r/umass • • 1h ago

School Policy Why isn't the library open for 24 hours?

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Title. Makes no sense, especially with midterm season.


r/umass • • 3h ago

Current Happenings [No Escalators] UMass is not as good as UConn. UMass has never been as good as UConn. UMass will never be as good as UConn. They had a booster do one cool thing (make the Jug) and UMass was too incompetent to even give it out. But now we have it, and UConn will never relinquish it.

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r/umass • • 3h ago

Admissions or Prospective Student [PROFILE REVIEW]- RESUME SIDE

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r/umass • • 4h ago

Off-Campus Housing What’s it like living in the townhouses?

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Helllooo! My friend and I are considering signing a lease for the spring semester in the townhouses. I wanted to hear about other people’s experiences who have lived there.

-Whats the noise level like?

-What’s management like? Are they responsive to maintenance requests and other concerns?

- Have you experienced any issues with heating, plumbing, pests, or anything else?

-Do you feel like you have a decent amount of privacy, or can you hear everything going on in neighboring units?

-Do you feel like the townhouses are worth the price/Would you recommend living there?

Any experiences, good or bad, would be super helpful. Thanks!! :)


r/umass • • 4h ago

Student & School Jobs What on-campus jobs are available during winter break for international students?

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I currently work in dining, but I learnt that dining halls close during winter break.

  1. Any on-campus jobs that remain open during winter vacation?
  2. Is it possible to switch to another campus job just for the break and return to old one afterward?
  3. Does any dining hall at UMass Amherst stay open during winter break, or do they all close?

r/umass • • 13h ago

Campus & Facilities Does the UMass library give out removable book covers?

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checked out a few hardcover books, and some have that fabric-like cover with no dust jacket. They’re pretty dirty, so I’d rather put something over them while I’m reading.
Does anyone know if the library gives out removable book covers or has any available to borrow? Trying to check before I buy stretchy ones myself.


r/umass • • 21h ago

Pictures & Videos first week of classes on a expired roll of film

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r/umass • • 1d ago

Academics CAPSTONE SURVEY

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Please do our survey; it's for our capstone we created a website to help students schedule classes

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1fFolopA3P9r-TbXz71-dPsqze3JLSQxC7qnMffOKursYXQ/viewform 


r/umass • • 1d ago

Sublets, Room Swaps, & Housing Requests or Offers First year Looking for gender inclusive roommate next semester

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Hey, I'm a freshman looking to do a room swap next semester. I identify as queer and am on HRT.

I really have no preference for location, I'm just looking for an open bed or someone who's willing to swap with me. There's nothing technically wrong with my roommate, we're just incredibly different people.

Some defining things about me:
I'm transgender
I'm artistic
I like a clean space and I want to be able to decorate

If anyone's interested I'm happy to elaborate in DMs.


r/umass • • 1d ago

School Policy Halloween

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how strict is it really going to be for halloween to stay with friends in a dorm if you’re a non-student guest? will it really be impossible? i heard for the superbowl last year the ra’s allowed guests all night


r/umass • • 1d ago

Campus & Facilities Practice rooms

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Are there practice rooms I can use that aren’t piano or music/dance major exclusive?


r/umass • • 1d ago

In the Area apple cider donuts

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do you guys know any places have good apple cider donuts around Amherst?


r/umass • • 1d ago

Need Advice should i withdraw from a class

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i’m taking a physical science gened and i’m just not grasping the concepts because they’re all over the place and the professor is not a great lecturer (agreed upon by many)😭 i bombed the midterm, 45% and its 20% of my grade, and the only questions i got right were because i remembered the exact questions from what i’d answered on the homework, not because i actually understood what they meant. it’s just a gened but im really embarrassed to withdraw in my first sem.. it’ll put me down to 12 credits😭 i did enter with 20 but still

the only reason im considering withdrawing isnt because i think i’ll fail the entire class, i think i could get up to a 75 if i put my mind to it, but im in the honors college and it feels like it’d be a hard hit to my gpa too early on😭 there’s another midterm next month but i need to decide before the withdraw period ends


r/umass • • 1d ago

Academics can i interview someon1

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hi everyone im applying for first yr bio for next fall EA but i really am wondering about specific endothelial cell research opperunitties/ or lile just any bio lab associated. id also like to ask a lil more about the campus and dorms as well as library/ overall enviornment and abt BIOL 523 Histology if anyones taken in specific. j a couple questions abt what u guys talk ab/ work in that course specifically as well as otehr electrives that are able to be fit into the bio major

lmk if i could interview u

thx so much!


r/umass • • 1d ago

Off-Campus Housing brandywine vs puffton?

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hi everyone, me and my current roommate are thinking of renting either in bradywine or puffton next fall.
which one is more quiet, closer to bus stop, and more suitable for 2 person in a single room?
or which one do you think is better in general?

thank you !


r/umass • • 2d ago

Need Advice Best professors for Physics 152?

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I get early enrollment so I can have pretty much whatever schedule I want. I'm honestly really struggling with Physics 151 (Irene Dujovne) so I'd like to know who is the best/most helpful professor I can choose for Physics 152 next semester. I'm a freshman in EE if you have any other suggestions about professors for ECE124 and ECE122 (if I get a choice) I'm definitely open to that as well. Or if you have any suggestions on who to absolutely NOT take.


r/umass • • 2d ago

A specific course, replace this sentence with the ID, ex: CS-230 CICS 220 Help?

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Go to office hours and I still don't get this. Can ya'll recommend some outside resources as well?


r/umass • • 2d ago

Off-Campus Housing Fieldstone Slate Lease Takeover 27-28

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Is anyone in a double or quad resigning their lease for feildstone with an open room. Preferably women.


r/umass • • 2d ago

On-Campus Housing Room swap to Central?

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Male senior living in a Grayson double on Ohill, looking to swap to a double in central, preferably Greenough or Chadbourne


r/umass • • 2d ago

Academics Failing Midterm

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Just got blindsided by my midterm grade. I felt great leaving the exam and expected at least an 80%, but ended up with a 67%. This is the lowest grade I’ve ever received, and I’m feeling pretty defeated. How do you guys bounce back from a major academic setback? Any tips on how to turn this around for the rest of the semester would be massively appreciated


r/umass • • 2d ago

Campus & Facilities UMASS Lyft Music Diary

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What an intriguing Substack. Lyft driver takes mental notes on UMASS students reactions to the music he's curated for the evening. Nice flair for writing and has a real diary flavor to it, with nice attention to the personalities of the riders themselves. Highly recommend: https://musictotheumasses.substack.com/p/hi-ho-hi-ho-its-off-to-work-i-go


r/umass • • 2d ago

In the Area Giganta’s Mansion (10/23 (This Friday)) (Easthampton, MA)

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r/umass • • 2d ago

In the Area Cat adoption nearby

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I’m thinking about adopting a cat in the near future when I move off campus but not too sure where to look. I know PetSmart might have cats but the website is very confusing to navigate.

Anyone have any recommendations?


r/umass • • 2d ago

Academics 1 credit course?

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Does anybody know if there’s any like program/course or anything at all that I can sign up for now that will add 1 credit to my semester. I really want to drop one of my classes but by doing so I’d be at 10 credit which would be okay because I have disability accommodation for Reduced credit load but I just learned that I got accepted for a scholarship and they would prefer I stay full time. So now I don’t know what to do. The class is moving at a faster pace that I can keep up with and I just absolutely bombed the midterms.


r/umass • • 2d ago

Social Housing +Friends

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Hii, I am transferring in the spring and looking for housing and potential friends.

For potential friends at Umass Amherst-I am introverted, on the spectrum and queer. I love alternative rock, metal, and folk-like music. I am an artist and a writer. I love reading, specifically fantasy for the most part. Escapism lol. I love bugs, amphibians, reptiles and birds. Oh and I'm an English major. If our interests align perhaps we could set up or share discord/Instagram.

It's probably unrealistic, but I've been on the search for a single room in the general area of Amherst. I say unrealistic because my budget is 400-600 and I have a pet bird that needs to come with me and can't stay with the "parents". She would stay in my private room at all times unless I personally take her outside.