<p>white male from large public hs in central NY
95.4 UW GPA, approx. 98.0 W GPA
22 out of 631
7 AP's - Chem, Calc AB, English 11, English 12, MacroEconomics, US History, Spanish
rest of classes all honors
SAT
R: 740
M: 630
W: 740</p>
<p>taking SAT II's tomorrow - chem, lit, math II</p>
<p>EC's:
varsity lax captain
JV lax captain
all-league honorable mention for lax junior year
VP of junior class
NHS member
VP of NHS
winner of schoolwide analytical writing competition - 10th grade
Ski club 9-10 grade
recognition for academic achievement in english 10h, spanish 3h
regional semifinalist in the National Vocabulary competition</p>
<p>40 hrs peer tutoring in math - 9th grade
30 hrs community/church/home service - 10th grade
30 hrs peer tutoring in chemistry - 12th grade</p>
<p>what do you think my chances are for the honors program - will declare chemistry as major if that matters</p>
<p>You appear to be from out of State and that may affect your chances, but I would check into that. My daughter, who is a Connecticut resident got into the honors program with a fairly sizeable merit scholarship with SAT scores of CR 760, math 580, a GPA of 3.6 out of 4.0 at a good suburban high school with lots of honors courses. She was a musician and was applying as a spanish major. Hope this info helps a little.</p>
<p>do they give less merit to out of state students? in general, what is their "appetite" for out of staters? Are they trying to draw more in? I couldn't seem to find anything addressing this on their website.</p>
<p>We did attend an information session and I thought I heard that they accept roughly 50% of instate applicants and 50% of out of state applicants, but in the end the actual class profile ends up being 80/20 instate to out of state. To me this means that the more of the out of staters decide not to attend, probably for financial reasons. So maybe they do give less merit aid to out of staters? Of course it also cost a lot more to attend it you are out of state.</p>
<p>My daughter is really interested in UConn for education, but we would definitely need merit aid to make it feasible for her to attend.</p>
<p>Just my opinion based on the thought that, as they work hard to establish the honors program as a premier offering, on par with U of North Carolina or UVA the easier and more recognizable stats available are SAT scores. If you can post 1408 as average SAT that puts you in very good company. Assuming then that the program follows up. Some critics think state u honors is a front end marketing tool. Simply take the top 1% and call it a program. My child was accepted into the program and we met the people who run it, very nice people and very impressive program. Ended up at Williams but it was not as easy a decision as one might think. They have a lot of resources as a flagship state u and they work hard to make the honors program special.</p>
<p>i dont think you should have a problem. out of state status shouldnt hurt that much. im in honors and i know there are some pretty stupid people mixed in with the real smart kids in shippee (the honors dorm). just keep doin well, get good test scores, and make sure your essay is top notch.</p>
<p>newenglandparent: wow, from what you're saying, I might actually have a chance at one myself. I have very similar stats to your daughter except the critical reading and math are switched. (750 M, 560 CR, 650 W)</p>