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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does your child like school socially? I worry it is too isolated. Seems like the fun would be at UMass Amherst and that would clearly not be a walk to get over there. Also what kind of internships did your child secure while there. We want to be open to other parts of the country but also want to make sure we don’t get an “I am bored” call a few months in when tbe fun seems to be large schools. Thoughts?[/quote]
Lots to do at Amherst because it’s a great college town right next to campus and plenty of free buses connecting the colleges and Northampton, an even better town. Would not call UMass unwalkable because the walk is through a pleasant downtown and that extends tolerable walking times; could be 20-35 minutes depending on where you want to go (but at least one free bus will likely pass you on the way, so look behind if you are walking and be aware of the downtown stops if you don’t want to walk anymore). Is this a boy? He’ll have lots of opportunities to go to Smith and Mount Holyoke parties (free busing). A girl could go to UMass frat row (20 -25 minute walk) if that’s her thing.

Or, navigate between the woke students and the 35-40% athletes (more athletes, numerically, than U. of Alabama) and party on campus. A lot of the campus tension I suspect comes from the ridiculous number of (mostly white) recruited athletes and the schools “commitment” to a diverse racial class. This is a built in contradiction. If child is unhooked, be aware that every year admissions % decreases but number of URMs and athletes stay the same. By definition, then, the non-hooked rate is yearly decreasing faster than the overall admissions rate. The real admissions rate for non-hooked kids is therefore much, much lower than it appears (and that is already very low). (The Amherst no-legacy thing is a PR fake out: the athletes the real “white privilege” issue.)[/quote]

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