Reviews
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Wolfgang
a current student here
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Am learning a lot | They drill it everything you need to know into you. |
Am enjoying being here | Keep your self busy, take advantage of the weekends. |
Bang for the buck | Amazing job placement with great starting pay. |
Tips for prospective students | Stay below the radar and its a lot easier. |
Mark from Tiverton, RI
accepted here and planning to attend soon
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In three sentences | Great school, it has a family approach for when you are studying, and everyone is there for the common goal of making you the best person you can be. |
Dorm Life | gonna be different bunking with guys and stuff but it will be a brotherhood |
Food and Dining | full service cafe, go in as many times as you want per day and eat til you cant eat anymore |
What to do for fun | its right down the road from a waterpark, and you can fish in the cape cod canal |
Bang for the buck | they are really generous with aid |
Great for these types of students | anyone who wants to get the military experience but doesnt want to give up 6 years of their life afterwards |
Clubs and Activities | sports and a great weightlifting room |
Greek Life | none, which is a good thing |
Campus Safety | nighttime patrols on foot and by vehicle to keep everyone safe |
Lukas from New Bedford, MA
accepted here and planning to attend soon
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Will learn a lot | They hold the students to a high standard. |
Will enjoy being here | It is a regimented lifestyle but the best part will be the sea term when you can go and see many far off places. |
Bang for the buck | Compared to many schools nowadays it is affordable. |
Jackie from Ashland, MA
accepted here and planning to attend soon
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In three sentences | 10/10 |
Tips for prospective students | great competitive school |
Academic Rigor | every subjects have their ups and downs, just study hard!! |
Dorm Life | Great schedule, even for dorm life. Teaches you to be neat, organized, and punctual. |
Food and Dining | Great food choices, better than outside expensive food. |
What to do for fun | games: indoor and outdoor. |
ian from arlington, MA
a current student here
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In three sentences | Massachusetts Maritime Academy is a great school to attend and graduate from. This school helps you gain a lot of confidence in yourself and your knowledge. The Academy has a great network of graduates helping out and hiring students. |
Tips for prospective students | Make sure you do what your supposed to do to graduate on time and get every license or certificate you can from the school. |
Dorm Life | Dorm life is what you make of it. |
Food and Dining | There is a lot off food available where you can get it down and keep it is another thing. |
What to do for fun | Spend a lot of time with friends and do school trips off campus. |
Bang for the buck | This school has one of the best reputations and when you graduate people are impressed from where you have graduated and that you stayed with the regiment of cadets. |
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus | You will find out the traditions when you get there. |
Great for these types of students | It is a great school for a technical school student that has worked with his hands and has no problem with it along with a lot of math knowledge if you decide to go engineering. |
Clubs and Activities | There are a lot of great clubs that have great opportunities. |
Campus Safety | The campus is very safe and campus police do a great job to ensure that feeling. |
Thomas from Stoneham, MA
a current student here
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In three sentences | massachusetts maritime academy is one of only a few maritime academies in the united states, and is a fully accredited, and fully respected academy known worldwide. i would personally rate this school as high as possible, being able to compete with job opportunities that only ivy league schools are known to offer. this school would without a doubt be rated at a ten. |
Tips for prospective students | massachusetts maritime academy is not a school for everyone. discipline, knowledge, and leadership is the school's motto, and they enforce it to the highest degree. this school demands respect and the ability to follow some one's order even though that person is only several years older than you. |
Academic Rigor | the academic rigor of masscachusetts maritime academy is nothing like other schools. not only must you do your normal college routines of college, you also have your regimental duties of maintenance and watches that can be extremely time consuming. |
Dorm Life | dorm life is nothing like any other college. every morning as freshman consists of a tedious inspection by your commanding squad leaders looking for dust in the most conspicuous places. your dorm must be neat and tidy with a military style bed arrangement while also being completely rinkle free. |
Food and Dining | masscachusetts maritime academy's food may not be the best, but the friendships that you can develop with the food services makes up for the not so great food that they cook for you. |
What to do for fun | fun is what you make of it at such a strict school such as masscachusetts maritime academy. you provide your own entertainment with your friends that you make here. |
Great for these types of students | this school is great for students who appreciate a hard-earned reward for giving your blood sweat and tears. people who enjoy a structured life style will also enjoy this school. |
Campus Safety | masscachusetts maritime academy enforces safety to a whole other level, especially since five out of the six majors offered here coincide with safety regulations in the career field. |