How rural is Amherst?

GA2012MOM
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:29:27 +0000

Amherst is a small school, but is in an area with the four other colleges, UMASS Amherst, Mt. Holyoke, Hampshire and Smith. It has every type of store you would need from bookstores, clothing stores, coffee shops, restaurants etc. either within walking distance or accessable with a free bus ride. The college has less students than my D’s High School did and she is never bored. Although she has not done so as yet, you can take classes at the other four schools as well.