(UMass-Amherst) UMass (and the surrounding Pioneer Valley) was an extraordinarily

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Quite Bright

Date: May 10 2007
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UMass (and the surrounding Pioneer Valley) was an extraordinarily intellectually stimulating place. I went to lectures, plays, poetry readings, and book stores nearly every single day. I am currently in a PhD program, a top ten program in my field, and I credit UMass for helping me to get there. I loved that nobody held my hand. I wanted to be treated like a number, so to speak, because I wanted to prove that I could do anything without any coddling from my professors. I applied to small liberal arts colleges, but I felt the environments on those campuses suffocating. At UMass I worked hard and achieved goals that I never thought possible. Of course, my professors helped me to succeed and encouraged me to go to graduate school, and I would not be where I am today without them. I still visit some of them when I head back to the Valley. The best thing about UMass is that it is large enough to accommodate the extraodinary personal changes that one goes through in college. Suddenly find yourself devoted to medieval literature? There's a place for you. Decide that you just want to chill and do a lot of partying? There's room for that too. No two UMass experiences are alike, and that's how it should be. If you want to be made from a cookie cutter, if you want to be like everyone else, go somewhere else.

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