The University of Massachusetts - Amherst

UMass Amherst in the ultimate shithole of Mass. This institution has an acceptance rate of 70% for Undergraduate. This is a large school, and don't expect to have you face remembered my faculties in lectures. Here are some major details of this school.

Faculties: Believe it or not, there are some super bright faculties, especially in the applied science department. Forget the rest. If you get to do research and build connection with one of those figures, it might not be a terrible idea coming here. But again, this is just a tip of the iceberg. Most of TA's here should be fired. They give you easy workload you bomb the test. Sometimes they're willing to curve the grades, most of the times, they don't give a shit.

Students Body: At Umass Amherst, you will get to meet lots of arrogant people. They're arrogant about nothing really. At this place, they constantly present themselves in ostentatious manner hoping to get recognized. Weekends are hellish. If you're studious, that's fine. But you won't find the right ambiance to focus here. The library doesn't even open till 11 in weekends. They close at 9 AM on Fridays. You can't sleep at night because drunkies are smoking crack outside and being vociferous till 3 AM. Most places are very very chaotic. There's only 13-5% of the student body who really care for their future.

Advisors: common wealth college advisers are much more supportive, but School Of Management advisers are completely useless. Undeclared Department advisers hires random, uneducated good hearted person to advise students. He is a nice guy, but absolutely obsolete. I once sought an adviser at School of Management to fix my resume. I have never felt so unwelcomed in my entire life. She didn't even respond to my email on time as promised, and I had to attend to the career fair feeling insecure. Hey, it's cheaper here. You get what you paid for.

If you're so obtuse and you insist coming here, I have couple of suggestions for you; work hard, get good grades, and transfer to Amherst College.

Isenberg School of Management:

They say Isenberg is ranked somewhere within top 50 in national ranking. This is total bullshit. Students brainwash themselves with this fabrications and fill themselves with pride. Of course the advisors here want to promote their school. If you ask UMass students if they know where their school stand in terms of ranking, they'll say, " yeah, we're right after Wharton".

Safety: just watch the news. You will be able to predict when the next riot will be. Students get email of admonition all the time. Basically Chancellors warning students that police won't hesitate a single second to jail you if you screw around outside creating riot. Trust me, it happens quite frequently.

Unless your alternative is Boston University, don't waste your time coming here. Please...
You'll regret it.

1st Year Male -- Class 2011

Surrounding City: A, Education Quality: F

Though I have had many good times at this school (more towards the beginning of the year), I felt that UMass started going downhill after the first couple of months. First off, your social life depends on what dormitory the school houses you in, which really isn't fair to someone who is as outgoing as myself. I got housed in Sylvan, which is by far one of the worst areas of dorms I have ever seen in my college experience. It is the part of campus that has suite-style living and coincidentally a place where all the typical social outcasts live. I cannot understand why anyone in their right mind would chose to live there. The rooms are small (10 x 15 ft) and it is in a bad location in terms of classes and social events. I found myself taking 15-20 minutes to walk to class everyday, which was undesirable especially considering the ugly concrete landscape. My stupid roommate, who just sat in the room and played pokemon on his gameboy day and night didn't help much either.

The second semester I moved to Southwest, hoping to forget the misery I felt my first semester in Sylvan. Though it is in a better location, has better food, and overall has more of a down-to-earth college atmosphere, I still didn't feel very welcomed. I am an international student (raised in Europe) and wanted a good American college experience. The international student population being 1%, made it very hard for me atleast to relate to anyone who went there. Sure, I made friends and I generally had an OK time, I felt that I would have a better time with a more diverse student population.

And btw, the parties pretty much suck. They are all packed as shit and theres no room to really do anything. There is also always a cover charge for all frat parties, but don't expect to get beer because it will probably take you hours.All in all, I wouldnt suggest coming here. If your looking for the type of school that has no diversity, shitty food, 500 student class sizes, NO financial aid, and ugly landscape.. suit yourself.

1st Year Male -- Class 2011

Friendliness: C+, Education Quality: F