<p>Hey I applied to UMass in early January and still haven't heard back. I've emailed admissions twice and just keep getting the same "14% increase in applicants..it's getting tough.. you'll recieve your decision soon."</p>
<p>I'm going to round down a little and say I have about a 3.1 GPA
Terrible SATs: 540 math, 530 reading, 520 writing</p>
<p>But a whole lot of extra curriculars:
-Color Guard/Winter Guard for 4 years: captain senior year
-Gay/Straight Alliance for 4 years: 10th grade secretary, 11th grade vice president, 12th grade president
-Stage Crew for 4 years: Stage manager 10th-12th, secretary/treasurer 10th grade, vice president 11th grade, president 12th grade
-Drama Club Stage Manager: Spring 10th grade - Spring 12th grade (Blocking, direction, props, etc.)
-Literary Magazine for 4 years: Treasurer 9th, Junior Editor 10th - 11th, Art Editor 12th
-Yearbook for 2 years (11/12)
-Art Honor Society for 3 years (10-12): Historian 12th</p>
<p>work:
Junior Sailing Instructor: June - August 2004 - 2007
Starbucks Barista: July 2007 - Present
Stage Crew Pay Roll: September 2005 - Present</p>
<p>voulenteer work:
Ballet Theatre's Nutcracker 2005, 2006
Museum Docent grades 10 - 12
Ran the local middle school's literary magazine in 9th grade
Stage crew for the local intermediate school's drama productions</p>
<p>So what does everyone (especially alumni) think??
Thanks!</p>
<p>you’re in. its not very hard to get in so you’re easily in</p>
<p>Really? I’m soooo nervous right now about it. I really messed up my apps and only got into one other school - my safety, Western Michigan. They accepted 71% last year, but it went down a few months ago to 66%.</p>
<p>..so any other opinions? i’m making myself insane..</p>
<p>I think you will probably get in, but thats mainly due to your very strong EC’s.</p>
<p>Without them you wouldnt be in, your SATs are low and GPA is lower than their average. (3.4)</p>
<p>Whats your major going to be? You won’t be accepted to engineering and I highly doubt you would get into business, anything else you have a promising shot.</p>
<p>drama/theatre .. stage managing</p>
<p>yeah, I’m in UMass Amherst right now, and I really think you’ll get in</p>
<p>Apparently if you are a Massachusetts resident and apply to Umass as long as you have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA they can not and will not look at your SAT scores. My daughter has not heard either and she applied in September. Got the same answer when I called Admissions that she would hear in a couple of weeks which would bring us to next week. They do not give you much time seeing where deposits are due May 1st.</p>
<p>The problem is, I live in New York… or else all would be great!
I attended Drum Major Academy at UMass this past summer and plan on doing color guard (marching band). Does anyone know how much they consider that? I know there were boxes to check off on the application if you were interested in band and if you went to DMA. And then I got the email from George N. Parks about interest level. Does anyone know how much they actually consider that?</p>
<p>Today I wrote an email to GNP, as advised by the Arts in Education director, about my admission. Hopefully that will help me.</p>
<p>Amherst is really hard lol…</p>
<p>in my school you need around a 95 average and a 2230 to even be considered… and then you could still be rejected</p>
<p>Williams is also very hard as there is no scale for it</p>
<p>do you mean amherst college? they’re def out of my reach. but i applied to university of massachusetts in amherst. but hey, if you go to umass you can take classes at amherst college and the other way around!</p>
<p>My friend is a theater major at UMass Amherst, and she loves it!</p>
<p>tomackze i think you’re confused. lol.</p>
<p>yea tomackze has it mixed up - the University of Dartmouth and the University of MA at Amherst are pretty easy to get into …Dartmouth College and Amherst College on the other hand are real hardcores.</p>
<p>burnitblue, how were your theater friend’s grades and sats, etc?</p>
<p>ah i’m sorry haha :)</p>
<p>I saw Amherst and instantly thought Amherst College the liberal arts school</p>
<p>haha no prob! know anything about UMASS amherst admissions?</p>
<p>I had this situation last year. Well over-qualified for the school but I didn’t hear till April 20th, was wait-listed with guaranteed admission for Spring '08. I’m pretty sure that happened to everyone who was qualified but did not hear till almost May.</p>
<p>Also, I am in-state.</p>
<p>My best friend who’s GPA is about the same as mine but who has much less extra curriculars and such got wait-listed. She found out last night. I also spoke to our band director at school today and he asked if she told me and I said that she did. He works at Drum Major Academy at UMass during the summer each year so he has some connections. He found out that my friend and I were on some sort of admissions list of people who were either going to be accepted or wait-listed and called on behaf of us last week. I really need to hear all the details from him, but I hope my extra curriculars and essay really stand out. And of course the phone call…</p>
<p>well kids…
waitlisted.
:(</p>