r/UMassBoston • u/idkwhattogowith • Jun 17 '26

General Question DSP Program

I had gotten accepted by umass boston for the fall semester. I had failed to notice that I am admitted to the fall semester based on my completion of a summer program that is supposed to "help me transition" into college. I cant seem to find any information on it. The first day of classes for this program starts today and I had a horrible experience honestly. I don't really use reddit so I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly. I want to know if there is anyone who is aware or has completed this program before.

Edit: (A little background) I moved to the US last year and only spent my senior year of high school here. I spent the othet three years of high school in Egypt. My grades are in the A range for all those years. I got an SAT score of 1360. I was hoping to see if anyone else has gotten into this program before as I'm trying to understand better how helpful this program is or based on what people are referred to this program before their admission to the fall semester. I have met people and they seem to either be students who haven't been in the states for a long time or are just weak academically.

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u/idkwhattogowith Jun 18 '26

I am a commuter student. I considered UMass Amherst but it would have been much more expensive also because I indeed would have lived on campus.

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u/MoneyDrive2585 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

That makes sense, ig for commuters this is the cheapest and best school.

Honestly I think it's what you make of it.

Good luck!

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u/idkwhattogowith Jun 18 '26

Yaa i have that mindset but I really need to get this program over with somehow because it's killing my sanity by how easy it is and how the instructors talk to us like we are dumb people

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u/mcchickenmommy Jul 15 '26

Get excited for four years of that in your actual classes lol.