My S is probably a stretch…but he really wants to go there. GPA 3.4 UW (I think weighted is like 3.8) SAT1240…no honors/AP…some ECs…typical underachiever. LOL Great kid, though and will be a fun guy on campus…if he makes it. Fingers crossed. Good luck to you!!
Do they usually notify instate of OOS first?..or does it matter? We have heard from Lowell and Boston…but not Dartmouth yet…hate the waiting!!
My GPA is also 3.4 UW. Also avoided honors classes. My parents don’t help me with homework and essays. Hoping my SAT is proof of my potential. I have been called an underachiever.
@jas766 My son applied to Isenberg on 9/27 and was accepted on 12/14. We are OOS.
Does the invitation to the honors college come with the acceptance letter? Or later?
@YoungOne4 , no it comes with the acceptance letter, also the merit award comes with it, if you log into your account it will be on the letter you receive scroll all the way down, good luck.
@ Gigirocks75
No that is not true we are in state my son got accepted into CHC, with a merit scholarship.
@edw611, yes it is on the same page.
Any decisions today?
I know everyone who hasn’t heard is in the same boat, but this feels like it’s dragging. My S got accepted to two other nursing programs and deferred at Villanova but I’d like to see him go here.
I agree…it does seem like it’s taking a long time!! We have heard from 4 other schools already. Thankfully, he has some solid options…but, of course, this school was his first choice (and reach) school.
@Dad3782 - my son has yet to hear from Umass nursing as well - it would be nice to know either way and even niceer if he got accepted! He too was deferred from Villanova (and Boston College) so we are waiting on those two as well. He got into several other good schools which gave him good merit so they are close to Umass cost which is nice but again we would love to know. He applied back in early October.
What is the final date the decisions could come out?
@jas766 and @JJay our son is a bit of a slacker and was accepted with a 3.2 gpa into economics. We are instate and he had 35 ACT. He missed the admissions email and finally went online to check weeks after he was accepted when I nagged him to do so. Good luck!
Hi, Vegas 1…thanks for the encouragement. Congrats to your son!! When you say he “went online” --where do you mean exactly? They sent my S a username and password and when we click on the check status button, we are taken to a page @ yes.umass.edu where it says "Application Status…but then it does not give any status at all! It thanks us for our interest and gives us a reference number to use for future contact and confirms our address…that’s it!! No info!! Does the message change when a decision has been made? Does this sound like the page your son went to?, or, is there someplace else we should be checking? Thanks.
@jas766 That’s the page where you would see it. It’s possible you could miss it. Under the “thank you for applying…” but above the “verify address” there is a little box that says “status update” you click that and it brings you to your acceptance letter. The page doesn’t change much so I didn’t even realize it was there.
Anybody applying to biology or other similar sciences hear anything yet???
My son was accepted into Bio last weekend. I believe there were quite a few others on here accepted into other science majors. He is instate.
@stressedparents I heard back for biochem and molecular bio on December 30. A lot of natural sciences were sent out that day, but don’t worry not everyone has heard back yet!
Has anyone been accepted into political science yet? I’m OOS and I applied in late October and still haven’t heard back yet.