<p>Hey
I was accepted to UCONN but did not receive any scholarships and was not invited into the Honors Program. Several people from my school who are lower in academic standing however were accepted and were given some scholarships. Can anyone tell me if UCONN might have made a mistake and if I need to call them up?</p>
<p>My stats are:
GPA: 3.9 UW 4.45/4.5 W (AP Classes get an extra .5)
SAT: 1900 (700M 610 R 590 W)
AP Grades: 5's on AP Calc AB, AP US Hist, AP English Lang, AP Chem; 4 on AP Env; 3 on AP Spanish Lit
Current Classes: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Spanish Lang, AP Engl, AP Euro, AP Psych
EC: Rebuilt part of a car, Vice President of my engineering club, participated in several Math, Science and Engineering Competitions.</p>
<p>Sorry you did not receive what was expected. This year and last year have been tough going! Most likely it was due to your SAT scores. Applications are up and students with 2000+ scores up. Some students offered the honors program and scholarship go elsewhere, so maybe you will get a better offer mid April.</p>
<p>If the honors program and scholarships are based on SAT scores then that seems unfair. Students who can afford to pay for additional SAT tests and prep would undoubtedly have higher SATS than those, like me, who can only take it once and who cannot afford prep classes. Why don’t they base it on academics rather than SAT scores instead?</p>
<p>Grades are too subjective. There needs to be some sort of standardized test to accurately evaluate a student’s performance. Although, I am surprised that you were not at least given a half tuition scholarship. Those SAT scores are pretty good, especially considering that UCONN does not look at the writing section.</p>
<p>i scored a 1400/2100 and got invited to the honor’s program and received a small scholarship. i know lots of people from my school who had a higher GPA or class rank but got nothing so i guess SATs are really important to them. but to say that everyone who got a higher score than you had better opportunities is a gross generalization. i only took them once and took no prep classes and i know people who scored even higher with the same level of preparation. and regardless of your circumstances, the least you could have done is bought the book or something. its only like $15</p>
<p>My son didn’t get merit scholarship. When I called UConn w/ a different question, I asked about it and was told that he needed at least a 1300 to be considered. He has a 1280 :(</p>
<p>Any word on when financial aid packages will be available?</p>
<p>Did you apply early action? I think that they ran out of money for scholarships if you applied late. Our neighbor, who is much smarter (sorry :)) than my son did not get a scholarship, while my son did. We are oos. She definately deserved it.</p>
<p>I applied early action. I also just called up admissions and they told me i needed a 1350 for the SAT. They didn’t even care that I was taking tough classes and participating in competitions. It doesn’t seem fair how they solely base financial aid and honors program on SAT scores and nothing else. This puts me off from attending.</p>
<p>About the SAT’s. I also didn’t have time to study and see no point in studying for a stupid Test. I spent my time learning and rebuilding a car, practicing and partially self studying AP Calc and now multivariable calc as well as self studying AP Chem and getting a 5. I also used the time to learn how to program in C++ and Matlab. I feel that this was more usefull and productive than studying vocab words which i would probably never ever use.</p>
<p>Many of the people with the high SAT scores also have challenging classes and high GPA’s.
I have also heard that it is important to apply early to be considered for the scholarship money. Shellywelly you should tell your neighbor to keep calling. Money may become vailable when students decline.</p>
<p>^ Does calling help you get the unused scholarships? I would think UConn would look through the applications, not base it on calls? Just wondering because I haven’t had the best luck with calling them. My son emailed them twice, with no response. I have called a couple times and they have been rather short. Granted, I know they are busy, but other college admissions offices have been much friendlier and more helpful.</p>
<p>i dont doubt that you had other things to do besides study for the SATs and honestly i kind of agree that things shouldn’t be based solely on scores. all i’m saying is that its not quite fair to downplay them just because you didn’t care for them. obviously they have some kind of merit otherwise institutions of higher learning, which by definition must measure the academic quality of each applicant, would not look at them at all. i did not mean to call anything else into question, forgive me if it came off that way</p>