Aug 11, 2024 · He’d need some merit to make it affordable for us but UMass is a top choice. My older son applied in 22/23 cycle with lower stats for business and got auto admit honors and 14k a year. He didn’t end up there. I doubt UMass has to offer any merit to fill their CS seats but I sure hope they do! Going to dig up the 23/24 thread for info.

Jan 14, 2025 · This is the official thread for those applying EA to University of Massachusetts Amherst. List your unweighted GPA, any SAT /ACT scores, and ECs.

Jan 31, 2025 · I just got accepted in UMass Amherst Research Intensives summer program into Riley Lab. They take 18 students after an intense application, test scores and letters of rec. It is a 6 week program in Riley lab. Any insight into this program will …

Jan 26, 2021 · UMass Amherst is the safety school for every MA applicant to competitive colleges. A lot of people who get accepted there, don’t go. Last year, only one in five accepted students enrolled. So they must have had to go to the waitlist, I bet. Here’s a link to their statistics. Interesting to see how much their stats have improved over the ...

Jan 7, 2024 · S24, OOS applied under EA to College of Social & Behavioural Sciences (Economics major). The email received from UMass several weeks ago about decisions to be released on 24 Jan mentioned no defers. See text from their email below. "All Early Action decisions will be released on the evening of January 24. Each EA applicant will receive one of …

Jan 17, 2025 · Accepted OOS [but New England]. Finance at the Isenberg School of Management. 18k Chancellor’s Award. No Honors. 3.9 GPA (unweighted), 1520 SAT (800 verbal, 720 math). All 5s on APs but generally much lower grades in math classes vs humanities. Heavily involved in community and school, lots of leadership. Took econ-associated …

Aug 24, 2023 · We had over 30,000 students apply through EA, a record here at UMass. Based on EA application volume, it is likely that majors in three colleges at UMass Amherst (Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences, Isenberg School of Management and the Marieb College of Nursing) will be the most competitive for admission.

Jan 15, 2018 · I am a hiring manager in the Boston area and I think that Lowell is mediocre not excellent, not great, not good, not bad, but mediocre, like B+/C-. Amherst is much better hands down. The better students by and large will go to UMass Amherst. Professors at UMASS Amherst can challenge their students to achieve more.

Dec 29, 2024 · This is the official discussion thread for University of Massachusetts Amherst Class of 2029 RD applicants. Ask your questions and connect with fellow applicants. Official Regular Decision (RD) Threads for Fall 2025

Apr 14, 2023 · UMass Amherst has a better national reputation, so if you are going to be looking for a job across the country, it might have a little bit of an advantage. However, my husband does hiring for his group (mechanical and electrical engineers) and he has personally been more impressed with the candidates he has interviewed from UMass Lowell than ...