<p>So I go to a high school in Connecticut, where most kids put uconn in there list of colleges because "everyone else does". There is a motto that goes around informally, which is "everyone goes to uconn", which kind of gives me a skeptical feeling. I am seriously considering uconn, and it seems like the most logical choice for pretty much anyone in my area for undergraduate studies (costs little relative to other colleges, great education for price, and they spent 4 billion dollars mostly for us (I guess)) </p>
<p>My question is would you see these students from your previous high school in your classes at uconn? For example, on the college website naviance, about 35 people attended uconn in the year 2010. Would you see these people in your classes, and would your college experience be any different, i.e. would you still meet a lot of new people, find new groups of people, etc.?</p>
<p>All in all, I want a new experience where I can meet brand new people, and not see the same people again for the next 4 years (I'm not saying I don't like them, but making new connections with new people would be a better experience). I just started to become little skeptical on attending uconn, even though I loved the visit there and everything, and I dont know where else to look that costs around uconn's range and educational value (maybe university of Florida or Vermont? ( I didn't like the visit to Uof Vermont)</p>
<p>My guess is that your college experience is what you make of it. UConn is a big enough place where you can meet new people and make new friends, provided you specifically choose not to hang with friends going from high school and make it an extension of high school. So for instance, don’t request a specific roommate. Instead, get assigned a new one, who most likely will be someone you don’t know. Choose not to go to the dining hall with your ‘old’ friends from high school, and instead, link up with guys who happen to be living in your dorm hall. Then you’ll get the best of both worlds…maintaining your old friendships, and making new ones.</p>
<p>you sound just like my daughter. UCONN was last on her list because ‘everyone goes there’ she decided to go and is having the time of her life! Sees her high school friends when she wants but really only sees them at home. Otherwise she is with a whole new group of friends.</p>
<p>You may see a few in some gen ed classes early on but after that when you get into classes for specific majors, you wont’ see them unless you are in the same major - and who knows even then.</p>
<p>Just get involved in things that interest you and with the people you live with and you will be in a whole new, exciting world!</p>
<p>Sorry if this may be off topic, but if accepted to Uconn Storrs does it make sense to commute 1 hour each way or pay the room and board fee to dorm on campus?</p>
<p>Live on campus, definitely. The whole dorm thing is really a once-in-a-lifetime experience - living with a group of people your own age and navigating that whole process. You may find you learn as much from that as you do in your classes, IMO.</p>
<p>If you refuse housing, you will be on the waiting-list to get it for all of your future years. If you take it now, then decide to leave, you will at least have had the opportunity. This is due to the number of incoming freshman, and future class sizes.</p>