<p>FWIW, I was shopping in Amherst with my son, who already goes to UMass, and got chatting with the clerk as we were paying. Turns out she works at Comm College and she said they have had to cut back on the number of students, plus the applicants are getting much better, so it’s going to be very hard to get in. I’m hoping my daughter will, but we will see.</p>