Update 2022-08-04: I’m told that UMass changed its Azure authentication policy in late June, and Thunderbird now once again works out-of-the-box with UMass’s Office 365 mail service.
Every fall I get emails from prospective undergraduates asking questions about UMass and our programs in CICS.
These questions and requests are usually one or more of the following:
How would you rate the X at UMass, where X is one or more of:
Tell me why I should I choose UMass over other schools.
Will I get to take a class with a particular professor?
Will I get a top internship/job placement?
Will I get to do undergraduate research?
This post is a collection of my thoughts on these topics.
(In particular, it is not a reflection of UMass’s or CICS’s official positions on these questions, which you can learn more about here and here, respectively.)