UMass Amherst Class of 2020 Applicants

Hi, guys! I’ve pretty much just been a lurker on CC for a while, but I haven’t been able to find a thread for this year’s applicants yet, and I thought it’d be a good idea to make one. If you want, post stats and stuff!

anyone knows when they will release the decision?

On the portal it says in they will release decisions in mid December, so probably in two weeks or so

But looking back on last year’s thread, it seems that EA decisions continued to be released until around mid-January, so some people didn’t get them until around a month after others

Well they said from their website that it could get until mid-Jan for applicants to receive decisions.

And I’ve heard that decisions will be sent via snail mail.

I’m so worried. Umass amherst is my first choice.

Is it likely that different people hear at different times based on what program they applied to? My son applied to sports management at Isenberg and I’m pretty sure his application goes through them not undergrad admissions

From what I’ve seen on previous results threads, people in the same programs still heard at different times. For example, some people heard back from the nursing program (which I’m applying to, yay!) when the first wave of decisions was sent, and some heard weeks later.

So, what program is everyone else applying to?

I’m applying to Isenberg business.

Hi,
Does anyone have an error report come up when they log on to check the status of their application?

No, spire worked for me…

hmm I’ve tried a few times and it won’t work. Weird.

Spire works for me. I’m applying for computer science

Spire says: Decision letters are mailed according to the following schedule:

Term Decision letters are mailed
Freshman Early Action(fall only): end of December through mid-January
Freshman Regular decision(fall): mid-March through April

I’m applying for nursing

Just out of curiosity… so if we get accepted the acceptance letter will come in a booklet right? If we get rejected / deferred, it will simply be an enveloped letter?

Hi! I applied to UMass last year as a communications major and I heard first before all my other friends who applied. Just wanted to let you all know, UMass does not send out decisions by major, its all extremely random and people were still waiting on their EA decisions as late as February. Also, spire does not update with your admissions status until after you receive the package so don’t worry if it hasn’t changed in awhile!

@laurrodes thanks for the info! It kind of stresses me out knowing that I could potentially not know for another two months, but what can you do? :-??

Yeah Umass Amherst is my top pick as well! I really want to go there for kinesiology (I want to be a physical therapist) so I’m kinda anxious about decisions.

I think ea decisions come out today on the 15th actually so I hope we all get in!