<p>that Uconn only looks at people in the top 20% of their school. Is this true?</p>
<p>Say I'm in the 4th decile at my school which is instate, will they reject me solely on that? thanks.</p>
<p>depends on where you go to. ivies may accept ppl in the top 5 percentitle... so can uconn.</p>
<p>Definitely not true. In fact, according to these numbers (<a href="http://uconn.edu/about/enrollment.php%5B/url%5D">http://uconn.edu/about/enrollment.php</a>) 19% are not even in the top 25%.</p>
<p>Still, the fourth decile may be pushing it. Not sure exactly what your chances will be with that.</p>
<p>I know that is not true because I was in the top 30%... When did you apply? They should get back at you after a month.</p>
<p>I will be applying next year, I have some time to bring down my rank due to a crappy freshman year, but I do not think I can get it down 20 %. </p>
<p>Hopefully I can nail the SATs to get a better chance.</p>
<p>Bump. Any more advice/thoughts/witty comments?</p>
<p>It depends, gold shadow's stats should tell give you somewhat of a picture. If you can make up your rank, and have good reasons as to your low rank standing, then it eases your low percentile. I believe they look for minorities for the 19% differential, since uconn has a prob. with diversity in terms of economic status, race, e.t.c..... They do this, since it has a low yield perc., since they are in the middle of a cow town:(. Good luck, and if you write an emphatic essay with good recs. you may be able to pull out an admittance into if not storrs, a regional campus.:)</p>