@HSinLI He started as a freshman in Computer Science and or Computer Engineering, he was taking pre reqs for either one. Sophmore year he switched to Civil and is much happier. He did not like coding at all and felt it was very isolating to sit in a spot all day and just press the keyboard he was bored beyond belief. He also felt that some other students from different countries had a leg up since they have been coding for many years already. He felt lost and not for him. His years setting aside the incredible and I mean incredible workload have been good. Such as friends and intermural basketball and also the food is good and that is important when you have to eat it everyday. Sometimes we don’t always put that stuff first but you don’t realize how much it helps to have a good meal.
Son (in-state) accepted to Storrs but not until the Spring. He needs to complete 12 credits (1 semester) at a satellite campus and maintain a 3.0. Economics major. Stats: 3.4 GPA, 1320 SAT, honors/AP classes, no class ranking, national honor society, tutor at school, eagle scout, captain of three different sports. Out of curiosity, did anyone else get a similar letter?
D accepted OOS Storrs Honors $18,500 scholarship
D accepted (OOS) to Storrs as a French major. $18,500 with honors invite.
Accepted to Storrs as Bio OOS Major. Got 18,500 with honors invite as well. How exclusive is the Honors Invite?
D accepted to Storrs with STEM honors designation and 20K/year scholarship - Molecular and Cell Biology; OSS; 1450 SAT, 4th in class, varsity captain, president science honors society, and college cancer lab intern
Correction to my post #878 after seeing D’s acceptance letter. She was offered honors and a regular Academic Excellence Scholarship of 18500 rather than the STEM version. The letter states that she needs to keep a 2.5 gpa for the scholarship. In contrast, the STEM version drops down to the regular version if the student’s gpa drops below the 3.4 needed for honors. With the challenge of the nursing program, the lower gpa requirement is comforting.
i got $7,500 per year 1330 sat 3.77 uw 4.23 w… i guess no uconn for me… 21k is too much for me… does anyone else if we get any need based aid ?
@gherbss ,would you mind sharing your SAT score breakout? Are you in state or OOS? I’m curious to see the rhyme or reason why you got half what my son got merit-wise
Son got $15k/yr. ACT 31, gpa 3.8uw ( school doesn’t weight.) OOS. Major: Comp Sci
@rja Looks like @gherrbss is IS where direct cost is 28.6 - 7.5 = 21.1k. At a minimum, a student could borrow 5.5 in Fed guaranteed loans, bringing the out-of-pocket direct cost to 15.6k.
@gherbss If you filed the FAFSA, your financial aid package should be on portal in mid-March. If your EFC is really low, there is a CT state scholarship program for up to 4-5k, plus Federal Pell grants and Perkins loans. It wouldn’t hurt for you to call the UConn Financial Aid Office to understand your situation.
Overall, UConn should be one of your more affordable options. A 7.5k scholarship on top of IS tuition is a good deal.
@momzilla2D Thank you so much! Your comment clarified my confusion. I will try to contact the admission office tomorrow morning. Again, thanks!
@rja 620 reading 710 math, in state. what were your son’s stats?
@jdcollegedad my efc is 7114, but i want to look at cost without loans since i only want to take subsidized loans out. right now uconn is one of my expensive options. i’ve gotten offers at private schools were i would pay 17k, 16k, and 13k not including loans
Disappointed that Daughter OOS only got $ 7500 scholarship and Honors program, with 4.1 unweighted GPA and 33 ACT, top 10% of class. Doesn’t seem to make sense unless it varies greatly by major. Anyone know when/how Financial aid package is sent?
Yea that is very odd. She got Honors college but just 7500 merit plus she is OOS. Those are great stats too.
@gherbss, per your request, I’m reposting my son’s stats. Hope this helps!
Accepted mechanical engineering
OOS with UConn Award Scholarship ($15k renewable annually)
No Honors invite
3.81 w / 3.75 uw
610 R / 780 M
4 year varsity starter (same sport)
Light to moderate ECs (mostly volunteer work outside of school)
3 Dual enrollment
No APs (small boarding school with dual enrollment only)
4 Honors
2 recommendations (have no idea what they say)
@gherbss You should have your financial aid award in about 10 days, which will eliminate the guesswork. In your awards from the privates, were all of the grants and scholarships institutional, or did they factor in any state or federal grants?
@teddy10143 Hey Teddy, OOS does make a big difference. UConn is extremely competitive for in-state, because the tuition is such an amazing deal for the quality of education, most CT kids consider just getting accepted at all like a scholarship anywhere else. As an example, my DD was accepted to UMass with a decent scholarship, but that is still more expensive than if she had been accepted to UConn, and the schools are very similar. Out of state at some places (UNC, UCLA for example) is harder than in state, but those are elite destination colleges. Places like Uconn and UMass are trying hard to get OOS kids to come, especially with the declining number of residents in these states (both CT and MA populations are declining as people are having fewer kids, and moving out of the states due to cost of living, and weather for some).
@jdcollegedad IS with a $7500 scholarship is an AMAZING deal. Most of your expense is essentially rent and dining, which you are going to pay even if you don’t go to college and live on your own. At that point, you’re paying about 6-7K per year for the education component.
Question for anyone who is familiar with the branch stuff. DD was denied Storrs, accepted at branch. On the site, her first choice major is NOT listed. It instead says “Animal Science”, which I am not even sure she entered as a 2nd choice. Maybe she did. The branch schools don’t offer her first choice, or the animal science choice anyway, so does that mean if she were to try to transfer to Storrs they wouldn’t even let her into her first choice major?
@HankCT it might be that they want her to complete gen eds at a branch first before going to storrs. what was her first choice major?