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The University of Massachusetts - Amherst

PreMed and Medical Scores
Students who would return
Would not - 5/1
Student Surveys
(in PreMed and Medical)
6
Males: 5, Females: 1
Average Yrs. Completed: 0.8
 

Education Quality Vs. Competing Schools

University of Massachusetts - Amherst
 B
Average of All Schools
 B
Average of schools in class
 B+
Harvard University
 B+
Brown University
 A
Yale University
 A-
Princeton University
 B+
Cornell University
 A-
Stanford University
 B+
Boston University
 B
F
A+

Student Expectations

Expected coursework difficulty:3.1 Medium
Actual difficulty:3.5 Medium
Students found the coursework to be harder than expected.

Educational Quality vs. Student Intellect

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English Speaking

Percent of teaching staff that does not speak satisfactory English0-10%

Student Personalities

Faculty Personalities

PreMed and Medical:

 “At first I was very hesitant about going to Umass. At my high school there was a very negative connotation about going to a state school where a good ...
“Umass is a great school, especially because it has become very competitive in the past couple years. As a premed major, I am doing alot of work most t...
“Avoid at all costs. Ugly buildings, overpriced textbooks, obnoxious student body who proudly tout the school's "ZooMass" nickname, 300+ person lectu...
“At first I was very hesitant about going to Umass. At my high school there was a very negative connotation about going to a state school where a good ...
“Umass amherst is what you make of it. There is literally every kind of person here from jocks to extreme "nerds". I didnt really expect to come here I...
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