<p>3.4 gpa
1960 sat
top MA school</p>
<p>dad is professor at uconn</p>
<p>what can I do to increase my chances?</p>
<p>Wow, you got deferred with those stats? Do you have any EC's or play any sports?</p>
<p>Your stats qualify you perfectly for UConn and especially since your dad teaches there! The only reason I can think of is that you didn't do any activities or volunteer work which makes your resume weak.</p>
<p>ive been in band/marching band for 8yrs </p>
<p>possibly not enough community service?</p>
<p>Wow, I thought you would get in, is band the only thing you have? It is huge and good for the resume, but do you have any other clubs or sports? Any college looks for a well rounded student that has the grades, sports, clubs, and some community service.</p>
<p>Good luck with your regular decision!</p>
<p>anything that could help me in the reg decision pool? like doing more community service</p>
<p>Well if you all of a sudden start doing A LOT of activities and put it on your resume and then send in the new resume, it is going to be super obvious to the admissions staff that you are only doing it to get in...</p>
<p>I really think you should have been more active before especially at least in junior year.</p>
<p>A lot of kids get into UConn w/o a lot of activities; state schools look more at the numbers. Your numbers actually look fine for UConn if your courses were challenging. If your dad is a full professor does the admission office know that? Being an adjunct probably has little effect.</p>
<p>I have some certificate from my school from last year for 25 hours comm. service (I know not much). Should I bother sending it in?</p>
<p>To enhance your chances, I can suggest (a) obtaining a few (additional ) letters of recommendation, and (b) writing a personal letter to the admission folks explaining why UConn, in particular, is the school of your choice. I know a person, a few years back, who was wait listed at Wash U, who did the above...and it worked. Good luck.</p>
<p>Well.... there is not much you can do, chris2k5 is right, you should have already started thinking about activities at the start of freshman, or sophomore, year. But they only deferred you, so you will probably get in for regular admissions it is not like a complete rejection or something. Don't worry about it.</p>
<p>thank you for the somewhat encouraging words. But should I send my 25 hours comm. service certificate or will they see it as disrespectful?</p>
<p>Well if those 25 hours were earned before you applied, then that would be okay to send them in. If you went out and got those 25 hours after been deferred it makes the admissions people see that you only did those 25 hours to get into the school.</p>
<p>yeah they were way before I applied</p>
<p>Do that, it can't hurt. Also, try to have your dad call in a favor to the admission office people, definitely since he is a professor and works there!!</p>
<p>I totally agree with stegross. The fact that your dad is a professor at UConn should have already guarenteed you admittance! Make sure your dad notifies them and make sure you notify them.</p>
<p>Having your father work their should bring you so much more than a deferral! You should have gotten in, gotten reduced tuition, etc!</p>
<p>Thanks, chrisK5, I thought it would be the right action for antecultra to do. ^^</p>
<p>I'm a high school senior from right outside of Philadelphia. I was deferred from UCONN with a 3.6 GPA and 1140 SATS(I understand that is on the low end). They asked for my first term senior year grades and I finished with an A and 3 B's. Two of those B's are in AP Spanish and AP Government. I was just wondering what you all thought my chances of getting in are and if there is anything else I should do.</p>
<p>^ Phillyguy21, is your SAT 1140 out of 2400 or 1600?</p>
<p>If it is out of 1600, it is okay. If it is out of 2400...Wow I really hope you have some safety schools.</p>
<p>UConn will only accept 1140/2400 from students instate.</p>
<p>Yikes, I'm pretty sure UCONN isn't accepting 1140/2400 even in state. They have their pick of the top students at every hs in CT. They are not taking just anybody anymore.</p>