CU Boulder vs. UMass Amherst

mamabear232
Sat, 30 Jan 2016 14:05:41 +0000

We visited U Mass this past summer - on a trip that included a number of very gorgeous campuses (Vassar, Bowdoin, Brown, Amherst). Can’t say that my daughter thrilled to the campus and our student guide was very long-winded to boot. That said, as mentioned earlier the “core” of the campus is smaller than you’d think, the food is outstanding, and the five colleges consortium is a bonus. The town of Amherst is a quintessential college town. It is a bit of a pain to access - getting out of Boston traffic can be challenging and then it’s in the middle of nowhere. But a very pretty nowhere.

I know nothing about Boulder so I can’t compare. For my daughter the pluses at U Mass were Honors program, food, diversity of majors, location (she likes small NE towns), and that it’s green.

If you don’t mind me asking, how did she get scholarship money as an OOS student? I thought it was all in state.