Division 3 urban campus

OHMomof2
Sat, 13 Apr 2019 14:26:36 +0000

A friend’s daughter goes to Amherst and suggested she look there, but is there a lot to do near the Amherst campus?

Yes. It’s a massive college town mainly because of the 25K or so kids at UMass, though all the 5 colleges have a neighborhood with restaurants, shops, coffee, whatever. (Except Hampshire. It has a lovely indoor farm/gourmet market within walking distance but that’s it).

Cambridge, certainly. Tufts, close by at least. Clark, yes but Worcester isn’t a particularly vibrant city, IMO. Conn made my D’s list because of the location but when we visited we found downtown New London, such as it is, quite far away from campus. Not walkable, really.

Barnard is D3 and 3 hours away in NYC. Sarah Lawrence and Fordham are in Westchester/the Bronx so less than 3. Vassar and Marist in Poughkeepsie are in range.