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The University of Massachusetts - Amherst

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Educational QualityB- Faculty AccessibilityB
Useful SchoolworkC- Excess CompetitionC
Academic SuccessB- Creativity/ InnovationB
Individual ValueD- University Resource UseC-
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyF FriendlinessB
Campus MaintenanceA Social LifeD
Surrounding CityD- Extra CurricularsB
SafetyA
Describes the student body as:
Arrogant, Snooty, Closeminded

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Friendly, Helpful, Arrogant, Condescending, Self Absorbed

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Date: Mar 28 2017
Major: Industrial Design (This Major's Salary over time)
I went to Umass through the Mass Transfer program, so I only had to go for two years thankfully. I was not a fan of my time at Umass and ended up stacking classes to get out. Unfortunately I had to endure the ending of election 2016 in super left Umass. The university is largely left leaning, so is the area and many people come off as condescending and somewhat rude if you have a different opinion than them. In many of my courses, I refrained from participating trying not to get the whole class to attack my opinion. I made the mistake of opening my mouth a few times and was met with a roar of disapproval from my peers on subjectively uncontroversial subjects. Most of campus lands on the far left side of the spectrum and Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton were held as messiahs. Rarely I met people I could have an open conversation with.

I know UMass is a giant school and it has every kind of person you could imagine, just remember that Amherst and Northampton are the meccas for "progressives" and their ideals. Really even if you try and stay away from politics at school, it remains so in your face that it hurts. I felt ostracized at times and questioned if I was stupid because I didn't fit in with many of my classmates.
Overall I'm glad I got through and wanted to go home every weekend. Now that I'm out I hope to move somewhere far away from Massachusetts. The Social justice bleeding hearts really made me dislike going here. the activist culture is alive and well at Umass. I just would like people to heed my warning about the activist culture around Umass. They are the "majority" here, and yes they were still yelling that months and months after the election was over. Third wave feminism is rampant. Black Live Matter, Socialists, Communists, The whole nine yards was there. Soaked in cultural marxism to the core. You can meet people that just don't want to talk identity politics and you can just have a casual conversation with, but I found them a bit hard to come by.
Plus the size of the campus is quite large and going class to class can take up to 25-30 depending on where you are, FYI.

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