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By Gender  | | Male | B | | Female | B |
| By Major | | Accounting | B- | | Animal Studies | A- | | Anthropology | B | | Art & Design Department | A+ | | Biology | B- | | Business - Management and Administration | B- | | Chemical Engineering | A | | Civil Engineering | B+ | | Communications | B | | Computer Engineering | B+ | | Computer Science | B+ | | Criminal | B | | Economics | C | | Education | A | | Electrical Engineering | B+ | | Engineering Department | A- | | English | B- | | Finance | B- | | Geography and Geosciences | C- | | History/Histories (art history/etc.) | B+ | | Journalism | B- | | Language - French/Spanish/etc. | B | | Linguistics | C | | Math | C | | Mechanical Engineering | B- | | Music Education | A+ | | Natural Resources | B | | Neuroscience/Cognitive Science | A- | | Nursing | A- | | Other | B- | | Philosophy | A+ | | Physics | B+ | | Political Science | B | | PreLaw and Legal | C | | PreMed and Medical | A | | Psychology | B | | Social Work | A- | | Sociology | B | | Undecided | C+ |
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Surrounding City compared with similar schools in class. |
Quotes touching on Surrounding City | “... You have your inner city kids, you have your New York, New Jersey kids, stoners, athletes, nerds ...” |
| “... 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 ...” |
| “... 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 ...” |
| “... i was born on Cape Cod and raised there most of my life and then a few years ago moved to Boston and i fell in love with the city and realized th...” |
| “... SW is far away from class and it feels like a city ...” |
| “... It truly is a small city in itself, which is nice, since the actual town of Amherst is pretty small ...” |
| “... Its no big city but there are enough nice bars and cultural events to semi-fill the void of big city life ...” |
| “... I love it (though be aware it's no New York City-I doubt there are any dance clubs) ...” |
| “... the city feel makes you feel like your in the world not just in a small town because thats not what life really is like in reality ...” |
| “... The southwest area has a concrete/ city-like feel but the rest of the campus has a lot of grass and beautiful, traditional buildings ...” |
| “... If a big school is not for you, or you want to go to school in the city, that's great ...” |
| “... If you are quiet and a loner, you might prefer Sylvan to Southwest, where more extroverted partiers live in a cityscape ...” |
| “... The social life around UMass has something for everyone except giganto city folks and clubbers ...” |
| “... If you like city life, again don't go here ...” |
| “... In my personal opinion, this place brought me back to some of my darkest moments in New York City ...” |
| “... 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 t...” |
| “... 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 t...” |
| “... I really wish I went to a small engineering school in a city (but I dont think one exists which I could get into) or one with better help resourc...” |
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If you are not willing to be a macho tough guy and get punched in the face, knocked out, have your academics turn to C's or worse, get drunk ...” |
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