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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After much gaslighting about the 5 College consortium, it is timely to see an article from the Amherst Student (Amherst College's student news publication) that emphasizes the lack of 5 college collaboration.

[quote]The lack of engagement is not simply a reflection of student disinterest, but rather a symptom of deeper structural and informational barriers that make cross-enrollment and collaboration seem daunting and inaccessible. This striking gap between Amherst’s promotional narrative and the lived reality of its students reveals a disconnect between what the college advertises and what it actually facilitates.[/quote] was particularly striking.

[b]The link to learn more:[/b] [url]https://amherststudent.com/article/take-more-five-college-classes/[/url][/quote]

Gaslighting? That's a little much.

I have a kid at Smith. Yes, the bus takes a while and she said it would be hard to take a class elsewhere due to that. She doesn't have a car. A car would make it easy. Some students have cars, some don't. But of the 5 colleges, Smith is the furthest away. This wouldn't be as much of an issue for Amherst and UMass which are down the street from each other.

However, this article is mostly about classes. My daughter and her friends use the consortium all the time for social things. She often goes to parties at Hampshire, Amherst, UMass. She's dating a guy at Amherst. The consortium is what you make of it. The author of this article isn't using it; doesn't mean others don't. I think a lot do. The big party on Halla weekend for example was the woods party at Hampshire with lots of students from other colleges.

To get there, she will sometimes use the bus to get there, but often ubers back, and sometimes ubers there as well. Splitting an uber with friends keeps costs down.

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