UMass Amherst essay review
UMass Amherst asks every applicant for two school-specific essays for 2026-27, capped at 100 words. A NudgeEssay review reads your draft against the UMass Amherst prompt you pick, not against a general checklist: six rubric bands scored 1 to 5, notes on your own sentences in the margin, a map of where a reader's attention holds and where it drops, and a ranked list of fixes with the biggest one first. The first fix and the line a reader kept come back free; the full marked-up report is $49 for one essay or $299 for 20.
The UMass Amherst prompts and deadlines below were read on UMass Amherst's own admissions site on 2026-08-18. NudgeEssay is not affiliated with UMass Amherst and makes no claim about any admissions decision.
What UMass Amherst asks you to write
Word for word, from UMass Amherst’s own admissions pages. Pick the one your draft answers in the box below and the read is judged against that prompt’s own asks.
Supplement 1 · 100 words
Please tell us why you want to attend UMass Amherst?
Asked as UMass’s own questions inside the Common App. Sources disagree over whether a third community question still exists this cycle, so only these two are listed; check the Common App.
Supplement 2 · 100 words
Please tell us why you chose the Major(s) you did.
Asked as UMass’s own questions inside the Common App. Sources disagree over whether a third community question still exists this cycle, so only these two are listed; check the Common App.
The same prompts with every deadline round, the platform and the dated source are on the UMass Amherst essay requirements page.
What the review does to your UMass Amherst essay
It reads the draft cold, the way a stranger with four hundred more files to get through reads it, and answers the question that decides the essay: what is still there a week later. Then it scores six rubric bands from 1 to 5, each with a short quote from your own essay that drove the band and two or three sentences on what would raise it.
It marks your own sentences in the margin, maps where a reader’s attention holds and where it drops across the draft, screens for the patterns that read as AI-written or consultant-written, names the stock archetypes the essay is falling into, and ranks the fixes with the biggest one first. It points at your own material and never writes a sentence for you to paste.
Prompt fit is judged first, before any opinion of the writing: each distinct ask in the UMass Amherst prompt is checked separately, because an essay aimed near the prompt rather than at it is the most common fatal miss in a paid draft.
All 23 checks are listed on what the review checks. Seven complete reports on sample essays are published unedited, exactly as the engine wrote them, on the samples page, and what a college essay grader leaves out explains where the six bands stop and the read begins.
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$49 for one essay, $299 for a pack of 20, one free re-read on every essay, nothing expires. The first fix and the line a reader kept come back before you pay. Every plan is set out on the pricing page.
When it is due
| Round | Date |
|---|---|
| Early Action | November 5, 2026 |
| Regular Decision | January 15, 2027 |
A college can move a date mid-cycle. Confirm on UMass Amherst’s own page before you rely on one. Every round for every college is on the deadlines page.
What UMass Amherst reports about admissions
UMass Amherst admits 59.7% of applicants. The middle 50% of enrolled students scored 1310-1500 on the SAT and 30-33 on the ACT.
From the federal College Scorecard, pulled 2026-09-17. Score figures describe enrolled students, not applicants and not admits, and they are not a cutoff. No admission probability is stated anywhere on this site, because colleges do not publish admit rates conditional on a score, so any single percentage would be invented. The free chance me tool sorts a list into reaches, targets and likelies and gives no percentage either.
What UMass Amherst actually costs a family after grant aid, income band by income band, is on the UMass Amherst cost page.
Questions
- How many essays does UMass Amherst require?
- UMass Amherst asks every applicant for two school-specific essays for 2026-27, capped at 100 words. Each prompt is printed word for word on this page and on the UMass Amherst requirements page, with the date it was last read on UMass Amherst's own admissions site.
- What is the word limit on the UMass Amherst essays?
- 100 words. That is the cap UMass Amherst states on the prompt every applicant meets, taken from UMass Amherst's own admissions page. A range such as 150 to 250 words is counted at its upper number here.
- Is the review written against the UMass Amherst prompts or against a general checklist?
- Against the prompt you pick. You choose which UMass Amherst prompt the draft answers before the read starts, and the report judges whether the essay answers that prompt's distinct asks, each one separately, before it forms any opinion of the writing. A well-made essay aimed near the prompt is the most common fatal miss in a paid draft, so prompt fit is judged first rather than last.
- When is the UMass Amherst application deadline?
- The first deadline is Early Action on November 5, 2026. UMass Amherst publishes 2 rounds for 2026-27: Early Action on November 5, 2026, Regular Decision on January 15, 2027. Dates come from UMass Amherst's own admissions site, read on 2026-08-18, and a college can move a date mid-cycle, so confirm on UMass Amherst's own page before you rely on it.
- How much does an essay review for UMass Amherst cost?
- $49 for one essay, $199 for a pack of 10, or $299 for a pack of 20, which is about $15 an essay. Every essay includes one free re-read of the revised draft and nothing expires. You see your report in redacted form, with the first fix and the line a reader kept, before you decide whether to pay.
- Is NudgeEssay connected to UMass Amherst?
- No. NudgeEssay has no relationship with UMass Amherst or with any other college, is not endorsed by UMass Amherst, and does not predict, influence or guarantee any admissions decision. The UMass Amherst prompts and deadlines on this page were read from UMass Amherst's own public admissions pages and are linked to their source. The review is a reading of your writing, nothing more.