UConn vs Quinnipiac

sseamom
Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:52:27 +0000

Hi there-I’m a UConn grad of years ago, but have followed UConn ever since. I had classes with and kids in my dorms from all types of backgrounds-rich, lower working class, full-pay, scholarships, etc. It was also pretty diverse, compared to my homestate of NH-just my one dorm was about 25% black. There were smaller numbers of Asians and Native students as well.

I know it has a rep as a party school, but what I saw was that students who wanted to study, did, and those who wanted to party, did. It’s a big enough place that there is room for everyone’s “type”. Even back then it was accepting of racial and gender differences at a time where that wasn’t the case in many places.

But I’m with NHCTMom-go visit the schools, talk to people AT both and see what you think. It was a visit to UConn that decided me on going there vs. some of the “selective” schools you see bandied about on CC.