University of Massachusetts-Amherst Top Questions

The party stereotype is accurate, we love to party and we party right. HOWEVER, I transfered here from a small school and can say that there is less daily drinking here than other school which have nothing else to do, Umass offers activities for people of all kinds. The stereotype about us not being smart is completely false. I personally may not be the best student, but my brother was the top of his graduating class and went here, graduated and has landed a quality job. I honestly don't know why anyone would ever want to pay the money to go to a private school when they can get an amazing education here. (and yes many of our programs are well respected by hiring companies)

not really theres always gonna be a party everywhere you go and not everyone is on drugs well i know i'm not

The stereotypes of students living in certain dorms can be true, but are not always all encompassing.

It depends who you hang out with. It's a large, public school, so obviously they'll be more partying than at a smaller school. The partying doesn't take away from schoolwork though. Everyone is very serious with their schoolwork and try their hardest.

Mostly, not everyone who lives in a housing area fits the certain stereotype, but they're called stereotypes for a reason- because the majority of those people do exist.

There is a drinking/partying scene here, but I came to Umass with a strictly academic agenda with no big partying on my to-do list, and I was quite comfortable. You will find that there are people on both sides of the fence, and the school is big enough that there's not much crowding. A lot of the hardcore party scene is centered in Southwest, so if you are more of an academically-minded person I'd probably go for one of the other residential areas as a freshman. As for it being "easy"... If you are in sciences and engineering, it is definitely not "the easy school"! Though I can't vouch for the humanities, if you want to survive as a science or engineering student you really have to work for it.

YES! Except in Central or Orchard Hill where everyone is a hippie or a hipster.

If you are looking for a party, they're easy to find. Like at any other school, there are some students who party constantly. But it's not fair to call the school a party school, because not everyone here parties constantly. It's easy to avoid the wild party scene.

There is a lot of drinking that happens on Campus but that is typical of every college.When I was a freshman in 2005 everything was crazier and we were the no.8 party school. Now its toned down quite a bit but police have been backed up and are everywhere on campus. For this year there have been more threats and violent acts, i don't feel as safe as I did in 2005. And there are hardly any riots because they have swat teams that come in to attack people if they start. I would say Umass is not the same party-wise and violence wise as it used to be.

Generally - yes. but, that's generally. for the most part, this is actually true. but, as for all stereotypes there are bound to be exceptions. except when it comes to the sauce, they all love it.