<p>Can you please describe each residential hall at Umass, Amherst?</p>
<p>I assume you are talking about residential areas…</p>
<p>Here is the “official” information page:
[UMass</a> Amherst: New Students Orientation - Living Options](<a href=“http://www.umass.edu/newstudent/studentlife/livingoptions/]UMass”>http://www.umass.edu/newstudent/studentlife/livingoptions/)</p>
<p>Central - I think the hockey team lives here. Lots of kids smoke weed here. I know people who have moved from Southwest to Central so they can smoke more week.</p>
<p>Northeast - Large Asian community. Close to the science/math buildings.</p>
<p>Orchard Hill - O’ Hill. Mostly comprised of nursing/pre-med kids. Have to walk up a killer hill to get to, which means living there gives you a nice work-out but is a pain too.</p>
<p>Southwest - Ahh Southwest. Typical “dorm” style living, has towers as well. THOUSANDS of people in one small area means LOTS of distractions. People outside yelling and having fun, which can be a good and a bad thing depending on your personality. Z-rooms which are nice. Solid location because it is close to the new million-dollar Recreation Center (gym) and the best Dining Commons. It is also closer to the frats/party areas (because half of the people party in the dorms anyway…) and the football field. People here are very laid-back and like to have a good time. If you can buckle down and do your homework on the weekend it is worth it.</p>
<p>Sylvan - Highest suicide rate and also the highest rate of sexual encounters because everyone is so isolated and bored. Lots of transfer students get put here. I believe they have “suite-style” living which means there are 4 rooms sharing 1 bathroom. My buddy hated it. Sylvan is extremely isolated from the rest of campus.</p>
<p>Couldn’t resist adding on southwest’s rep for anyone (or their parents) worried.</p>
<p>I graduated 3 years ago and lived in John Adams Tower for 2 years, floor 18 and 17. Currently, I’m in a top ranked grad program in my area, my old roommate just got a $100 k job offer out of law school, and another close friend is choosing which ivy league law school he wants to go to. And I met my fiance, haha. </p>
<p>That said I had friends who lived all over and enjoyed where they lived. I particularly liked enjoying the hill in Central in the spring.</p>
<p>Don’t think that you can’t get work done down there because we did! Good luck to everyone, I couldn’t have made a better choice by going to UMass.</p>
<p>I live in southwest and have a 4.0 as a Computer System Engineer. I’m not saying that “only” party kids live there, or that its impossible to get good grades, but it IS distracting, and it is definitely much harder to do your work in the dorms there then say, Orchard Hill.</p>
<p>I’d have to agree with Nunber-One in those descriptions. I graduated many years ago but the description was the same. Northeast was definitely a ghost town socially but very quiet and can get work done easily. Orchard Hill seemed nice, didnt know too many people who lived there…but those who did said it was a nice place to live and also very quiet. Central to me was fun and I knew a few guys who lived there…definitely the beatnik/hippie, frisbee playing crowd smoking weed and taking some odd drugs…but not everyone. Really laid back. I dont think I’ve ever met anyone that enjoyed Sylvan. I also heard about weird sexual stories happening there and did seem to be a depressed place. I lived in Southwest, got decent grades, I was in the business program at SOM, and I loved living there. Always something to do and come warm weather, no funner place to be than hanging around the horseshoe. They had decent dining commons, a small walk down the hill to the football stadium, walking distance to uptown, and just an overall friendly place. It did have a party atmosphere but you can choose to indulge or not. I think some of the low rise places are a little more quiet where the towers are pretty crazy sometimes. I lived in Patterson my freshman year which was ok…but I moved into JQA for my sophomore year and loved it. Still friends with MANY of the people I lived with on that floor to this day…and I graduated well over 10 years ago.</p>
<p>Sorry! Wrong thread ><</p>