So as a 24 year old undergrad I sometimes feel weird around people that are 18-20 since there is a huge age gap I was just wondering is there a way to meet students closer to my age?

Hi! I’ve been accepted to UMass Amherst for Informatics, and my long-term goal is to build a career in FinTech.

I’m wondering whether Informatics is a good undergraduate degree for entering FinTech, particularly in roles that combine finance, business, and technology, rather than purely technical software engineering or machine learning roles.

What kinds of roles could I realistically pursue with this degree? Would I need to take additional finance courses, choose specific electives, or build certain skills and experiences through internships and projects?

I’d love to hear from UMass graduates or anyone working in FinTech about how useful an Informatics degree would be, what career paths it could open up, and what you’d recommend doing during undergrad to become competitive for these roles.

Thanks!

Hi, I’m taking soci 103 with terra and we have a midterm coming up and idk what I should be expecting. I’m not great at writing and this is just a gen ed I want to get over with so I wanna make sure I get an A. if anyone knows anything or how past exams were or questions pls lmk.

I want to live off campus my Senior year (current sophmore) and have been looking around just to get some ideas and have been looking at Puffton since it is the cheapest one I've foind so far. I also saw they have apartemnts in Hadley for even cheaper but haven't heard much about them. Has anyone lived in the fort river apartments or currently living there? How are they? I also know it is hard to get into puffton without knowing someone so would it be crazy to put in an application now in hopes of getting off the waitlist by fall 2028? Or is it still too early? I'm not sure how it works honestly lol. Only other optinion in my price range that I haven't heard awful things about is Brandywine.

I'm having some living issues (being vague on purpose), and I'm wondering if there are any vacancies on campus before I contact housing to potentially move out of my current situation.