<p>Would you recommend this school to a non-MA resident?</p>
<p>I applied EA as a non-MA resident. My friend goes there from PA also and is having a great time.</p>
<p>I was wondering, because I’m interested in MA, but their schools are so competetive. UMass Amherst looks like something I could get in, for relatively cheap. And isn’t it fairly close to Amherst College (More so than Hampshire College is, at least)?</p>
<p>I applied and I’m from MD… I think its mostly MA residents, then probably half the remaining are from other new england states, then some from mid atlantic states…</p>
<p>David have you looked at BU?</p>
<p>BU? That’s more expensive and selective, isn’t it?</p>
<p>UMass-Amherst is indeed very close to Amherst College (closer than the other consortium colleges are) but you’d have to check how easy it is to cross register. My opinion is that UMass is not a good fit for a top student. UMass does have an honors program, but it’s not one of the better-rated ones. BU is, as you say, more expensive and selective.</p>
<p>That’s why I’m considering it. I’m not a top student. I have no AP/Honors, no ECs until my first semester of college, and I graduated high school with the minimum number of credits. My GPA (3.65) and ACT (24) aren’t bad, but they aren’t good enough to make up for everything else. Also, my family’s income is 16,500 on average. So if UMass isn’t a bad school, it might be a perfect fit for me.</p>
<p>Cross-registering between UMass, Amherst, Smith, Mt. Holyoke and Hampshire College is very easy - they are the Five College Consortium and expect students to do just that. (And that way, men can take classes at Smith & Holyoke, too.)</p>
<p>ya, it sounds like umass would be a good fit for you. im applying there also, but unfortuatly was not ready to apply EA.</p>
<p>The DAVID - UMASS for OOS is around 25,000+ per year - and unless you have some pretty stellar stats they are not very good with financial aid to OOS students - it would be all loans pretty much - unless you are ex-military - which would help some.</p>
<p>what are you considering majoring in?? I don’t know what state you are in - but have you considered applying to your own state U’s or colleges?? You may want to consider checking out North Carolina schools as well - there re 16 UNC’s where the tuition is quite a bit cheaper for OOS applicants. There are also a bunch of schools out that which would fit your financial bill and may be a better financial match for you.</p>
<p>I’m most likely going to major in English (which may involve living in a box for a while), but possibly communications.</p>
<p>I plan to apply to some schools in my state. The problem is, I hate my state. And I really want to get out of the south altogether. But if UMass has poor financial aid, then I shouldn’t apply.</p>
<p>Any other suggestions? I have very limited options.</p>
<p>If you’re from New England and you take a major that your state university doesn’t offer, you can pay tuition that’s in-between state and out of state rates. </p>
<p>On the program, see <a href=“Home | New England Board of Higher Education”>Home | New England Board of Higher Education;
To search for which majors qualify if you are from another New England state, see <a href=“http://www.nebhe2.org/rspprogs/applekey.asp[/url]”>http://www.nebhe2.org/rspprogs/applekey.asp</a></p>
<p>THE DAVID - You may want to take a look at this thread…</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=263878&highlight=cheap+tuition[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=263878&highlight=cheap+tuition</a></p>
<p>It may have some info of interest to you.</p>
<p>Just an idea for you- you may want to consider your instate schools for tuition purposes - get good grades/decent GPA and then transfer - it is an option available to you - sometimes kids actually do better in college than in high school :)</p>
<p>I’m doing way better in college than I did in high school.</p>