Uconn or Umass Amherst

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm a Connecticut resident and I'm trying to decide between going to either Uconn or Umass Amherst. At uconn I would be a pre-pharmacy major (I intend to switch to computer science) and at Umass I would be a Japanese major. I would like to double major in Japanese and Computer science at Umass, however being OOS the COA would be much higher than Uconn. </p>

<p>Some pros and cons of going to Umass </p>

<p>Pros:
Good computer science program (I'm don't think Uconn has a very notable program)
Japanese major (Uconn doesn't offer this)
Study aboard
I prefer the environment
5 college consortium</p>

<p>Cons:
OOS tuition much higher, especially since I want to double major </p>

<p>Please give me your feedback. I'm especially interested in the opinions of Connecticut residents. If i have any wrong information please correct me. Thank you! </p>

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<p>I will also be at the honors college in umass</p>

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<p>Bump </p>

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<p>My family is from Connecticut and I personally loved UCONN when I visited it, idk if you care about athletics but you would be a bigger name school from that standpoint as well. Which do you prefer. If cost is a big issue pick UCONN</p>

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<p>How much higher would tuition be?
Consideing UConn doesn’t have your major, it’d make it a second choice… and UMass Honors is a good option, but not if it means getting into debt (above the federal loan amount, which is the reasonable amount of debt you can take on.)</p>

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<p>you should check out the new england regional student program. <a href=“New England Regional Student Program | University Registrar”>https://www.umass.edu/registrar/students/policies-and-practices/new-england-regional-student-program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
you can attend umass as a japanese major for a much lower cost since ct does not offer the major.</p>