is umass the place for me?

Lergnom
Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:57:17 +0000

Bluelaser, when kids now talk about UMass, they mean Amherst. It’s the flagship, like Wisconsin is Wisconsin-Madison. It’s not a party school anymore. Hasn’t been for a while.

tennisfan, this actually is a good place for community service. Here are some reasons:


You have 5 school “consortium” that includes Hampshire (about as left wing as possible) and women’s schools that have a history of service.
While the immediate area is rural and postcard-like small town, Amherst-Northampton is just north of Springfield / Holyoke, old urban manufacturing cities that have problems.
A number of activist types live in the area.


Note I don’t know specifically how students on campus are involved in service. One kid I know is highly involved in a bunch of things but then he’s the kind of person who would be involved anywhere.