University of Massachusetts-Amherst Top Questions

Any person looking for a solid liberal arts education in an academically rigorous environment will feel at home attending UMass Amherst. The dynamic variety of social, academic, and recreational activities here at UMass ensures that no matter what a student's interests or needs, there is always an opportunity to satisfy them. Career counseling, financial assistance, and opportunities in general abound for traditional and non-traditional students alike. In short, there is no specific criteria concerning what kind of person should attend UMass Amherst; the only things needed are a desire to learn and a willingness to be challenged.

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Anyone can join this school...theres something for everyone here!!

anyone who is looking for an experience and to grow as a person by being more independent and open minded.

Someone who is extremely self-motivated; great resources are available, but you have to go and get them yourself.

Social, open people.

Someone open to new experieces, who likes to be exposed to different things, someone who can make it on their own and doesn't need their hand held. a person should also not mind drinking to have fun, but know when to do it and when not to.

Anyone interesting in contributing to an academic environment, willing to study hard and learn. UMass has a reputation as a party school, but its becoming more than that. Anyone interested in just partying will be wasting their money before they inevitably fail out of school. UMass does not exclude any type of person, and anyone can find acceptance on this campus.

There isn't a kind of person that should attend this school. I've met all different types of people and everyone gets along. There are always the cliques that you can find around campus but that doesn't mean that they won't be nice to you. Everyone is very accepting. It's such a big school too that if you don't find your type of person right away, you just keep looking. It's easy to find people that you like.

a fun responsible person who enjoys meeting new people