sadwalrus2 t1_j9pdji7 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 4:59 PM

Reply to comment by Torch3dAce in Suffolk or Umass Boston? by [deleted]

I am currently. HAD school today but they decided to cancel classes from 11AM on at checks watch 10AM that same day, because of the weather. If only there was some way to be able to see a day into the future to know what the weather will be! Just one example of how broken down this school is :)

From what I've seen, anyone with good things to say about the school went there years ago. Have had a professor admit to me that the school has gone super downhill since COVID hit. Partially due to COVID, but also many institutional things that just happened to occur around that time.

Torch3dAce t1_j9pe7nh wrote on February 23, 2023 at 5:03 PM

I attended pre-COVID so your depiction of the current situation is more accurate. That's too bad 😕

sadwalrus2 t1_j9peool wrote on February 23, 2023 at 5:06 PM

Yeah. School used to have the highest amount of Ivy League teachers outside of the Ivy Leagues themselves only a few years ago. School genuinely had a lot going for it, but IMO is an abysmal place now and absolutely not worth it. Extra debt at another school would be worth it when you consider that you aren't going to do any networking whatsoever at UMB, and I'm literally being taught stuff that I learned in the eighth grade, so you're not really learning anything of value either.

When I talk to people who used to teach and attend UMB they seem really surprised. Most of the good teachers and faculty that made that good experience have left (and also in some cases pushed out).