<p>The admission criteria has risen at UMass Lowell and I don’t think you would be accepted with that GPA unless you had really good SAT/ACT scores. My son was accepted into the Commonwealth Honors program last year with a GPA of 3.2 but had an SAT score of 1500/2170. He had classmates with similar GPAs but lower SATs who were not accepted. They have built 2 new dorms, 2 new parking garages, 2 new academic buildings and are finishing the new administration building. Next up is another new academic building on North. They have also remodeled 2 of the older dorms and all sports have gone division 1. UMass Lowell has suddenly become a hot school and the number of applications continues to rise.</p>