Opon graduating high school, the big question became: “What college are you going to?” After being asked this question more times than I can count, I noticed there are a lot of presumed ideas about the University of Massachusetts. I felt like I knew the school before even attending it. Much of what people had told me was incorrect. I expected the school to be one way, but it was far from it.
Expectation 1: Party Scene.
One of the first things I heard about UMass is that it is a crazy party school. Some people even went so far as to tell me that the only thing to do on the weekends is to party. This is a big misconception. UMass parties are not a Project X coming to life. Most students do not go out every weekend but instead watch Netflix with their friends like normal students do.