@wishfulmomma my friend was RD. I was a deferred applicant! waiting to hear back
Hi all… I need some help in understanding what “exploratory track” means. For a CS major, what could that mean, or any major, I guess… I just don’t understand what it means. Thx!
OK, so I just went to the school’s website and found the page for Exploratory Track. So, now I understand… but, can you be invited into CHC and put in Exploratory Track at the same time?..does anyone know? thx
@sar756 Yes, think it was dated March 10th.
In state MA, still waiting, and it is last school for my son to get a decision. Definitely appealing school based on cost, he is undecided, but this is torture. I looked at last year’s thread, and some people were still waiting until mid-April to get their decisions!!
@fschil I know someone who got rejected a few weeks ago, she was deferred and then rejected.
@AlessMom1 I believe exploratory track replaces “undeclared” and is also for students who did not get into 1st choice major, so they have a home where their interest lies etc.
Looks random. Some hear via snail mail (perhaps OOS. may be in-state), others by email. The only constant is that their portals remain “under review”. UMASS-Amherst is taking a long time.
Site says that "SPIRE will be down for maintenance Saturday morning, March 26th beginning at 8 a.m. and will be available again around 12 noon that day. ".
Could this be a mass “application update”? I hope…
that would be awesome if it is update on application decisions! I can’t imagine that they are going to be as late as last year. Or I would hope not!!
Application status online still says “Under Review” but I got a letter in the mail today saying I was accepted to the Honors College with 10k/yr.!
I got to UMass Lowell and our system will be down at the same time,… it’s just maintenance throughout umass campuses hahaha. I wish it was decisions!
@jacbellini Congrats! instate or oos?
Still waiting for decision… Getting really anxious. I hope they can just give an answer and not drag it that long…
Any internationals here? Did anyone actually receive an hard copy of their acceptance? I got accepted in early January. Still haven’t received anything via snail mail though. So I was wondering if internationals do get a letter at all or not.
HAve any deferred students recieved a letter yet? Because as far as I have read, it doesn’t seem like deferred students haven’t heard yet… Is this true?
It actually really sad that UMass is taking such a long time to reply to some people while it’s replying so quickly to others. I got accepted within 10 says of submitting my app. It was weird but I was still happy.
I have fingers crossed for all of you. Hope you hear soon and hope the news is happy!
Hey guys. So I’ve been so anxious about hearing back from UMass. I applied right on the deadline date (RD) and I haven’t heard back yet. Two people from my school who applied RD have gotten in which has made me a bit nervous. One of them though has a 3.95 GPA out of our weird 5.3 GPA and on naviance it says that the average student that gets accepted has a 4.25 GPA. It puts me at ease, however he said that affirmative action may have played a role. Does AA actually play a big role or not? Anyway, so far I’ve gotten into URI, UNH, UVM, Emerson, and University of Denver. I don’t know how I got into Denver considering it’s identical to UMass requirements, however they have a strangely high acceptance rate. I also got into Emerson they have equal requirements to UMass. I’m personally pissed at myself because no authority figure that I cared about gave me advice to try hard in school. Because of this, I suffered subpar grades freshman year and sophomore year :(. I ramped up my motivation these past two years and it brought me up a little, however I know for a fact that if I had the same mindset back in 2012 I would have a 3.7 GPA and I wouldn’t be writing this abnormally long post about my chances for UMass. I don’t know, it just upsets me that a ton of kids apply here, get accepted, and don’t even consider going, claiming it to be a ‘safety school for them’. UMass is my dream school and I can’t imagine myself going anywhere else. Anyways here’s my stats and my resume so I can get feedback on my chances. Note that Cable Access and other vague names are just there because I don’t want people to pinpoint where I live haha. Also I did horrible on the SAT’s even though I took a prep class and had a SAT Math tutor for the better part of a year >:/. I’m applied as a communications major and even sent them my portfolio via google drive.
Expected Graduation: June 3, 2016
Weighted GPA: 4.01/5.3 scale
UW GPA: 3.56/4.0
SAT: Critical Reading: 540 Math: 500 Writing: 520
Senior Schedule:
Global Economy (H) Media Communications II (H) Precalculus (CP) Business and Personal Law (H)
Environmental Science (AP) Spanish V (H) Global Litterature (H)
Athletics
Cross Country 10JV, 11JV, 12JV Scholar Athlete Award
Indoor Track and Field 12 JV
Outdoor Track and Field 10JV, 11JV, 12JV
Bowling; 10, 11, 12
Indoor Soccer 11, 12
Recreational Basketball; 11, 12
AAU Basketball; 9
Academic Clubs
Media Communications 11 12. Producer of the Morning Update (School News) Directed students to produce school news.
88.3 New England Sports Talk Show 11, 12 Sports Talk Radio on School Radio Station Weekly
Habitat For Humanity 11, 12
Video Game Club 11,12 President and Founder Worked With Child’s Play for Charity Events
Robotics 9
Volunteer Work
Relay For Life American Cancer Society: Part of the Relay For Life Leadership Committee, help set up all night walk at my school (100+ Hours)
Interned at Camp Invention, Volunteered At Lego Camp, Delivered School Supplies To Teachers Classroom’s (50+ Hours)
Habitat For Humanity: Help gut a house and rebuilt it in MA (10 Hours)
Jimmy Fund (24 Hours)
Employment History
Town Cable Access, MA December 2015 to March 2015
Basketball Play-by-Play Announcer/Camera Operator Winter: 8 Hrs. per week
Super Market June 2015 to Present
Cashier & Bagger Summer: 35 Hrs. per week
School: 8 Hrs. per week
Other Super Market October 2012- June 2015
Meat & Grocery Departments School: 8 Hrs. per week
Summer: 20-25 Hrs. per week
Internship
Different Cable Access MA This Coming Spring
Accepted! I received an Email this morning and my spire updated as well. I’m on vacation, so I don’t know if my admission packet came in the mail yet, but I’m very excited to find out all my financial info.
Also got accepted into first major pre-med! From email and spire, mail still not here yet, but honestly, a huge stress just gone