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Breakdown of “Social Life” at UMA
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By Gender
MaleB-
FemaleB
 
By Major
Animal StudiesA-
AnthropologyC
BiologyC+
Business - Management and AdministrationB
Chemical EngineeringA+
CommunicationsB+
Computer EngineeringB+
Computer ScienceA
CriminalA
Electrical EngineeringB-
Engineering DepartmentC-
EnglishB
FinanceB-
Geography and GeosciencesB-
History/Histories (art history/etc.)C
JournalismC+
Language - French/Spanish/etc.A+
MathB
Mechanical EngineeringB
Music EducationA+
Neuroscience/Cognitive ScienceA
NursingA
OtherB-
PhilosophyB
PhysicsA+
Political ScienceA-
PreLaw and LegalB
PreMed and MedicalB+
PsychologyB+
Social WorkA+
SociologyC+
UndecidedB-
 

Against similar schools
Social Life compared with similar schools in class.

University of Massachusetts Amherst
 B
Average of All Schools
 C+
Average of schools in class
 B-

Harvard University
 C
Boston University
 B-
Boston College
 B-
Brown University
 B+
Columbia University in the City of New York
 C+
Yale University
 B-
George Washington University
 B
F
A+

Quotes touching on Social Life

“... The cafeterias here are very solitary, and its easy to feel lonely in such a huge, unfriendly place (it's KILLING me, as an extremely outgoing a...”
 
“... UMass bears the advantages of most large public institution, namely a diversity of resources, students, academic, sports, and social programs as ...”
 
“... yes, umass is big into alcohol and drugs but again, if thats not your style theres plenty of other things to do (although i cant say i've attend...”
 
“... Freshmen housing retarded my social life (Sylvan, anyone ...”
 
“... On to the social life ...”
 
“... Social Life- Here is where I find to be the biggest problem with my time here ...”
 
“... I came to college expecting to be academically and socially challenged ...”
 
“... Socially, a lot of people go here but you see the same people in your major classes every day ...”
 
“... If you are social and want the full college experience do not, I repeat DO NOT live in Sylvan, Orchard Hill or Northeast ...”
 
“... The social life is great though and there is always fun stuff going on ...”
 
“... Excellent social life ...”
 
“... " I found out that these kids weren't all about smoking pot but real social issues ...”
 
“... First off, your social life depends on what dormitory the school houses you in, which really isn't fair to someone who is as outgoing as myself ....”
 
“... As for social life, I'm not much of a partier so I haven't checked out the super hyped up party scene here ...”
 
“... Frankly, I was attracted to UMass Amherst because of it's low cost and reputable social scene ...”
 
“... There are so many people who came here because they had to and ended up with an awesome experience both socially and academically ...”
   

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