<p>Hi I'm Reggie </p>
<p>I'm a junior legal studies and communications major at umass and I'm also a RA. If you guys have any questions about applying to umass, umass itself, and life at umass I'll be happy to answer them.</p>
<p>What dorm area is closest to Pre-MEd studies classes? I’m enrolling and majoring in that. (The college said.)</p>
<p>Northeast and central would be closer to the science buildings. Northeast being the closest possible.</p>
<p>Alright. And is it better to join a RAP or what? I was also thinking about a triple roommate room. What do you think about that?</p>
<p>Triples are only available in southwest for the most part which is a good part of campus. They are kind of tight too though so I wouldn’t recommend doing a triple. </p>
<p>Joining a RAP allows you to be around people in your major and you also take a few of the same classes. So it’s perfect for study groups and finding people with common interests. Also you can get a garuntee spot in a spot you may want for housing which is also nice.</p>
<p>Southwest is a “good” part of campus??? Maybe in terms of location if you are an athlete, but not so much for science students and engineers. </p>
<p>On the other hand, if you want the “animal house” college experience…</p>
<p>This is true for science majors and engineers but for a majority of other majors on campus they are closer to the southwest side of campus. With a short walk to Isenberg, herter, bartlett, thompson for classes in business, psych, english, and many others. You find a lot of the marching band moving into southwest also because its a short walk from where they practice. It’s also where the top dining halls on campus are located with berkshire and soon to be renovated hampshire. </p>
<p>As far as the “animal house” reference, from my experience with northeast my freshman year and then southwest the following year, if people want to have parties they will no matter where they are on campus. I don’t know if you know this but most of the frats and house parties are located near northeast and ohill. I’ve had no problem maintaining a 3.88 in southwest. </p>
<p>So i stand by my statement.</p>
<p>My son is concerned about the size of UMASS AMHERST. He has been accepted into the Honor’s College. I’m thinking that by living in the Honor’s dorm and being enrolled in the honors classes, this will help make a large school feel smaller. Is this a correct theory?</p>
<p>A couple weeks on the campus will start to make the campus feel smaller. UMass does a great job of doing that with their first year dorms and how they are set up in RAPS. It allows people to develop friendships with people on their floors and the people with similar interests. </p>
<p>Regarding classes. Yes the honors classes that he will take will be smaller but he will still be in huge lectures his freshman year. However these lectures are mostly found in the intro course so as he goes into his sophomore year the class sizes surely dwindle. Now that i’m a junior I don’t have classes that have more then 25 people in it.</p>
<p>How many students are in large lectures? He scored 4s on his AP History, AP Chemistry and AP English Comp. Would he be exempted from some of these larger lecture classes. What’s your take on the Honors College?</p>
<p>MAC…go to <a href=“https://www.umass.edu/admissions/academic-life/advanced-placement[/url]”>https://www.umass.edu/admissions/academic-life/advanced-placement</a> and you can see exactly what classes your son will test out of</p>
<p>English writing is one of the smaller classes but he maybe exempt from those. But there are plenty more requirements he has to accomplish. The way to handle big classes is to have your student introduce themselves with the professor and contact them when ever they have issue. Professors are always available during their office hours too. These things help a lot</p>
<p>Wait, so regarding RAPs, would you find it better if I were to enter into one? I would have visited UMass, but I live in Italy so it is a little challenging. So if I joined a RAP and I wanted to get a dorm in Northeast, would they guarantee me a dorm there?</p>
<p>By the way, when do RAPs have to be done? (I looked online and it stated that it has to be finished on the NSO day, but I haven’t gotten my packet and all of that so I am a little in the dark.)</p>
<p>Next year I would imagine the honors RAPs will be in the new honors complex. S did an engineering honors RAP to be in Northeast, near his classes and labs. Friend’s pre-med/bio honors RAP was in O-Hill. Wouldn’t be the case next year.</p>
<p>Hi,
My daughter was accepted EA to UMass and will almost certainly go there. Is there any advantage to sending in her deposits early in terms of getting the housing she’d like? We’d like to know if sending in the deposits as soon as possible will help in this regard. Thanks!</p>
<p>No it doesn’t help that in anyway. It may help her be able to sign up for orientation earlier which is helpful for picking classes before they fill up. I would suggest waiting till you receive her financial aid package and have her still apply to other schools. You never know what kind of scholarships or academic grants could be offered.</p>
<p>Alright thanks a bunch! When do Freshman usually have to go to begin? And do they need parents for the NSO?</p>
<p>during your NSO there is a separate, optional parent orientation that parents may pay for.</p>
<p>Thanks for the clarification. She has applied to 3 other schools and has heard from one of them besides UMass (accepted at UNH). Still waiting to hear from two more. Do you know when new student orientation dates will be made available?</p>
<p>Last year NSO began in very early June. There were maybe 4-6 sessions or so in June, and the same in July.</p>