<p>My son was just accepted EA. He was hoping to get into the honors program but did not. Does UConn do a 2nd look at applications for the honors program? His stats are great except for the SATs which is what I think held him back.</p>
<p>You get notified in your acceptance letter. If he didn’t get in this year, I assume he can reapply once at UConn.</p>
<p>So no 2nd look? We were hoping they might since I heard UMass does a 2nd pass … he was accepted into the honors program at UMass but prefers UConn. </p>
<p>Just some extra info. He is #7 in a class of 240, 4.8 weighted GPA, 3 AP classes, most classes @ honors level, 4 year involvement in band (2 yrs drum major, 3 yrs districts), jazz, tennis (2 yr captain), swim, selected for leadership programs, community service. SATs 1900 (1280 reading/math). </p>
<p>Were SATs the problem? Or would the fact that 5 of the top 7 in his class all applied EA to UConn hurt his chances at the honors program?</p>
<p>There are many factors to Honors acceptance. It is not just quantitative. Number of students applying from a singular school is certainly a factor, but there are others.</p>
<p>Although I agree that selection for the honors program is not entirely quantitative, I think that the SAT scores definitely hurt him a bit. I have a friend with very similar stats who got accepted into the Honors Program; her GPA and class rank were slightly lower but she received a 2100 on her SATs so that was probably one of the deciding factors.</p>
<p>With ALL State Honors/Scholar programs it really is QUANTITATIVE with SAT or ACT being the key element…</p>
<p>That is incorrect. Yes, there is a quantitative threshold, but it can be lowered based on qualitative factors.</p>
<p>I think you are missing the point… The Quantitative is the 1st gate then the qualitative … If you have a low SAT then most likely you will not even be considered for Honors/Scholars… This is a typical screening approach when there is so few seats and so many great applicants and the typical short handedness of most Admin depts…</p>
<p>Just my view…</p>