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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Based on our visit to UMass Amherst (their flagship), it’s nice but hard to imagine what would make someone select it over closer options. It’s kind of in the middle of nowhere. The campus is not particularly beautiful. Altogether, outside the business school maybe, it was a bit forgettable. It felt like it was lacking a personality or a specific draw like you might see at UVM or other schools.[/quote]

I'd agree with that.  UConn has a pretty nice campus, but is also out in nowhere--which is kind of hard to do in the second smallest state!

I would say that I don't understand the draw of U of VT since as a school it's not even as good as UMass and UConn. [/quote]

Because it has only 9-10K undergrad students and 2-3K graduate students - so it isn't massive state school like the others you mentioned - professors actually teach the classes. It has good honors options as well.   It is in Burlington and 5 minutes from Lake Champlain and 30 from skiing (which has been wonderful so far this year).  It has one of the top Environmental Studies programs in the country.  It has a great D1 men's soccer team (2024 NCAA Champions).  UConn and UMass are both at least twice the size if not 3x the size so doesn't provide the warmth and coziness that UVM does.  It's pretty easy for a kid to find their people at UVM. No knock on UConn and UMass - they are also very good state schools - but don't need to knock on UVM (and it's not U of VT).[/quote]

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