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My Dream College Doesn’t Exist, But UMass Does

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Five members of the UMass Amherst track team posing for a photo

I didn’t find a dream school—but I found the right one. UMass became home when I stopped chasing perfect and started looking for the people who made it real.

Elena Bauer

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Elena Bauer

Major: Biology

Adeline Beckert

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Addie Beckert

Major: Natural Resources Conservation, Minors: Environmental Science & Political Science

Emilia Henry

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Emilia Henry

Major: Economics, Minors: Mathematics & Environmental Science

Andrea Tchesnovsky

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Andrea Tchesnovsky

Major: Comparative Literature, Minor: Italian

Shin Josephine Shih

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Shin Josephine Shih

Majors: Linguistics and Spanish, Minor: Math

Dan Passov

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Dan Passov

Major: Political Science

Sadie Gardner

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Sadie Gardner

Major: Psychology, Minor: Sociology

Gavin Defina

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Gavin Defina

Double Major Sustainable Community Development and Geography (GIST)

Laurel Ralph

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Laurel Ralph

Psychology Major; Anthropology, Minor; Social Work Certificate

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