Chances for UCONN/ recomendations?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Currently a senior
CT resident
I would be a first gen college student</p>

<p>SAT:1600 (610 CR, 470 MATH, 520 WRITING)
GPA unweighted: 83.59
weighted: 96.24</p>

<p>AP classes: US History, English, Java, Psych, Physics
Philosophy class at local community college
Honors classes: spanish 2, World history, Integrated Science, Biology, English 2, sophmore history, American Lit English 3</p>

<p>Activities:
Yearbook Club 1,2,3,4
Swimming 2,3,4
Track and Field 3,4
Interact 3,4
Stage Crew (musical & play): 2,3,4</p>

<p>For a final project for APUSH a group of friends and I created a fundraiser for cancer that raised over $2,500
I have also taken guitar lessons out of school and swam for a team that wasn't through my school. </p>

<p>I will probably retake the sat again and try to get a better math score. </p>

<p>I would be going to uconn for geology with a minor in comp sci. I am also looking at schools with computer science majors.</p>

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<p>Hey man! Great to see another Connecticut Senior on these boards. Then again, I just made my account too. Out of curiosity, what part of CT/school are you from?</p>

<p>On the more serious note, I think you have a pretty solid chance. Its actually kind of hard to not get into UCONN for in-staters, I only knew one kid who didn’t get in, and that’s because he had near zero extracurriculars and not very impressive grades/scores. </p>

<p>First gen college student is always something that colleges look out for.</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure you have a solid chance at getting in, although I don’t think you would qualify for the Honors program.</p>

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<p>I’m from around waterbury. You?</p>

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<p>holy ■■■■…that weight is insane.</p>

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<p>I know. I’m trying to decide if that’s a good thing or not. My grades for honors classes have been more or less 85 and my grades for cp spanish and cp math are usually in the 75- 80 range. I did get a 87 in apush and I feel like that’s why it’s so high. </p>

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<p>Im from the Shoreline area.</p>

<p>I heard somewhere that UCONN is expanding, which could lead to them taking in more applicants. </p>

<p>Your reading is okay by UCONN standards, but your math and writing are a bit subpar. Math should be 580-680
Writing should be 560-660.</p>

<p>Around 4% of incoming freshmen have math in the 400-499 Math range, and around 37% have writing in the 500-599 range. </p>

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<p>That’s what I’m afraid of. I’m signing up for the sat again but i dont know if i can do much better on the math portion. I’ve heard they don’t really look at writing that much either. I’m hoping they’ll see everything and realize that I need help in math and that my school as a whole isn’t that great with math.</p>

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<p>Hey man, no stress. I recommend a site called Admissions Heros, its run by some kids from my old school in New Jersey. They offer a free session/consultation as well. Its basically a bunch of Ivy Leaguers who know the system and can therefore help you navigate it as well. </p>

<p><a href=“http://admissionshero.com/en/”>http://admissionshero.com/en/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://admissionshero.com/en/our-founders/”>http://admissionshero.com/en/our-founders/&lt;/a&gt; </p>