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<p>Needy out-of-staters might find that some of those LACs are cheaper than UMass - Amherst. Some may want both the small faculty led lower division courses of a LAC and the large selection of upper division courses of a research university.</p>
<p>However, it is true that the commuting makes this consortium less convenient that Barnard - Columbia cross registration.</p>