Chance me for UMass Amherst?
Or rather… my boyfriend?
UMass Amherst is my boyfriend’s absolute dream school, and he has been worried about getting in recently because of how the school’s acceptance rate is going down and the amount of people who apply is going up. Needless to say, I am equally stressed out for him, and I’m making this post to see if I can get any new info about it.
The guidance counselors at our school assure him that he should get in, and our school has sent A LOT of kids to UMass Amherst in the past (we’re in-state, by the way). However, both he and I are still worried about it.
His stats:
Weighted GPA: 3.67
Unweighted GPA: 3.54
ACT score (SATs not sent): 24
Extracurriculars:
Stage manager for the school play in freshman & sophomore year
National Honor Society since sophomore year
Mock trial since junior year
Editor school literature magazine since senior year
Human Rights Club
Community service by helping two Boy Scouts with their Eagle Scout project
Has also had experience in helping out with the public broadcasting channel (and wants to major in communications with a goal of getting into the film industry)
Courses:
Took all Honors classes in high school
3 APs (AP Gov (finished with a B+), AP English, and AP Physics) in his senior year
Class rank:
Top 20% (16 out of 91)
He is also Latino (Puerto Rican, but born in the U.S.) if that helps at all. I doubt that a school as big as UMass cares about college essays, but his was creative and expressed his love for telling stories.
