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Originally Posted by cuervo72
Man, this is such a weird science. Just got home and had my son tell me that he got an e-mail from Maryland clarifying that while he was admitted to the Honors College, he was not admitted directly to the Clark Engineering School, but would have to start in Letters and Sciences and transfer later.
Now, transferring to Clark is apparently no big deal - just maintain a 3.0 the first semester (year?). But it's just bizarre. His SAT scores were 790M, 780V (one shot), he scored 800 on the Math II/Chemistry subject tests, had 5s in AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP World. (He's taking Physics at the CC now as there weren't enough students for it at the HS; if he gets a 4 or 5 on the AP he'll essentially be able to skip much of the Freshman year requirements.) He's had all A's outside of a B in Geometry, which he took online as an 8th grader.
He's unfazed by it, but I mean, what the hell?
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I was sharing some of this with my own son tonight (I really didn't figure you'd mind, he knows this place pretty well by proxy) and he asked a question immediately after I finished ... I'm gonna throw the question out*:
"but how were his extracurriculars?"
I just thought it was interesting that, after going through the process himself not long ago, he's still a big believer in the "checkboxes" needing to be filled in for max results on applications.
So -- since I imagine these threads do get necromanced from people at earlier stages in the process -- I'm throwing that question in here just to see how it might / might not fit.
*apologies if this has been discussed in detail & I should know the answer already