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The University of Massachusetts - Amherst

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... Sports-There seems to be plenty of enthusiasm for our Football team but not as much for any other sport ...Read full comment
... I also do a D1 sport, which makes things pretty difficult ...Read full comment
... It's basically like playing hockey where it doesn't matter if you try and avoid trouble you might still get hit ...Read full comment
... There are so many things to get involved in such as sports, clubs, and greek life, and I'm sure there are other things to do ...Read full comment
... Find your own niche, get involved in a musical ensemble, sport, or any number of student organization and you'll easily form a solid group of fri...Read full comment
... It was not the school I thought it was going to be and I did not want to be in the middle of nowhere surrounding by a ton of people who really ju...Read full comment
... All the clubs/extracurriculars I have encountered are like high school cliques- but worse ...Read full comment
... As someone who likes to be well-rounded (get my work done, play sports, socialize) it is somewhat annoying that all ANYONE wants to do here is d...Read full comment
... The hockey games are so much fun and the town of Amherst is quite lovely ...Read full comment
... Administration acts like they want to cut down on drinking culture, going so far as to ban 'pong' of any form (whether or not alcohol is involved...Read full comment
... UMass bears the advantages of most large public institution, namely a diversity of resources, students, academic, sports, and social programs as ...Read full comment
... A MAJOR plus in terms of transportation is the fact that there is a peter pan bus stop on the campus, right next to the Fine Arts Center ...Read full comment
... The sports games are fun however the school has horrible sportsmanship ...Read full comment
... I received an email a few weeks ago warning the student body not to go too crazy during the final weekend of the baseball season, where the Yanke...Read full comment
... 3 in highschool in Nhs and Tri M, captain of all my sports teams, very athletic ...Read full comment
... ) I also love coming out of a hockey game or a late night party and seeing the Baby Berk food truck ...Read full comment
... I loved my Umass exerience but wished I had taken advantage of it more (clubs, sports, etc) ...Read full comment
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