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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Went OOS to a state university in a great town. There are probably other schools I would have liked too, but I have no regrets and good friends, even after 30 years. They are smart, funny and open-minded people. I had many small seminar type classes with great profs. There were gazillions of clubs, events, intramurals, opportunities...   I eventually lived off campus, learned how to cook, how to rent an apartment (utilities, rent terms, etc.)  and negotiate with a landlord, manage my money, manage my GPA and still have fun. Even took classes at the neighboring SLACs in the consortium. Nope. No regrets.[/quote]

UMASS Amherst?[/quote]

Yup. Only negatives I can think of were that the dorms were sometimes loud and the library was ugly. Sometimes I went to the other schools just for the aesthetics of the libraries. My department gave me a locking library carrel (a whole mini room) as an undergrad, though. That was great. My professors knew me. You could learn to fix your car or smith silver at the student run student union. Friends went on to law school, med school, journalism, academia and wild world adventures. Now that I think about it, I better send them more money.[/quote]

I also went to UMASS Amherst and had a very similar experience.  The students and professors are diverse in the best sense of the word and the Happy Valley is a great place to be a student.  I grew so much during my time there and found it to be a far more intellectually stimulating experience than the highly-ranked grad law school I went on to attend.  The insecure me sometimes thinks it would be nice to have gone to a brand-name school more likely to elicit impressed nods at cocktail parties, but that's the only thing lacking from my college experience.  [/quote]

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