<p>UMass weights your grades. Add a half point for honors, a full point for AP.</p>
<p>Fig-Newtonz, check online on your SPIRE account!</p>
<p>Argh! I still haven’t heard anything! No email, no letter, nothing online. What is going on??</p>
<p>I have not heard anything either.</p>
<p>My son still hasn’t heard anything either. I wish I knew what was going on. This is making me crazy!</p>
<p>yep, this is exactly the reason why I applied EA even though I’m not going…lol. But good luck! :)</p>
<p>Congratulations to all who are being accepted to UMASS and will be attending in the fall. I’m an '87 grad and I can tell you first hand that you’re going to be at a first-class university that is truly on the rise. </p>
<p>I split my time between UT-Austin and UMASS and there wasn’t one aspect of educational quality that UMASS lacked in relation to what is considered a 5-star school in UT. Of course, the campus at UT is generally considered your prototypical “grand” college campus but give me the pond, the 5-school consortium (be sure to take a class at Amherst, Smith or the others!) and the gorgeous Amherst/Northampton area ANY DAY!</p>
<p>I spent a few days on campus last year and was blown away by the amazing building upgrades that are coming on-line. Some people look down on the overall look of UMASS but I fell in love with the campus way back before the Mullins Center and other new facilities were even built (yikes, I’m getting old). And the whole area around the school has come alive with interesting shopping areas, restaurants and bars (for when you get a bit older).</p>
<p>If you’re concerned about the size of the school I can tell you that it’s entirely possible to make your UMASS experience as intimate as any small liberal arts college. No lie. Just wait until you’re in the dorm and everyone on your floor has their door open with card games, TVs and gaming systems going full tilt. You’re going to meet some great people that will probably become friends for a long time, if not for life. Join a club, write for the Collegian, do an intramural sport, take interesting classes, meet your teachers…and you’ll be on your way.</p>
<p>I’m truly envious of you all. You’re going to have a great four years. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Although I am not sure if I will choose UMass Amherst, I did get accepted into their Engineering program with a decent scholarship to boot ($8k), but tbh I dont know too much about the University and its residences (and University atmosphere and residences are a priority in my book).
Anyway, for those Interested, GPA=3.6 (unweighted), 3.9 weighted (around, not a 100% sure about this number, never was one to care about grades, but they are close enough to the accurate value, Sem1 Grade 12 GPA was 4.0 Weighted), and SAT1=2030, and SAT2’s are 700 and above (took Math 1 and 2 and Physics).
BTW, how hard is the Engineering program at UMass Amherst?</p>
<p>Tribesdude - Hard enough where it is well respected.</p>
<p>Yeah I was looking over the courses for Electrical Engineering and I was going “Whoa”, I mean I think I am prepared for University (IB education) but the courses still do sound difficult. The only thing that makes me (atm) not want to go to Umass Amherst is its low US (World) ranking (well its not low, but the low’ish one out of all the Universities I got accepted into, problem is all the other ones are for Business/Econ/Management).
Eh, making a choice is so difficult…</p>
<p>UMass has a good engineering program. And it won’t cost you much.</p>
<p>Rankings are silly. What matters in life is you.</p>
<p>I disagree with lergnom that rankings are silly, although I believe the difference between 40 and 70 is trivial, although the difference between MIT, Harvard, Princeton or Columbia and UMass/NCSU/MSU/UMich/etc is pretty big</p>