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Breakdown of “Surrounding City” at UMA
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By Gender
MaleB-
FemaleB
 
By Major
Animal StudiesB
AnthropologyB
BiologyC+
Business - Management and AdministrationC+
Chemical EngineeringA+
CommunicationsB
Computer EngineeringB+
Computer ScienceB+
CriminalB
Electrical EngineeringB-
Engineering DepartmentA
EnglishB
FinanceB
Geography and GeosciencesC-
History/Histories (art history/etc.)B+
JournalismC
KinesiologyB-
Language - French/Spanish/etc.A-
MathC-
Mechanical EngineeringB+
Music EducationA+
Neuroscience/Cognitive ScienceA-
NursingB+
OtherC+
PhilosophyA+
PhysicsB+
Political ScienceB
PreLaw and LegalB
PsychologyA-
Social WorkA-
SociologyB
UndecidedB-
 

Against similar schools
Surrounding City compared with similar schools in class.

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

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

Quotes touching on Surrounding City

“... It truly is a small city in itself, which is nice, since the actual town of Amherst is pretty small ...”
 
“... If you are quiet and a loner, you might prefer Sylvan to Southwest, where more extroverted partiers live in a cityscape ...”
 
“... Its no big city but there are enough nice bars and cultural events to semi-fill the void of big city life ...”
 
“... The social life around UMass has something for everyone except giganto city folks and clubbers ...”
 
“... You have your inner city kids, you have your New York, New Jersey kids, stoners, athletes, nerds ...”
 
“... If you like city life, again don't go here ...”
 
“... The campus is described as a city in a rural setting, but only expect for it to be busting with people and excitement durring the middle of weekd...”
 
“... I lived in Southwest and would not recommend it -- a concrete city including four high rises of partying, loud, dumb kids ...”
 
“... Upon arrival, however, the girl refused to even get out of the car, as she was completely “turned-off” by the somewhat drab setting within the c...”
 
“... Upon arrival, however, the girl refused to even get out of the car, as she was completely “turned-off” by the somewhat drab setting within the c...”
 
“... That's how I go home (to Boston) so I have to fork it over but if you just want to hang around in the city for a day I'm not sure it's worth $50 ...”
 
“... Southwest is comparable to the "city" part of campus ...”
   

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