Accepted this morning
Major: Exploratory track in college of humanities and fine arts
In State
School uses completely different GPA scale, but GPA is in top 2% of class for at least some context
1550 SAT
Have taken all Honors courses (except one not offered at Honors level), and 3 AP courses with all 4s and 5s
Activities are mostly community service, music related, or activism related, with some leadership roles mixed in
No merit/not offered Honors college
Haven’t seen/know anyone else accepted to this exploratory track yet, but that was my top choice major so excited about that! This is also my first acceptance wooooo! Congratulations to everyone else who’s been accepted, and best of luck with the rest of admissions:)
accepted w/ a 10,000 scholarship! exploratory health science track
SAT: 1280
GPA: 3.7 UW 5.4 W
Rank: 35/300
OOS NJ
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
All honors 4 AP
EC: NHS President, Girls State Delegate, DECA Medalist, Varsity Tennis, Tennis Captain, Student Government, Latin Club, National Latin Exam Silver Medal, Lacrosse, Peer Mentor, Service trip
@Nohafj my kid was accepted to their chosen major, but look at the bottom of the acceptance letter “here are additional details” under the section “Major” it says:
“If this was not your preferred major, UMass Amherst has more than 100 undergraduate degree programs to choose from, and many students change majors once on campus. For students who either auditioned or submitted a portfolio and haven’t yet heard from the department, your major may still change based upon the results of your audition or portfolio review.”
Accepted out of state for college of engineering! Chancellor’s Award of $12k a year but no mention of honors college. ACT-30
GPA- 4.25
Took mostly honors and AP classes throughout college
Spent a semester abroad during tenth grade
If your son was accepted into his alternate choice for major, he can always request a change once he’s on campus. He can talk to the class advisors when he attends the orientation session (usually in the summer). Then to change majors, it will depend on his Umass grades (from my son’s experience) and having the head of the new major accept him. Engineering and CS are both competitive programs. One of the sons of a friend just graduated this past spring. He started as an engineering major and switched to CS.
Accepted this morning with $8,000 OOS Scholarship
Program: Political Science
SAT: 1290
GPA: 3.0 UW 3.5 W
Rank: Top 25%
OOS: NC
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female
Honors: NHS
Awards: A bunch of journalism awards - state, regional, and international
EC: Student government officer, school newspaper, NAACP, etc
Accepted (6:18am) to College of Engineering! Also got accepted to the commonwealth honors college and got a 14,000 chancellor’s award. Female, 3.7 unweighted gpa and 4.4 weighted. 1450 SAT and 35 ACT. Pretty good extra curriculars but not too much leadership.
@collegefreak100@puppylady560@Kapzow NO. This is it…
No Merit will be given (I contacted admissions, call them)
This is not science related either, I applied business… National merit ACT 35, perfect math scores in every test and the whole nine yards…
so far, if you read this whole thread, it’s almost like… Instate + high GPA, High testing = no honors college and no merit scholarships
What I am finding interesting as instate is that students at my son’s school with lower SAT, GPAs and similar amount of ECs are getting merit and he did not. Honors I can understand as they want a microcosm of the university so they can’t take everyone with good stats, but merit should be a “bright line” test. He has received top merit awards and honors college at the OOS school’s he applied to but not in his home state where I pay lots of taxes! My husband thinks it is totally random- if your app is reviewed before they finish the first cup of coffee- no merit! And while $2000 per yr isn’t a lot, I think they should be providing merit on straight numbers- SAT and GPA- that is what most state schools do. There is no way the staff has had time to really figure who deserves it and who doesn’t with more than 20,000 apps