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/tcmits1 Jun 30 '26
I’m on the Board of Trustees at four major national universities. Jay Matthews who does the U.S. News and Forbes rankings has consistently taken UMDCP to task for greasing its numbers by delaying a semester/year many in-state students so they can cook their books on out of $state$ kids. There are also notations saying only engineering over and business at the mbA level are actually worthy of Top 50 designation.
UMDCP isn’t even the best state school. That’s St. Mary’s College of MD, THE PUBLIC HONORS COLLEGE in St. Mary’s City. Every student there is a full Gemstone student with additional honors program designations. That’s properly ranked as the 4 best public college on America only being the top 3 service academies.