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The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityA- Faculty AccessibilityA
Useful SchoolworkA- Excess CompetitionB
Academic SuccessB Creativity/ InnovationB+
Individual ValueC- University Resource UseC
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyC FriendlinessA-
Campus MaintenanceC+ Social LifeC-
Surrounding CityB Extra CurricularsB
SafetyA
Describes the student body as:
Friendly

Describes the faculty as:
Helpful

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Quite Bright
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Individual Value
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Faculty Accessibility
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He cares more about Individual Value than the average student.
Date: Jan 02 2008
Major: Civil Engineering (This Major's Salary over time)
I am a current senior in the Civil Engineering program. The program here is ABET accredited, which is a great plus especially for the price of the school. Fellow classmates are almost ALWAYS working together on homeworks and projects, and in my experience people in the department are quick to respond to questions, helpful during office hours, and reasonable. Academic advising can be a little shaky here, so be sure to keep tabs on the program requirements outlined on the department's website. The school's architecture can be a little drab during the grey months (typical New England weather) but the landscape is nice in the spring. Hockey team is good, and games are fun. Dartmouth isn't really a college town, but New Bedford and Fall River are the next town over, and are definitely on the upswing. Still makes things a little annoying when everything is twenty minute off campus. Off-campus housing is DIRT CHEAP. I am currently renting an apartment in the historic district of New Bedford, and am only paying $300/month plus utilities. Employment (besides the usual wait-staff/grocery clerk/mall work) in the area is almost non-present, but quality employment can be found within a half-hour commute for anyone who wishes to do it. Campus is more or less deserted on the weekends though, and unless you get heavily involved with a club or greek organization, you will most likely end up either being miserable or transferring out. Freshman dorms are disgusting, but I was lucky enough to come in when they treated freshman engineers like gold and put them in the sophmore buildings. Never lived in upper-classmen housing (moved off-campus), but seems like most people enjoy it except for the nitpickers. Dining hall is sort of sub-par and the meal-plans are BS if you ask me. Dining room closes at 7 on weekdays, 6 on weekends (when I had a meal plan), but late night food on campus is available for snack money (included with meal plan) or cash, and open until like 3 am. Overall, decent university for the price, particularly if you don't want to go to Amherst. Wouldn't come here from out-of state unless you're getting a full-boat though.
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