<p>if your school does not rank, and they only give a weighted GPA... how does UCONN determine your acceptance into the honors program? is there a specific cutoff for gpa and SAT's?</p>
<p>There is no publicized cut-off, but I think you can find the answers to your questions on the website:</p>
<p>[University</a> of Connecticut - Honors Program](<a href=“http://www.honors.uconn.edu/prospective/index.php?p=admissions&s=first&t=faqs]University”>http://www.honors.uconn.edu/prospective/index.php?p=admissions&s=first&t=faqs)</p>
<p>Your school may also rank, just not publicly. Some schools give rank by percent or quartile, decile, etc if asked. If there is no ranking, however, they will consider everything else.</p>
<p>Thank you for the quick response.<br>
He has a weighted gpa of about 4.3
lots of AP classes (and a B and B+ mixed in with those that would pull down an unweighted calculation). SAT is about 2250 (1570 M/CR).
Its just tough to determine from the web site with any real confidence… just want to keep his expectations realistic at this point.
Thanks again for the input.</p>
<p>What is his unweighted GPA?</p>
<p>i think it is about 3.7</p>
<p>S was admitted to Engineering last year and offered Honors and a half ride. My D with slightly higher stats both in GPA and SAT was just accepted to Engineering with no offer to Honors nor any $$. Seems like we have strong evidence that the bar has been raised. </p>
<p>In fact, she was offered a spot in the Bridge program as a URM for 5 weeks this summer. Not sure what to make of this. She’s a serious student and probably does not need to spend 5 weeks preparing for the curriculum but I understand that it may yield a scholarship but no guarantee.</p>
<p>We are awaiting the packet.</p>
<p>I would say your son has a good shot at Honors.</p>
<p>Thank you for the info.<br>
Deedles, I did see on the web site that it mentions the SAT scores have been rising for the incoming honors students/ applicants. I believe it based on some of the stats you read on the boards. There are lots of qualified kids out there which is a good thing.</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me about the UCONN Honors Program School of Engineering - specifically computer science? My s was just admitted into it with a handsome scholarship. Trying to decide how that program compares to RPI, RIT, and WPI. Also what the employment prospects are. Does UCONN help with job placement as does RPI and WPI? Would appreciate any help anyone has for me.</p>
<p>Does anyone know about entering the honors program AFTER you are in? I know there is info on the site, but I wondered how many actually get in. My girls didn’t score high enough on the SAT’s but are good students and do well in school and with outside courses they have taken. One of their teachers thought they might be, if they stay on track, candidates for trying later. Their math teacher taught a Math course to freshman at UConn and thought the same thing, although he also said for some students, the pace and extra work doesn’t equal the better housing/class selection and they don’t apply, even when they are A students.
Anyone know someone who did apply later?</p>
<p>It is quite possible to gain admittance to the honors program after you matriculate. This is what many students do. At that point, besides what is on the website, they look at your application essay to the program, and see if the research you want to do fits with something you CAN do in terms of available faculty, and if your courses match that research interest.</p>
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I did.</p>
<p>My first semester of freshman year, I was in general chemistry. During the first class, there was announcement that the honors general chem class had open spots if anyone was interested, so I contacted the professor for the class and got into it. When signing up for second semester courses, I enrolled in honors gen chem II, honors history, and the 1-credit honors bio class that’s required for honors bio majors (had to get instructor permission for all of them), and asked my honors gen chem professor to write my recommendation for the honors program application.</p>
<p>Anyway, my point is that your girls should contact professors for honors classes they might be interested in and ask if they can enroll in them. What better way to show you’re fit for honors than by taking and succeeding in honors classes? This is not necessary of course (I don’t know too many people who did this) but it’s something I would recommend if they are seriously interested in the honors program.</p>
<p>Hi ThePhilosopher,
I noticed that you posted a lot of good info for UConn. Could you tell me how many Pre-Pharm freshmen there are? rough figure is fine. Thanks.</p>
<p>I honestly couldn’t tell you, because “pre-pharm” is not a major, its just a pre-requisite track of courses, like “pre-med” or “pre-law.” Perhaps you could call the ACES office, or the registrar, and ask them if they track people who have self-identified as being pre-pharm. I’m not sure that information is available, though. That being said, about 100 people matriculate into the PharmD program each year. It is very competitive.</p>
<p>Structural, I think this may help answer your question.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure the following is the number of (total, not just freshman) pre-pharm students, but I only gave this a quick skim so you should double check the document to make sure it is the info you’re looking for:
“Pre-Pharmacy counts: Fall 2004 - 561 full-time and 7 part-time; Fall 2005 - 569 full-time and 7 part-time; Fall 2006 - 559 full-time and 10 part-time, Fall 2007 - 480 full-time and 9 part-time, and Fall 2008 - 438 full-time and 4 part-time. Majors may be understated if a discipline in this academic unit is the secondary or second-listed plan.”</p>
<p>From page 3 of the following:
<a href=“http://www.budget.uconn.edu/FYReviews/Metrics/Pharmacy.pdf[/url]”>http://www.budget.uconn.edu/FYReviews/Metrics/Pharmacy.pdf</a></p>
<p>Hi GoldShadow, you and ThePhilosopher have provided excellent info here, it’s much much better than I expected. I can see your dedication to this site and excellent caliber at UConn. Thank you very much.</p>
<p>If this helps for a benchmark:
My son was accepted into honors (with $$) with about A- grades (school does not do GPA or rank) and a 2190 SAT. He does come from a very competitive private school.</p>