Early Action Admission (First Year)
You’ve visited campus. You’ve talked to people. You’ve done your homework. You’ve decided that UMass Amherst is the place for you.
Our Early Action (EA) option is designed for freshman applicants with strong academic records who wish to receive an early decision for the following fall semester. Students must submit their application by November 1 and specifically request EA. SAT/ACT test scores and high school transcripts (through the junior year) must be received by November 20. Admission decisions are communicated by the end of December.
There are three possible decisions for EA applicants:
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Students who are admitted will be offered admission for the upcoming fall term, contingent upon successful completion of the senior year. They will have until May 1 to decide whether to enroll at UMass Amherst.
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A select group of students will be deferred to the Regular Decision applicant pool. We will reexamine these students in the context of the entire pool, taking into account their mid-year grades and any other new academic information.
- Based on the number of applications received, we may make the difficult decision to deny some students whose academic records are not competitive within the overall applicant pool. While a deny decision for that fall semester is final, students may apply as a transfer student after completing one year of academic work at another college or university.
The university also offers a traditional Regular Decision application process which provides students the maximum amount of time to decide on college selection.
