I have a 3.6 GPA and a 1340 on the new SAT. I am in-state, and i fear that with Umass Amherst becoming more competitive a student with my stats may find it difficult to get in. Could this school be a safety or match for me?
What are you planning on majoring in? Some majors and schools are much more competitive than others.
My daughter is a rising sophomore at Isenberg (4.1 and 2000 SAT) and their average gpa for admittance is now 3.9.
When my son was trying to get into the Engineering program he was only accepted “Undecided” (3.3 gpa and 1980 SAT). At an information session on the engineering program they told us you needed a 3.5gpa before they would even consider you for acceptance in the engineering program. That was 4 yrs ago, probably even more competitive now.
My understanding is the the CS program is very hard to get into too.
Good luck!!
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You’ll get in, just maybe not to the program you want. Your stats are good though.
A match, absolutely not a safety.
Look into Wheaton MA, UMass Lowell Honors, Marist, St Lawrence, St Bonaventure. All of these would be low matches to safeties as long as you demonstrate interest.
@ConfusedMominMA I’m planning on majoring in psychology/neuroscience, maybe biology
On that case, Wheaton would be good, and add Clark.
In that case, Wheaton would be good, and add Clark.
I know this might be a late reply, but I thought it would add more to the topic itself so here goes. I’m actually going be a freshman at Amherst this year, and I will tell you now, this is no longer that safety school that everyone thought it was. When I went to their summer NSO, they said the class of 2020 has the highest average stats that the university has ever seen (With Isenberg and the CS program both topping over 4.0 averages). I’m honestly lucky that I even got in, with my 3.4 GPA and ~2000 SAT (should be around the same ballpark as yours when converted to the new SATs).However, I actually have quite a few friends at my school with 4.0+ GPAs that got waitlisted (one in particular applied to be a Bio major like you said you wanted to be). I personally don’t know too much about how they select who they accept nowadays, but it’s obviously not just GPA and SATs alone anymore or else I wouldn’t have been able to get in. But like what the posts above me says, UMass Amherst is probably a match school for you. I would try looking at some easier to get into colleges if you want a safety (maybe a local state school?).
P.S: @MYOS1634 I don’t want to sound rude or anything, but I honestly think OP would have a better chance of getting into Amherst than Clark. They have gotten really selective as of late (I personally didn’t even get into Clark but was accepted into Isenberg at UMass).
Please don’t refer to UMass-Amherst as “Amherst”–that is a separate school a couple of miles away, and many can become confused!!
There is also an online diploma mill called “Amhurst” that feeds on this confusion as well.
@MADad If you’re referring to Amherst College, I understand its a different school, but we’re on the UMass Amherst section of CC. Not sure why people would assume that it’s AC instead of UMass. Honestly, most of the people I’ve met on campus either just call it UMass (which can also be confused for the 5 other UMass’s in the state if you want to nit-pick) or Amherst, most don’t bother to say the full name.
S is a recent graduate. Says everyone calls it UMass; no one calls it Amherst. It is the flagship campus, so it IS the University of Massachusetts, the satellite campuses (Lowell, Dartmouth, etc) differentiate by location.
Instate, when someone says “UMass”, they mean Amherst.
No, UMAmherst is definately not a safety school for most students. They have been increasingly raising the bar for the last decade.
UMass Amherst can be a safety if you have a 4.0 and a 1550/1600 SAT . If you have a 3.6 and a 1340, it is no longer a safety.
I’d say if you are from a competitive high school and have a 1400+ SAT and are in the top 25% of your class (or top 10% from a less competitive HS), UMASS can still be a low target/safety. If you’ve done AP Calculus and other rigorous classes have a 1450+, you are basically in for the more competitive majors like CS.
@TomSrOfBoston GPA is very confusing these days. I’m honestly not sure what a 4.0 means anymore. Weighted? Unweighted? I’d say if you have a 4.0 UW and a 1550 on your SAT, I can’t imagine you not getting in. A 4.0 WGPA is more iffy, but UMASS would still still be a possibility.