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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UMASS is okay. But no way you forego UMD in state over Zoo Mass.[/quote]

+1000[/quote] it’s not really “zoo mass” anymore. That dates from the days when students from elite public and private schools in New England were guaranteed admission to the ivy leagues or the top SLACs that’s not the case anymore, mostly due to the emphasis on geographic diversity and globalization of the education market. As a result,  upper middle-class families are looking at state schools, particularly at UMass Amherst. It has changed a lot because the chances of an in-state student getting into the top local private are lower. I was told by my Massachusetts private school counselor that a top NE private would be “the toughest field in the country” for my 4.0 unweighted kid with great ECs test scores in the 99th percentile and great references. Knowing this, we played hard, and our kid got  into many of these schools. However, many of our friends were disappointed.  The education market has changed, and UMass Amherst is in a different category as a  result. The kids we know who go there are very happy with the school.[/quote]

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