@tortiehannah Thank you! Congrats to your daughter too! I will have her check when she gets home from school today!
I still don’t have my decisions from UCONN yet, nothing on portal.
Have you called admissions?
I spoke with admissions yesterday because I had some questions for my son, and asked about decisions because his friend had not heard yet and they said that they were still reviewing applications.
I’m really frustrated.
I’m in-state. I qualify for UConn Commitment
3.73WGPA
27ACT
Good Essay
yet I got accepted to Stamford for Psych when I see other people who got accepted to Storrs with lower stats. I really wanna go to storrs and I plan on submitting a campus appeal but I’ve heard that the chances of it getting approved is close to none. I just don’t understand. UConn really is my dream school and I feel like a failure.
You’re not a failure @tellmegoodguy College admissions are a crapshoot, and everything is subjective. You still have the ability to graduate from Storrs, but I understand the disappointment regarding the decision. It’s important to note that college admissions is not purely stat-based. These people with lower stats might have applied for less competitive majors, have some sort of hook, or something about their application struck with the AO more (not saying their application was better or worse, but as it’s up to the discretion of the AO, they might have felt connected to the person). You can’t judge yourself based off other people, and it seems like you excelled in school, and you’ll excel wherever you end up.
@tellmegoodguy
If you really want to know why you can contact admissions and ask them why you didn’t get into Storrs. If you decide on Stamford keep your grades up and you’ll be there your final 2 years.
@tellmegoodguy Please know you are not. a failure, but college is very competitive. Your ACT score equals a 1260-1290. Based. on 2018 scores the average SAT for main campus was 1306. The guidance counselor at my school called & was told average this year is more like 1400. Anyone you see with lowers scores has a hook. As for the scholarship that is awarded based on income not academic achievement. See. below for information
https://uconn.edu/content/uploads/2019/01/INS-004-Fact-Sheet-NewDesign-011719-FY19.pdf
thank you,
but i just thought i had a hook. multiple actually so i’m just really confused.
@tellmegoodguy
I already mentioned this but if you really want to know(and you might not like what you hear) contact admissions and ask them about it. But don’t beat yourself up. My D did get accepted into Storrs but she got deferred at UD where her older sister currently is a student and had lower stats than my younger daughter. Totally different major but we figured we’re already paying tuition for my oldest so figured they’d welcome another member of the family. I guess not…
very very cool. Thanks for sharing link. Signed up
They are gorgeous though
Did anyone do an appeal for merit aid?
Are you asking about merit Award or financial aid? Are you in state or OOS?
@philippians yes. We appealed for merit. Daughter sent admission counselor a letter but then he let us know there’s a formal appeal process that is started on their portal. Unfortunately they may not notify with decisions until May 1st or after. Don’t know what that means. I don’t want her to wait that long to enroll…I’m afraid she’d miss out on good orientation dates and housing. Are you appealing?
Yes, we decided to appeal for merit aid. We are in state and my son got nothing but he has very good stats. My daughter had almost identical stats and got $5000 in 2018 (she did not choose Uconn). Our EFC is now cut in half so we really were hoping for a scholarship.
@philippians I know what you mean about EFC. My son is a freshman will be sophomore in college in fall 2020. We made a mistake on my daughter’s fafsa and when we resubmitted it, it cut our EFC in 1/2. The only thing it changed in the FA package was the completely unsubidized $5500 loan is partly unsubsidized and subsidized. I contacted the FA office and they said even though EFC cut in 1/2, we still didn’t qualify for any aid like work study or grants. We are OOS…but my daughter is in the New England Tuition Regional program. The merit we did receive still brings us over $4000 above in-state tuition. I know some OOS students who got such high merit, their tuition is LESS than in-state (my son’s girlfriend for example.). We appealed for more (like $3000) but not expecting a good outcome.
My daughter was also accepted into CAHNR but it didn’t specify her major on the letter or in the portal. When we called about something else, an advisor checked in the system and told us she was an allied health major.
UConn is basically closed until at least April 6. Accepted Students Day is April 4 so that must be cancelled.
Just FYI for anyone else whose child was accepted into the Storrs Spring Admissions program—There is housing in Storrs available for kids who are taking classes in Hartford, whether it be for their first semester only, or for the typical 54 credits required for students who get branched.
In communicating with the housing and admissions offices, 2 pieces of info were helpful to us in deciding how to proceed. First, as long as a student takes the majority of classes at their branch, they can actually take some credits at Storrs. The example I was given by admissions was if my DS takes 15 credits next fall, as long as 3 of his classes are in Hartford, the other 2 could be in Storrs. He was happy to hear that, envisioning the possibility of a schedule where he wouldn’t necessarily have to go to Hartford every day in the fall. The second piece of info that has been helpful is that the branched housing apps are not in the same “pool” as the Storrs admits. Therefore, if you think you want to attempt to live in Storrs and commute for the fall semester, enrolling and doing the housing application ASAP is important as it’s first come, first served.
With all of the corona virus drama having an impact on our ability to re-visit as he makes his decision, ds20 asked if we could go ahead and enroll him at UConn to increase his chances of getting housing, so we did it yesterday. I think he’s narrowed down to either UMass Amherst or Uconn, but he still needs time, so we’re letting it play out. Financially, Uconn is our first choice for him!