I am an African American Male with a 32 ACT but a 3.4 weighted gpa, I have taken 4 Aps and taking 3 this year (Senior year). I have a lot of extraciriculars and if I get All A’s first sem my gpa goes up to a 3.6. I do normal descion is there a chance for me to get in. My grades freshman year were amazing all A’s, A-B sophmore, Terrible junior year due to working to help support family and bullying. What are my chances.
Your ACT is on the higher end of their averages, which is good. Your GPA is right in their averages. I’d need to know more about what your exact GPA was your junior year to be able to really chance you, because UMass Amherst absolutely pays attention to trends in GPA, and likes to see consistency. However, they also look at the whole person, not just the GPA. Can you use an essay or similar to talk about overcoming adversity, and use what happened junior year, then recovery senior year as part of that?