| PP clearly doesn't understand the thread and plainly lives in a glass house so should drop the stones. |
Yes. Yes, they are. Welcome to DC, and welcome to DCUM. These are the smug ones at the grocery. |
That sounds about right. Years ago, URI used to be respected, and UMass had been ZooMass since forever. |
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| UMass, Amherst- outstanding faculty additions in the last few years, strong recruiting from Boston (esp in Tech) and increased funding has made this the ideal Public Univ in the NE! |
I took the PP's comment in jest. Perhaps you need to lighten up? |
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I'm a native of Mass. My take:
1) UCONN 2) UMASS (a close but definitive second) 3) UVM (solid third) 4) Maine, UNH, URI (I wouldn't consider these schools if out-of -state) |
I think that's a good point about the "party school." The good thing about doing to a decent-sized university is that you can find your people and other alternatives to party culture. |
You are right! Let posters call everyone else stupid, and anyone who doesn’t think that being superior is funny is uptight! |
| As a native of Connecticut, most of my friends are seriously considering UMass. |
This was the way things were 20 years ago. Now, it’s solidly UMASS followed by UVM. UCONN doesn’t provide the merit for OOS NE kids. On the other hand, Maine gives everyone their own in state tuition (so Mass kids pay UMass tuition and CT kids pay UConn, etc) UNH is a good fall back for kids that want to study STEM or business but don’t get into UMass (never mind that UMass Lowell would be the better STEM school, it is not as well received by the high school set as UNH - mainly due to, well, Lowell). URI seems to be an afterthought - not enough guaranteed merit and no better reputation than Maine or UNH. |
^^ forgot to add that the reason UVM is seen as better than UCONN is that it feels and looks more like a traditional LAC. UCONN is simply a giant state school in the middle of nowhere without even the benefits of Amherst. |
Any data to back up all of these subjective thoughts? Otherwise, it's an opinion - no different than the PP's list. |
Big 10 too! |
Just data from one high school throughout the last few years- certainly anecdotal at best. But if you want to go to UConn, you do you. |