UMass Amherst 2021 decision thread

@klinska wow, that’s very very late, especially since most schools (I think including umass) have a May 1st deposit/reply deadline. let’s hope they improve this year! and thank you for clarifying where the decision actually shows up.

Finally got my decision today :slight_smile:
Accepted-College of Engineering
OOS
14k scholarship
New SAT -1420(Math-790,English-630)
Subject tests - Math 2 -790, Physics -800
GPA-School does not report
All the best to everyone else who’s waiting :wink:

Has anyone from the College of Natural Sciences gotten in? I haven’t received my decision yet.

Did anyone get a scholarship higher than 14k/year?

@cashme Where are scholarships posted on the portal?

@gracie224 it should show up when you click “view financial aid”

Under financial aid, mine says “information not available yet”. Anyone else?

Under financial aid, mine says “information is not available yet”. Anyone else?

^^Same for us.

I’m OOS and heard back today and have financial aid pop up…so that might be why

OOS: NJ
Major: Computer Science
Scholarship: 12k
GPA: 3.6UW
SAT: 1400 (NEW)
SAT Math II: 750

I was accepted as well today! i’m in state & a political science major.
gpa: 3.8W
sat: 1060(extremely low but i only took it once)
strong extra curriculars, volunteer work, & letters of rec.
does anyone know when we will get our finaid??

I just got my acceptance today, but I haven’t received my finaid! Also, are we going to be sent acceptance packets or is that after we get our financial aid? The online portal said that we can print our decision if we want…

you get nothing in the mail. you will get a pop up on the portal for financial aid soon

I got my financial aid. It’s on spite under estimated cost of attendance.

I applied regular decision. Since people are hearing back and I haven’t, does that mean i most likely did not get in?

25 ACT, 3.6, decent extra ecs and strong letters of rec

@ilovetacos21 absolutely not. We are just at the beginning of the time period when decisions are expected to be released. I hope they get them all out before the end of April, but the schedule on Spire said they begin releasing mid-March and continue through April. In past years there has been a lot of speculation about how the decisions are released, and maybe there is some secret algorithm they are using, but basically it just looks to be random. I don’t think there are enough data points here on CC to be able to identify any pattern or trend. Take a look at past years’ threads–it’s eye opening.

I am OOS. Got in EA. They do not send anything in the mail. Its all on the portal

Based on my observations, the maximum UMass Amherst merit scholarship is $14,000 for out of state or $2,000 for in-state. If anyone has gotten a higher amount, please post

Got 8k, OOS

accepted oos into communications. all i’m being offered is loans so far, does that mean I’m getting no scholarships or financial aid at all?