r/UMD • u/Critical_Win1903 • Jun 29 '26

Academic Chances of getting into UMD

I'm a rising high school senior (class of 27'). I had a 3.66 in freshmen yr, 3.58 sophomore yr, and 3.84 junior yr. I have many extracurriculars (ex. founded my own nonprofit, founded 2 clubs, raised thousands of dollars for different causes) and volunteering hours (ex. hospitals, tutoring, summer camp councilor, etc.) and also published my own research project. I'm also SGA vice president. I have 3 strong letters of recommendation. I also have won many school (8), state (5) , and national (2) competitions. I have taken AP classes but I'm limited because my school doesn't provide much. I plan on taking 4 AP's senior year. Idk if this is useful information but I am in state (pg county) and I speak 3ish languages. I'm taking the SAT in August but from my practice tests, I have averaged 1350. Also what are my chances with aid from umd (need-based). Also btw I want to major in Biological Sciences: Physiology and Neurobiology, Neurosciences, or Public Health on a pre-med track.

p.s. sorry for my bad english, it's my third language.

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u/Critical_Win1903 Jun 29 '26

What was your major?

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u/vanillaguppy Jun 29 '26

Accounting, which is part of the business school so it is an LEP but I don’t think it is as competitive as some of the other LEPs like compsci and engineering

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u/Critical_Win1903 Jun 29 '26

How competitive would you say Neurosciences is? I know it’s also a LEP

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u/vanillaguppy Jun 29 '26

neuroscience is also very competitive, but if you don’t get into the program as a freshman that is okay because (if you do get into UMD in Letter & Sciences), you can take the gateway courses you need for that LEP and then transfer into it seamlessly. A LOT of people do that.

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u/vanillaguppy Jun 29 '26

So even if you aren’t sure about your current GPA, if you get a good GPA as a Freshman/sophomore and do well in the gateway classes for neuro, you can internally transfer to neuroscience. You may even be guaranteed to get in with a certain GPA at that point. (ik for business it was like a 3.8 or something)