this

[past yoke]

but I took like 64 credits at a community college while in high school

[junior patio]

it means you are undeclared

[wind nymph]

idk what it means

oh rip

its ez to transfer right

[astral dragon]

accepted oos but not to honors college

I had a 3.93 uw, 14 APs + post-APs, 1580 sat, USAMO qual, selective ressearch program

does this mean my common app was shit?

[past yoke]

Did anyone get in with a History major ?

[plucky wolf]

That’s how I feel lol dw

Damn 1580 tho that sucks

[wet lava]

ya fr

bruh i wanted honors

scholars does not hit the same

[wet lava]

what major

[astral dragon]

math ;-;

[peak briar]

is it not the honors program

supposedly its only like 70 kids for each of the 12

[wet lava]

oh dang I’m sry

[peak briar]

cohorts

[astral dragon]

I’m lowkey scared now

[wet lava]

no scholars is separate

[peak briar]

is it like

good

[wet lava]

ya I read that

[peak briar]

or

does it not matter

[wet lava]

it’s better than regular

it’s like in between getting into regular and getting into honors

[astral dragon]

Does UMD base honors college admissions in stats?

[wet lava]

it’s also 2 years as opposed to honors being 4

[astral dragon]

Or essays?

[wet lava]

uhhh I think it’s holistic

so everything

[astral dragon]

Huh

[patent roost]

UMD was the only real one today

[wet lava]

stats, ECs, essays

[patent roost]

respect 🙏

wait it says second choice college

what does that mean

[restive edge]

Cs

?

[astral dragon]

I had 3 times usa(j)mo, a research paper, statewide music awards, 3 club leadership positions, and a varsity sport for ecs, is that seriously lacking 😭

[patent roost]

yes

[restive edge]

Wow and honors ?

[patent roost]

no

normal

[plucky wolf]

Damn bro I mean

[restive edge]

Did u get rejected pi

Pelican

Pelu autocorrect

[patent roost]

ECs are actually dogshit

[astral dragon]

No accepted but just regular college

[patent roost]

i dont know how i got into umd

cs

im sorry

[restive edge]

Same cs ?

[patent roost]

got straight rejected from everyone else

[astral dragon]

no, math

[wet lava]

honestly don’t beat yourself up over it, there’s a lot of things out of your control that aren’t on you. it could’ve been ur essays and it maybe wasn’t. i know a girl who was rejected in state UMD and she ended up going to Cornell, the process is truly a lottery at one point and we are all playing it’s game and u still got in so don’t even worry ab it

[patent roost]

much better than me lol

shit i feel bad

holy fuck

[astral dragon]

That makes me feel better

[patent roost]

if i sent my ECs yall would get second-hand embarassment

[restive edge]

Guys I didn’t get honors college

Is this bad

[astral dragon]

Just scared i won’t end up somewhere I’m happy but ig I’ll keep hoping…

[restive edge]

And only letters

[patent roost]

not at all

[wet lava]

ur clearly very accomplished and it’s what you make of your experience not what’s given to you :)

[restive edge]

Does this mean no scholarship too

[patent roost]

thats mid

[patent roost]

not necessarily i think

[restive edge]

Really

How do u know

[patent roost]

idk search it up

[patent roost]

also why does it ask for second choice college when i got admitted for CS

[oak marsh]

I think it's talking about what college you would attend besides UMD

[patent roost]

oh i see

i thought they were talking about the colleges within the uni lol

[restive edge]

Is this bad if I just got into letters and no honors

I worked hard in hs

And got scammed and baited

By uni

[patent roost]

i did but UMD covered me hard

❤️ UMD

[restive edge]

Same

I got 4.0 uw 10 aps still scam and

Yeah f this

[rough nexus]

How

[severe hull]

wdym

?

[rough nexus]

Dude ur website in ur bio is insane

[patent roost]

4.0, 1510 SAT

[severe hull]

oh lmao

[restive edge]

Dang

[severe hull]

my grades are bad

[patent roost]

UMD stats kinda crazy to

[severe hull]

im 3.67/4.11

[patent roost]

between 1340 to 1490 middle 50%

[severe hull]

and i have like a C in there

so low stats

i got lucky with UMD

[patent roost]

for CS you probably need 1500+

with UMD

[severe hull]

SAT was clutch

1540 saved me

[rough nexus]

bruh that’s not low lmao

[patent roost]

fr

[severe hull]

low for umd cs apparently

[patent roost]

LOW?

[rough nexus]

umd is on another level

[severe hull]

not the sat bruh

my gpa

3.67

@patent roost

lol

[patent roost]

oh

[severe hull]

yes

[patent roost]

i was about to say

[severe hull]

that is low

bruh im not like that

not that much of a 1600 dickrider

[rough nexus]

I feel like a super small percent get direct

idk how

[severe hull]

yeah

thats facts

but whatever im in

[sand marten]

WAIT

[rough nexus]

Intern with google before u even apply

[severe hull]

and i dont fucking care no more

im UMD bound

[sand marten]

what does that look like on the acceptance letter

[severe hull]

at the bottom

[sand marten]

how do we know

[severe hull]

it says ur major

what did it say for u

bruh

[rough nexus]

L&S

[severe hull]

@sand marten

what it say for major

at the bottom of ur letter

comp sci?

[sand marten]

oh yea

[rough nexus]

holy shit congrats man

Bruh

big flex right there

[sand marten]

nah the tuition is insane tho

40K

[rough nexus]

Wait they released scholarship and finaid?

[sand marten]

i mean for like w/o finaid and scholarships

[rough nexus]

Oh

[sand marten]

like the original tuition

[rough nexus]

Yeh umd is insane

[rose berry]

Anyone still waiting on their UMD decision? I've been waiting on mine for like the past 2 hours

[small hazel]

Just saw that I got in too

[rose berry]

damn

nice

[wicked field]

me

idk why they stalling

[small hazel]

So far Penn State, Purdue, UMD, RUTGERS, Drexel, UDel and UIUC

[rough nexus]

Goddamn

[small hazel]

Now waiting for a few big ones which wont come until late March

[hybrid widget]

hey can anyone tell me how to check 💀

[patent roost]

umd portal

[hybrid widget]

did they come out yet

[patent roost]

yes

[hybrid widget]

how

how do i check i apparently am incompetent 😭

[tacit rapids]

Congrats to all ppl accepted :) feel free to dm w any questions abt the school

[patent roost]

now that you mention it

i did apply with a 1480

lol

bruh

im fucking stupid then

[stable plume]

rejected cs oos

: (

man sending my act score rlly screwed me over

[tender topaz]

How

oos cs?

[patent roost]

yeah

whats UMD CS acceptance rate

im curious

yeah

[hybrid widget]

this is all it’s showing for me guys

can someone help 😭

[tender topaz]

How bruh

That’s messed up imo

Which cs+x

Ah

[tacit rapids]

for cs? no way

maybe in-state

[hybrid widget]

uhhh can someone help bro 😭

[tacit rapids]

cs is tough

[stable plume]

anybody know cs admit rate?

[wicked field]

i have the same issue can u dm?

[hard terrace]

I got rejected 😭

[grim tusk]

@dawn acorn did you end up getting in?

[dawn acorn]

NO

lol

[wet lava]

umd cs is like t20 it’s def competitive

[patent roost]

yeah

like purdue level

perhaps better

[viral inlet]

its ranked better than purdue in cs rankings

[warm jacinth]

was everyone who got accepted got invited to Carillon Communities.

[patent roost]

sheesh

fucked em over fr

UMD underrated

[bold ether]

lmao my portal is still empty 😭???

[hybrid ruin]

no

[bitter rampart]

if i got into letters and sciences can i transfer into cs?

[patent roost]

yes but im guessing it wont be easy

[bitter rampart]

i looked it up online and their website says guaranteed if you meet certain criteria

but im not sure about that

was wondering if anyone who actually goes there knows

[hybrid ruin]

people said it isnt hard bc there isnt a limit to how many people can transfer into cs

[bitter rampart]

so for all practical purposes should i just treat this like a cs acceptance?

[patent roost]

not true

for cs nah

[tawny shadow]

applied test optional and got into umd. truly inspirational

[wet lava]

no but I got scholars

[tawny shadow]

what's the point of accepting us with undeclared if they know we are transferring into cs

bc that's what we applied for

[bitter rampart]

yeah idk

[patent roost]

bruh

so im not special in any way

😐

this is actually so mid rn

[bitter rampart]

umd is great for cs tho

[patent roost]

well if you can apply to gender studies with a 900 SAT and transfer to CS thats not saying much

great

[bitter rampart]

someone with 900 sat wont pass the gateway reqs tho

[patent roost]

a minimum grade of a C-

[bitter rampart]

cs and math courses tho

those arent free

[tawny shadow]

i had a 1410 but accidentally applied test optional. is transferring into cs still feasible

[stable plume]

rejected 😭 😑 😠 😡

[patent roost]

u mean you need only a 2.7 gpa

[zealous briar]

3.81uw/15+ap's/1530 sat/pretty good ec's rejected oos cs 😭

[patent roost]

so i get accepted directly into CS for the one school where people can just transfer in

[zealous briar]

im getting kinda worried for everything else now

[patent roost]

cool

[candid glen]

it doesnt and shouldnt downplay ur achievement

[patent roost]

well i can only do so

i got rejected from everywhere else

this shit happened to me once and is gonna happen again

im so tired with this

u dont know that

i was but idk anymore

[restive edge]

Idk

Atp

[burnt pebble]

it has been a very humbling experience for me as well lmfao

[patent roost]

50k/yr isnt very good

[patent roost]

fr

[burnt pebble]

i thought id at least get here today but ig not xD

[patent roost]

if it was t10 sure

[candid glen]

UMD is p much up there for CS

[patent roost]

georgia tech didnt even give me a chance

i literally performed my butt off first sem

and i wrote a great essay

bullshit

doing better than my ivy-admit peers

and cant even do shit

[patent roost]

sure

[burnt pebble]

felt

[patent roost]

colleges really dont understand people

its actually sad

they just see a list of activities and numbers

[burnt pebble]

thing is ill literally never know what it was

[patent roost]

people are quantities and quotas

[burnt pebble]

that made them say no

[patent roost]

exactly

[tawny shadow]

me but with uiuc

[patent roost]

same with UIUC

[tawny shadow]

unc i understand my essays were not good with them

as it was my first school

[warped trench]

same

[patent roost]

i had good grades; my ecs are just dogshit

never had guidance

never knew their importance until like last year

my parents never went to hs here

[tawny shadow]

same i think extracurricular failled me for uiuc

[patent roost]

so they had no clue

[tawny shadow]

i mean its good just not good enough for them

[patent roost]

didnt know 30 hrs/week of ECs was even possible

someone's definitely inflating numbers

i dont lie

[zealous briar]

is a 3.81 gpa low for umd, and uiuc? i got rejected from both but i have really good rigor (15+ aps), so i'm not sure what went wrong

i also have pretty good ec's

[patent roost]

no

[tawny shadow]

none of mines went above 22

[stable plume]

dang thats harsh dude

i have around 3.85 with 5 aps 10 de courses and got deferred uiuc reject umd

[patent roost]

anything above 20 hrs/week is just absurd

school exists

homework exists

who has time for that shit

sorry i dont sell my soul for college

its not who i am

[tawny shadow]

i only have one above 5

which is 20 hours exact per week bc i work as manager for family restaurant every week

[patent roost]

makes sense

[tawny shadow]

some weeks less but i work 40+ during the summer so

[tawny shadow]

yea everything else is 4-5

30 is absurd fr

[deep rose]

who hasn't received a decision until now T_T

[patent roost]

the one A- I on my transcript was AP World

I spent hours a week studying

outlining, taking nots

[rose berry]

I’m still waiting on mine

[patent roost]

sad that all that work was for nothing

[bold ether]

same

[tawny shadow]

all mines are low 90's due to senioritis

well for senior yr

[rose berry]

I'm really hoping for something good from UMD

[candid glen]

i think a lot of ppl are still waiting prob intls too

[rose berry]

Since I got rejected by Purdue, Gatech and UIUC and deferred from UW

Even though I had a 1520 SAT

[warped trench]

well umd came out

[deep rose]

@rose berry @bold ether what's listed as the application complete date on your portal?

[patent roost]

wow that sucks

[bitter rampart]

it definitely is

hw isnt really a big issue at some schools

[patent roost]

consistently?

[rose berry]

And like all A*s ( I take A-levels btw since I'm intl)

[bitter rampart]

like i barely get any hw

[rose berry]

31st Oct

[patent roost]

when people have multiple ECs with 20+ hrs/week it makes me suspicious

[rose berry]

Why?

[bold ether]

1st Nov

[patent roost]

especially when they overlap

like

come on

[rose berry]

My app's been marked as complete

[bitter rampart]

yeah, but i would say its not like super dedicated 30+ hours, you still have free time and mess around

[patent roost]

bruh

[tawny shadow]

i call cap 30 hrs is like on the same level as attending school

[patent roost]

exactly

free time isnt extracurricular hours

[bitter rampart]

nah thats not really what im saying

[tawny shadow]

what is the 30 hr per week extracurricular tho

[candid glen]

for me it's work

[bitter rampart]

but you guys are definitely underestimating just how much some kids do ecs for college purposes

[patent roost]

if its work it makes sense

[tawny shadow]

give that a pass

everything else idk

[rose berry]

I also ended up writing 3 AP exams on my own outside my school syllabus and I spent like months studying and I got 2 5's and a 4 in AP Calc BC with a 5 subscore

[patent roost]

i saw some kid say he was a developer of a game 25 hrs/week

[rose berry]

I did all that work

[patent roost]

like who spends that much time on a game

[rose berry]

And this was the result

fml

[patent roost]

grass is outside

[bitter rampart]

idk i spent like 15 hrs on studying math for a couple years

[candid glen]

if anyone wrote something related to family matters, i could see that being 30 hr/week

since that's also a category in there

[tawny shadow]

bro

[bitter rampart]

what

i like math lol

[tawny shadow]

15hrs a week studying math

[bitter rampart]

it was for math competitions

[deep rose]

i need my decision arghh

[rose berry]

Same

[bitter rampart]

is it not out for u guys ea?

[rose berry]

Either here or UMass

[patent roost]

studying math isnt really an EC

[tawny shadow]

that's studying on a diff level. hope u won some awards for the math comp

[rose berry]

yep for some reason

[bitter rampart]

yeah i did lol, made it to usamo

[late shard]

See I didn’t care or try in school and got in i spent my time volunteering

[bitter rampart]

i mean theres no definition of ecs or not

like its what i did outside of school

so im gonna tell colleges about it

[candid glen]

rather than EC, i'd say time commitments most of the time ye

[spiral acorn]

what is letters and sciences major

[late shard]

Undecided sciences

Basically

[bitter rampart]

i got it too, you can look at their website for more info

[spiral acorn]

i applied engineering

[late shard]

You didn’t get officially into your first choice but you can reapply it seems

[spiral acorn]

is that part of letters and sciences

[bitter rampart]

but generally you can switch into most majors you want from letters and sciences

[patent roost]

you basically can transfer anywhere

pretty much the same as admission to eng

[tawny shadow]

i put studying for fbla so studying for math comp is valid. 15 hrs is just crazy to me not that i don't beleive if u feel what im saying

[hot flower]

anyone else get in for aerospace engineering ?

[tawny shadow]

i put badminton as ec 🤷‍♂️

[candid glen]

the reason for this, is due to the pretty easy gpa to manage and classes u select

[late shard]

I have lacrosse, 2 internships, and President of a couple volunteering orgs

[bitter rampart]

there are like hundreds of kids who study that amount of math or more in bay area

[spiral acorn]

but what is my first year gonna look like

[bitter rampart]

and yeah it is kinda crazy, like you don't really touch grass very often

[patent roost]

the same as any other eng major

[spiral acorn]

im still confused.

letters and sciences does not have engineering according to the website

[patent roost]

yeah but you can transfer

[bitter rampart]

no but you can still take 1st yr engineering courses i believe

and then transfer

[patent roost]

yeah

[spiral acorn]

also i got freshmen connection

[patent roost]

so UMD OOS CS doesnt mean anything

[bitter rampart]

whats that

[patent roost]

noice

[candid glen]

u should be able to still take the intro classes basically as another freshman might of that major, but the only trouble is prob registration or smth

[burnt pebble]

My only one that went over 20 (all the rest were 2-6 and are split between my old school and current school so 10 ecs) was my job which at the time I was working 2 most days a week and just counted up the hours id have in a typical week although its really high some weeks and others could be like 4

[kind wolf]

Lads I got in maryland Cse

[bitter rampart]

other explanation is that they had a bunch of summer hours and so they averaged it with during school hours

[kind wolf]

Oh my good

[bitter rampart]

and with slight exaggeration you could get to multiple 20+ that way

[bitter rampart]

nice

[tacit rapids]

yall think umd is worth it, I applied cs but got into l&s on top of that im a spring admit with oos tuiton

[patent roost]

dont wanna be toxic, but i wanted to get into a good uni to make myself believe that my hard work was worth it

[ebon marlin]

I would try looking on their subreddit to see if you can find any current student experiences with it

[patent roost]

"Very selective"

[candid glen]

those who got accepted for UMD, should really look into the CS dept and its job opportunities

[ebon marlin]

Selectivity doesn’t reflect good

[candid glen]

it's seriously a good school if u're going for CS

[last wagon]

wait UMD Decisions are out?

[candid glen]

or SWE

[ebon marlin]

ASU is a good school and it’s 85%

[last wagon]

please

[ebon marlin]

Yes

[last wagon]

are they rolling?

i applied EA

and

[patent roost]

but selectivity means you meet people who are smart

[last wagon]

still havent got mine

[late shard]

I have one 25 and that was the club I dedicated my life to for 6 years

[late shard]

I had 5k hours because I literally always was there

[ebon marlin]

No?

[last wagon]

alright so some might not be out yet?

[bitter rampart]

hw is a big factor in how much free time you have I'd say tho

[patent roost]

yes

[bitter rampart]

i imagine you still spend plenty of time on schoolwork and studying?

[late shard]

Homework? I just didn’t do it ever

[bitter rampart]

oh

[rough finch]

Is Maryland out

[late shard]

Only graded ones

[ebon marlin]

You’re going to be extremely unhappy if you think that’s the only way to meet smart people

[late shard]

Sadly yes

[bitter rampart]

well then you def have way more than 25 hours in a week if you didnt do hw

[severe hull]

okay personal opinion but spring admit is KINDA COOL??

[last wagon]

one of the only people to get outright rejected.

[late shard]

Well I also played varsity sports

[last wagon]

yeah

[bitter rampart]

ah that makes sense

[late shard]

I had a lot of random commitments

[bitter rampart]

i imagine that was also a 10+ hour committment

[late shard]

Yeah

Internships were big too

[ebon marlin]

Idk if it’s rolling. Maybe you just didn’t submit on time

[bitter rampart]

yeah so 25 with ur club + 10 + internships + assorted ecs gets you to like 40+

[ebon marlin]

Well then they

[patent roost]

ahh yes because people who go to safeties are smart

[ebon marlin]

Yes?

[candid glen]

not sure how the graduation schedule would work on that, but it does seem p nice and you get to use that fall as an opportunity for whatevs

[patent roost]

only like a minority

[ebon marlin]

This is one of the dumbest takes I’ve heard

[late shard]

There are different kind of smarts

[bitter rampart]

theres is not a concept of safety or not tho

[late shard]

The smartest person I know didn’t go to college

[bitter rampart]

everyone has different safeties and targets

plus financial situation plays a big part

and just in general going to lower ranked schools doesnt equate to being not smart

but umd is like #16 anyway

[ebon marlin]

There are:

• smart people who take safeties for money
• smart people who aren’t interested in ivies et al
• smart people who would rather stay close to home, which may not be a top school
• smart people who go to a school for fit, which isn’t always an ivy
• many more

[patent roost]

well if that was the case then why isnt every college equally selective?

[idle shuttle]

i really hope im one of them smart people

[ebon marlin]

Because not everyone applies to every college equally for one

[candid glen]

we r all smart ❤️

[patent roost]

id rather be dumb with smarter people around me than vise versa

[idle shuttle]

true

[bitter rampart]

who says people at umd will be dumb tho???

[ebon marlin]

Some get more applicants solely by location

[severe hull]

Yeah

[patent roost]

they wont be

[bitter rampart]

like ucla gets a shit ton of applications

[late shard]

Anyone know what UMD business hours are for their email

[severe hull]

Or you can just join freshman connection and graduate on time

[late shard]

Like specifically admissions

[candid glen]

that too ye

[restive edge]

did u get in

[ebon marlin]

Not really a thing but I’d assume they check it during business hours

[bitter rampart]

yeah

[restive edge]

cs?

• honors?

or etiher

[bitter rampart]

no i got into l and s

[ebon marlin]

Maybe a bit extra today since decisions released

[bitter rampart]

i got the carrilon thing

[late shard]

I can’t find those tho

[bitter rampart]

idk what that means tho

[restive edge]

anyone know what CIVIUC is

i got into that

[late shard]

I emailed them at like 5:30 so wanted to know if they do weekends for emails since that’s different from calls

[patent roost]

i just find the admissions process to be super ironic

[late shard]

Found them

9-4 pm

Closed on weekends 😭

[patent roost]

like the admissions process is a snapshot

its not a long-term understanding

[bitter rampart]

yeah i suppose so but theres only so much aos can learn about you from ur application

[patent roost]

people can make themselves look all pretty and perfect in that snapshot

[restive edge]

r u happy

for decision

[patent roost]

others just suck at it

[ebon marlin]

By this it would make sense that not everyone whose smart ends up at the same place then

[bitter rampart]

yeah i am, seems like its easy to switch into cs. that was my only concern with getting l and s so i'd say im pretty happy with ti

[tacit rapids]

there isnt really any reason to complain tho everyone goes through the same process with apps so

[patent roost]

but its obviously correlative

[restive edge]

i got in the same way as u just a different program

[late shard]

Well AOs also aren’t always the best

[restive edge]

letters but invited to something else as well which idk

[ebon marlin]

There might be more smart people, but your original point was more along the lines of never meeting anyone smart

[tacit rapids]

yea pass 3 courses w a c- and ur in

[wicked field]

everyone doing cs lol

[bitter rampart]

i have the ap cs and calc credits so do i just take 1 course and transfer in lmao

[candid glen]

UMD CS is craazzyy

[bitter rampart]

seems so extra to make me pass just 1 course but sure ill do it lol

[patent roost]

never is extreme

it just lower supply ig

[restive edge]

whats credits specificlally

[tacit rapids]

nice same here, not sure tho

[patent roost]

less people

[restive edge]

how fast can u transfer to cs officially

[candid glen]

u could prob just squish in gen eds or smth

[wicked field]

true but i feel a lot r going into cs j for the hype

[patent roost]

probably 2 semesters

[bitter rampart]

yeah ofc im not just gonna take 1 class but like just let me transfer from the start

[tacit rapids]

i think you can do it faster than that

[restive edge]

what nah

u just need classes tho

so no restriction??? idk

[tacit rapids]

unless theyre prereqs to to the gateway courses

[restive edge]

no there cant be

[candid glen]

that is a thought that has been resonating with many, me personally i just like math and computers

[bitter rampart]

same

[tacit rapids]

so its prolly just those 3 courses than

[restive edge]

so theoritically i can do it in summer + transfe right away ??

to cs in fall

[late shard]

No

[restive edge]

or nah

[buoyant hawk]

So why have I not gotten my decision yet?

[late shard]

Prolly not

[restive edge]

why not

[buoyant hawk]

What are they doing

[late shard]

You could appeal maybe

And get it

[tacit rapids]

idk im a little glad that i got into the spring sem but l&s is kind of a bummer, wanted a cs direct admit

[late shard]

But I doubt you’d get it without at least a semester wait

[bitter rampart]

yeah but it doesnt really seem to matter much does it? as far as I've read online it makes no real difference other than just some added hassle

[tacit rapids]

was expecting a reject anyways

so im happy i got in

[tacit rapids]

yea pretty much, i was looking it up online and they hav a program where u can complete 17 credit hours in the fall as a spring admit

im guessing i could just take those 3 classes and switch to cs in the spring

[upbeat trout]

guys wtf is carrilon comunities

[bitter rampart]

idk i got it too

seems like a version of an honors college?

idk

[tawny shadow]

Same. Never knew carrilon communities existed lol

[restive edge]

whats CIVICUS program

[zenith thicket]

why does umd have 80 diff programs 😭😭

[late lantern]

I STILL haven’t gotten anything

I’m calling them on Monday to complain

It might be because they emailed me in mid November threatening to move me to RD because of a transcript issue, but they told me it had been settled over the phone at the time

Their crappy portal doesn’t even say which round of admission I’m in breh

[deep rose]

I got an email from umd and hour ago, asking about my IELTS TRF number

i think they couldn't verify my scores yet

and so hadn't released a decision until now

to every intl who hasn't received a decision, i recommend mailing them about your English proficiency score report

[last wagon]

same

i have nothing

like

wtf

[late lantern]

Well they DID say by Feb 1st

[upbeat trout]

oh probably

did they give out scholarships in the umd emails?

or do they notify you later?

[scarlet parcel]

how do i view my financial aid package

[plucky wolf]

Sent out in April

April 1

[upbeat trout]

oh darn

[scarlet parcel]

oh ok

[wind nymph]

I got absolutely railed by other cs schools today but umd came through 🙏

[patent roost]

same

[silver escarp]

what were ur guys stats

[patent roost]

but probably not going

[patent roost]

4.0 gpa 1510 SAT (submitted 1480 at the time)

[silver escarp]

oh damn

nice

[patent roost]

did u get in?

for people that got in what were ur stats

[candid glen]

4.0 1450

[tired ermine]

3.8 uw/4.6 w, 1580 sat

[patent roost]

damn

[patent roost]

major?

[candid glen]

intended CS got lts

[patent roost]

oh

[candid glen]

forgot my weighted gpa

it's smth

[outer idol]

4.0 uw/4.7 w 35 act

[patent roost]

nice

cs?

[outer idol]

yeah

[patent roost]

look at this yield rate

lol

[outer idol]

sheesh

[patent roost]

u going to umd or nah

[outer idol]

probably bc i got in state tuition

[patent roost]

i see

i live oos

so idk

[outer idol]

and i got rejected or deferred by everything else tonight

[patent roost]

yeah same

feels bad

i got rejected from gt, unc, and uiuc. I postponed by umich but that was like guaranteed

kinda pissed about gt

that was my top choice

[restive edge]

same

gt really did us like that

[outer idol]

uiuc rejected and gt deferred for me

[restive edge]

i didnt have the craziest stats but dang

[patent roost]

i had good stats for gt

they shouldve at least deferred

ik my ecs were shit but like still

come on

[restive edge]

i had okay ecs idk what happened

[tired ermine]

apparenrlty nobody from my hs has gone to umd since 2012

[patent roost]

LOL

if i had better ECs i wouldve gotten accepted

they probably knew i had good stats

they just knew i couldnt compensate

whatever tho

kids spending 70k/yr anyways

talking about gt btw

but UMD pretty expensive

thats why idk if i can afford it

[spiral acorn]

3.87 UW (8 APs, 2 Honors) 1470 SAT (670 R, 800 M)

[patent roost]

nice

[plucky wolf]

4.3 test optional lmfao

[sand marten]

OOS CS - 1520 (800M, 720R), 3.93 UW, 4.3 W, 10 APs, 3 Honors, 5 DE

[hybrid ruin]

oos 4.0 1430 got L&S

[patent roost]

i wonder what the acceptance rate for cs was

probably like 20%

doesnt really matter cuz transferring into cs is pretty easy

[deep osprey]

OOS 3.7UW 4.3W 1530

[patent roost]

yall are crazy fr

[deep osprey]

My friends all have better GPAs than me 😭

[patent roost]

ur SAT good tho

[deep osprey]

Just getting carried by the sat

Yea lol I love the sat

[plucky wolf]

This server has made me feel like my 4 years of grueling work to get the grades I have was worthless how tf does everyone have over 1500 sat

[wind nymph]

3.98 1550 3x aime qual

[tacit rapids]

everyone in here is a tryhard lmao

this is not a representative sample of college applicants

[steel flame]

4.0 uw 1570

[wicked field]

true

i mean tbf this whole server is 4 tryhards so the data gon be skewed

i j joined to see if umd was gon come out 😭 i got mediocre stats

[hard terrace]

Is OOS CS acceptance rate for UMD very low?

[glacial dove]

yes

[ebon marlin]

its just the vocal people a lot of people lower than the either dont feel the need to talk about it or feel intimidated about it

i had a 1280

[dawn acorn]

I had a 30 on my act at one point. Not everyone here is a genius/robot test taker

I started out even lower actually

[sand marten]

any estimates?

[rough finch]

I got accepted for spring because of “space limitations” 😭😭

[solemn spruce]

cuz it aint dat hard

not that deep either

[glacial dove]

i feel like oos cs ~10-20%

in state much higher

[wind nymph]

i mean for a lot off ppl the math section is free

and with practice the english section becomes doable

[manic current]

there are transfer programs (as long as you have the requisite classes + an okay gpa you can transfer)

[sand marten]

apparently they have some weird direct admit system thing yea

like on the acceptance letter

assuming thats what ur talking about

[wind nymph]

what % of the school takes CS

damn nice

wont they make it harder tho

to transfer in

if its so ez and everyone does cs

i think its like a 3.0 and B or higher in sum math/cs pre reqs

have u seen cmu's cs transfer reqs 💀

[manic current]

https://undergrad.cs.umd.edu/internal-transfer-students

[wind nymph]

absolutely brutal

u need a 3.6 gpa in 6 classes to even be considered

and a 3.6 gpa at cmu is extremely grueling

4 A's and 2 B's

oh it looks like u get in w just that

i thought there was sum application process afterwards

but still a 3.6 at cmu is no cakewalk

i think for penn's wharton school they do

bc everyone tries to transfer into there

and berkeley is not longer allowing anyone to switch to cs anymore

[cloud umbra]

I still didn't receive my EA decision :(

[unique zealot]

thats tuff damn 😦

[wind nymph]

its bc everyone was trying to transfer

[sand marten]

nah but practically speaking, if someone's good enough for umd cs, they'd have the stats/ecs from HS or whatever to back it up

[wind nymph]

and the department loses money every yr because of the excess amount of students taking it

[sand marten]

like umd is a good balance for cs

between not super selective but still selective

[unique zealot]

i see

[sand marten]

so idt they need to worry about random ppl transferring into CS

idk if that makes sense but yea

its a diff story fs if you didnt get direct admit to begin with, but ur entire profile is centered around CS tho

i mean like for gender studies 1300 like u said lol

for example

[unique zealot]

seemed like there were more l&s acceptances this year

[wind nymph]

yeah i got put as undeclared

in l&s

[unique zealot]

😮‍💨 same

[sand marten]

im curious

what does the acceptance letter look like

for CS non direct admit

i just wanna understand the diffs

[cloud umbra]

Should I email them?

[wind nymph]

did u check ur application checklist to make sure they got everything?

[sand marten]

wait thats smth else??

like a special group thing - it's giving honors college

[wind nymph]

oh carillon communities

i didnt read it properly lmao

[cloud umbra]

Yup it says my checklist is complete

[wind nymph]

and everything was submitted before the 1st of november?

[wind nymph]

ok apparently its a waste of time

[cloud umbra]

It says my application complete date is 30 October, so i guess yeah

[unique zealot]

yeah itd be better to rack up more credit courses than do the community thing

tbf

[wind nymph]

ok email them

[cloud umbra]

the only thing sent in December was my mid year transcript

okayyy

[deep rose]

did you send them your eng proficiency scores (if you're an intl requiring that) through a testing agency?

[cloud umbra]

No, I think I self reported

[deep rose]

you need to send them official scores

or they cannot release a decision

im in a similar situation, except i sent them in november and they couldn't verify them

[cloud umbra]

Oh shoot

Thanks for letting me know

why was my application marked as complete then 😭

[cloud umbra]

so you've been deferred?

[deep rose]

no i haven't received anything on my portal lol

i got an email from them in morning, so i hope i get in early

[cloud umbra]

Ooooh

I didn't get an email

But I emailed them so let's see

[deep rose]

be sure to mention your test report code (like the ielts trf) when you're emailing them

[cloud umbra]

okayyy

thank you sm

[burnt spoke]

Did everyone receive their decisions?

[idle shuttle]

I didnt

I wrote an email to admissions to ask, no reply yet

[junior patio]

i got my decision

[junior patio]

are you related to henrikh mkhitaryan btw

[burnt spoke]

Yeah he is my uncle

Did you get an email when they released the decisions?
If they reply please mention me

[glacial dove]

fr?

[burnt spoke]

Yeah

[glacial dove]

no

i didnt get an email

damn

thats crazy

mine came out on the portal

[burnt spoke]

Can you show how does it look like

I can't understand if it's there😭 I hate their portal

[glacial dove]

looks like this

[burnt spoke]

Thanks
So I didn't get it😪

[glacial dove]

yeah

maybe email the admissions office

[ebon marlin]

Pro tip: don’t reveal your full name and email on large public servers

[glacial dove]

eh

L mindset

[restive edge]

whats civiuc program btw

and how do u choose what campus u live in umd

[hazy plover]

are there admitted student days/visits for umd that'll be announced soon?

i didn't get a chance to tour umd before applying

[restive edge]

same

wait @hazy plover do u know about campus stuff

[hazy plover]

i was looking at their tours but they're all geared towards applicants 😭

[hazy plover]

what specifically about campus stuff?

i don't know much about anything 🥲

[restive edge]

like do u pick dorm and place cause it says i got into a civicu program but i dont want to be part of it like it shouldnt be required right if its an inivtiation

[hazy plover]

ohh yeah i have no idea

[restive edge]

what program u get into

[hazy plover]

cs!

[restive edge]

oh nice i meant like honors college, specific invitation ?

[hazy plover]

ohh no lol i didn't get into the honors college

[restive edge]

have u taken ap cs a , ap calc ab and bc ?

[hazy plover]

yupp but i didnt do calc ab, i just went straight to bc

[restive edge]

niceee

i didnt get into cs right away 😭 just letters

[hazy plover]

ohh that should be okay though, i heard its easy to transfer into cs once ur there

[restive edge]

yeah thx i hope everything goes smooth ill prob take csmc 131 in summer i have calc credits so hopefully quick transfer

or do ap cs

[late shard]

Maryland plays too many games

[granite parcel]

It’s not required

[signal wyvern]

You must go to a goated school because mine does not look similar

[signal wyvern]

The night classes for fall aren’t a bad idea

[late shard]

Wait how cause I don’t get why it would be a positive

[patent roost]

I wish UMD was actually competitive

Even tho it’s ranked high in CS

[late shard]

Huh

[patent roost]

Transferring into UMD CS is easy so it means it isn’t competitive

[late shard]

Still a hard and well ranked program

[rough nexus]

well i heard staying in cs at umd is insanely hard

[late shard]

Yep

Also L&S is literally the general major for comp sci

[rough nexus]

theres a reason most of the upper level classes don't have a lot of people

[late shard]

That’s like saying well at Yale you can transfer majors easily therefore it’s not good

[rough nexus]

fr

[patent roost]

Well Yale is inherently selective

[late shard]

So is UMD

Especially for L&S

[rough nexus]

guessing from last year im thinking the acceptance rate or ea dropped from 36%

[late shard]

The transfer rate outside of L&S to CS is probably so low it doesn’t matter

You really think a program should be discredited because some art students realize they’d rather do CS and do the work to get there

[patent roost]

Wdym

[late shard]

L&S acceptance rate is pretty damn low

[rough nexus]

fr

[late shard]

That’s CS and other sciences

[rough nexus]

typically people who don't get direct get into l&s

but there was a lot of people who jus werent admitted to l&s

[late shard]

Fs

[rough nexus]

high stat people

[patent roost]

If a 2.7 gpa is a hard feat for getting a transfer then CS is inherently difficult

I don’t think that would be pleasurable

Also UMD starting salary is quite low for CS in respect to other schools

[late shard]

That’s true, but I have enough credits that I’d prob do a 5 year Masters in 4 if I can

Although I’d rather not go to UMD they are a mess clerically it seems

[rough nexus]

i believe they have picker class that make a lot of people dropout during freshmen or sophomore year

idk if they're called that

[late shard]

Also Yachty dropped AOTY hands down

[rough nexus]

i should def listen to that

i heard good things bout it online

[late shard]

Very very very good

If you want something smooth it’s tremendous

Nothing like anything he’s ever done

[rough nexus]

thats tuff

[grim tusk]

Source?

[restive edge]

True but Ik people who work at startup after UMD

And worked at Meta

And citadel

[buoyant hawk]

Still haven’t got my decision

[patent roost]

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?163286-University-of-Maryland-College-Park

[grim tusk]

?

[peak briar]

so

do they tell u merit aid stuff

in the decision

[rough nexus]

im pretty sure aid comes out later in feb

[late shard]

I heard mid dev

Feb*

[rough nexus]

^ probably that

i was jus guessing from ladt year

[hybrid widget]

same some said its rolling

[unique zealot]

yo this is actually crazy

[grim tusk]

Yeah UMD seems just as competitive as comparable schools idk what that guy was talking ab

[unique zealot]

i havent found a similar ranked uni with higher median salary

on the site

[grim tusk]

Proximity to DC helps

[restive edge]

for college resumes do u put high school GPA?

[unique zealot]

uiuc has higher salaries than gtech💀

[grim tusk]

I mean it is ranked higher

[patent roost]

It seems to be correlative not with cs ranking but overall prestige

[grim tusk]

Kinda

[upbeat trout]

les goo

[patent roost]

UMD has good prestige nonetheless

[upbeat trout]

ye UMD is rly good for cs

[restive edge]

fr? prestige

[upbeat trout]

and engineering

[restive edge]

ik cs but generally no right

[grim tusk]

huh?

[patent roost]

Nah it’s pretty good

[restive edge]

u think its worth to go to duke over umd

[grim tusk]

depends on $

[signal wyvern]

depends on what u wanna do and cost

yeah

[restive edge]

$70 k duke - $30 k umd

[upbeat trout]

prolly a tier below the top schools but you'll have a lot of opportunities to succeed from umd

just not as well known

which doesnt matter much

[restive edge]

i havent even gotten it but by the slightest chance idk if its worth

[patent roost]

Middle 50% was 1340-1490

[restive edge]

but i like duke alot

[signal wyvern]

…can you pay the 40k extra for duke feasibly or would there be loans?

[patent roost]

For SAT

[restive edge]

loans fs

[upbeat trout]

duke easily

[grim tusk]

0 prestige btw

[restive edge]

thats good presite lmao

[patent roost]

So CS at UMD you want 1450+

[grim tusk]

??? That's an additional $160k in debt

[restive edge]

i love duke tho

[signal wyvern]

What major?

[restive edge]

cs

[patent roost]

is that LPenn?

[signal wyvern]

OH hold up did you get directly into CS at UMD?

[restive edge]

NOOO

[signal wyvern]

ah

[restive edge]

letters

[upbeat trout]

ik but if ur only 2 options are duke and umd, i would say its worth it if ur studying a high paying field. depends on ur financial situation tho. umd in state is also prolly better than duke, idk about oos tho

[patent roost]

Only problem with UMD is that it’s like 60k/yr

[restive edge]

hm duke seems nice tho

[restive edge]

its 30 k for me

[restive edge]

is uva better for u in that case

[patent roost]

I got in directly

[grim tusk]

Just an fyi^

[patent roost]

Yeah

[restive edge]

cause of tution?

right

[restive edge]

is that for duke

theortical payment?

[grim tusk]

That's for if you took on the additional $160k in debt (presumably) for Duke over UMD

[signal wyvern]

30k is a steal for CS…..@grim tusk is right that loans will take years to pay off

Yep talk with your parents

[patent roost]

Interest rates rn are like 7.5%

It’s a bad time rn for taking loans

[restive edge]

but wouldnt i get hopefully hooked for a good job and can pay crazy fast tho like MAANG companies

[signal wyvern]

Right 😭

[restive edge]

would u consider a loan or no

[grim tusk]

That doesn't correlate exactly, but yeah, interest rates aren't going lower

[patent roost]

depends on the amount

[restive edge]

umd price ?

[grim tusk]

Most everyone in here is going to have some form of loan. But there's a big difference between like 15k in loans and 160k in loans

[restive edge]

r u paying by urself

[patent roost]

Nah

[signal wyvern]

Honestly cs recruiters probably have strong umd connections but I don’t know too much about duke, I wouldn’t make the decision just yet

[patent roost]

240k will turn into 300k in loans

[restive edge]

true i havent even gotten accepted just hypothetical

[signal wyvern]

oh then hold on put

[restive edge]

cant u pay than in 5 years in cs field

[upbeat trout]

with the layoffs rn i wouldnt be too hopeful lmao, but hopefully itll go back up once we start working hehe

[restive edge]

with good job

[grim tusk]

I mean, if you live at home and have zero expenses

[patent roost]

Generally you don’t want a loan higher than ur starting salary

[signal wyvern]

Lyrics is right

[restive edge]

ohhhh

[bitter rampart]

also for umd vs duke i imagine their culture is very different as well so look into which one you think would be a better environment for you

[signal wyvern]

Especially with the recession

[restive edge]

true ill see about this all

[signal wyvern]

Right it’s very different

[grim tusk]

I mean... did you talk about financials with your parents...?

[signal wyvern]

job security has always been difficult for fresh out of college grads

[restive edge]

im glad i have umd in the back of my mind

[restive edge]

yeah their not sure yet but they like duke and umd a lot and umd cause instate

i liek duke more tho

[patent roost]

UMD is chill

[grim tusk]

Yeah but have you talked to them ab how much money they'd be willing to give you?

[restive edge]

like little bot

[patent roost]

Well I applied for aid

[restive edge]

mostly need to take loan

[grim tusk]

Do you qualify for aid?

[restive edge]

no

[patent roost]

You can try to log into the financial aid portal

[restive edge]

i dont think so

[restive edge]

umd s?

[patent roost]

Yes

[restive edge]

they have that rn

[candid glen]

anyone have the link for umd portal?

[restive edge]

i dont think u can see it tho

[patent roost]

I’m logged in yesterday

[candid glen]

idk why it's not working for me now

[restive edge]

check ur emial or google it

[restive edge]

what does it say

[restive edge]

do u have the proper link

[grim tusk]

Yeah, you may want to consider staying instate. Otherwise you'll be saddled with a stupid amount of debt above what you already may be

[patent roost]

It doesn’t have any info for financial aid yet

[restive edge]

ohhh

t 11 vs t 17

[grim tusk]

Considering you don't qualify for aid and your parents won't be paying much

[restive edge]

duke only has 6.7 acc rate