Gabrielle
This s the stereotype at ANY large state university, but we do have the nickname "zoomass slamherst"...
Jesse
UMass is a too big party school that no one ever gets to know each other at. It's too much like being thrown into a big city, and students don't feel connected enough to their professors and administrators.
Susan
We all know what they are: loud, drunk, partying. But this seems most prevalent in Massachusetts! When I traveled overseas, and to other states, people were impressed that I had attended UMass. Why else would students at the other 5-College campuses pay top dollar only take so many courses at "lowly" Umass? It's an excellent education!
Amanda
We party too much.
Cameron
Party School.Easy Classes.Riots.
Molly
Some stereotypes include that UMass is just a party school and its students love to drink and aren't concerned with their education.
Torry
The main stereotype is that it is a continuous crazy party with no control and complete lack of guidance and enforcement. All the students are drunks in Southwest, potheads in Central, stem from Asian decent in Northeast, unlucky freshmen in Orchard Hill, and hermits in Sylvan; these are the stereotypes for each different living area around campus.
Torry
Some people think that we like to party and drink when we're not in class.
Dave
part - goers and red sox fans fill an "enormous" campus of wild animals
Bridget
That is an easy college, that it is in a great area, and that it is a party school
Jen
Drunks, Wild, Party Animals, Slackers
Devin
Umass is a zoo and every student is a drunk.
Royce
Zoo Mass.......... The party school
Dennis
The biggest stereotype about Umass Amherst is that it's a huge party school, the people who go there love to drink and smoke pot all the time, and the campus is a wild epicenter for this chaos.
Ben
The stereotypes are are that UMass Amherst is a large party school and that it is a violent campus.
Shannon
ZOOmass. It's a huge party school.
Erika
There is definatly a stereotype about UMass being a party school. So basically that makes the students drunk idiots.
Jessica
The biggest assumption is that UMass is a party school- but one thing I've learned after my time in college is that EVERY SCHOOL is a party school! After hearing stories from friends at other schools, it seems like they party way more than kids at UMass. It might just be my group of friends, but that was my impression. Other stereotypes is that different kinds of people live in the different dorm areas. Central, the dorm area where I live, is thought to be where everyone who smokes pot lives. Southwest is thought to be the party area and where people who grew up in cities live. Northeast is thought to be where mostly people of Asian descent live.
Josiah
Umass students tend to mob.
Devin
My impressions were that UMass was a big party school and that a majority of the students were a bunch of drunks.