<p>Your son sounds a lot like my son - if my son goes the history/political science route (he is also considering chem) he wants to go into the Peace Corps after college, before any graduate school. I am thrilled to hear so many positive remarks about Conn College, as I am almost certain it will be choice #1! Thank you!</p>
<p>It sounds like a great time to attend Conn College and my son had better stay on top of his studies, because I bet it is going to get harder and harder to get into with the changes in the president and the town. </p>
<p>It's great that the kids are able to leave their stuff around, with no theft. My kid is a very naive and trusting soul, which is another reason I like the small school/Honor code system. I went to that big University, and unless he goes to an Honors college within the University, I think he would be very disheartened. </p>
<p>It is also nice to hear that the kids don't pay attention to who is on FA or not. We would need it (I teach, my husband is a disabled NYC firefighter) so we definitely would not be able to swing the school without FA, so fingers crossed on that if he gets in.</p>
<p>We plan to visit again, and check out the town more, and Mystic, too, and the ferries to the other places sound like fun for a day also.</p>
<p>Thank you very much!!!</p>
<p>Now that we're down to the final wire and my son will be hearing very soon, I think I'm starting to get nervous... I know COnn College is his first choice and my question is this... there are several classmates who are also applying to Conn College with a few hoping for the Ivy Leagues, making them just that much more qualified... however, if accepted I doubt they will end up at Conn College and will choose another college. Do you think Conn College has a limit as to how many kids they accept from one school system?</p>
<p>Maiby:
Just as an example, in my graduating high school class (about 300 students, very competitive public school), there were 10 people that I knew of who applied to Conn. (People are extremely nosy and competitive and all everyone talks about is college. so aggravating).</p>
<p>Six were accepted, 3 of us wound up there. </p>
<p>-one applied early (got in and attended).
-One chose Conn over Colgate (mainly due to the frat scene at Colgate)
-I chose Conn over a few higher ranked schools. </p>
<p>-One person chose Wesleyan over Conn
-One person chose Colgate over Conn
-One chose U. Rochester over Conn</p>
<p>-Two rejected students ended up at Bryn Mawr
-One rejected student went to Trinity College
-One rejected student went to Vassar</p>
<p>There were also two other students in my year from the other high school in town that went to Conn.</p>
<p>So it doesnt seem that Conn has a limit from school systems.</p>
<p>Regarding leaving their doors unlocked:</p>
<p>My son locks his. He, and I, are nervous, what with his TV, and laptop, and iPod, and money, and so forth. I really recommend it. Better safe than sorry.</p>
<p>One of his best friends gets FA and does a work/study on campus; the others (from what I can tell) are not getting any FA. Seems to make no difference to anyone.</p>
<p>Generally I feel it is safe to keep your doors unlocked but there are people who can walk in off-campus and steal things in the middle of the night, etc. So during times when you think you will be away for extended periods of time, definitely lock your door! If anything, it's better safe than sorry - no one really needs to be in your dorm without you there.</p>
<p>you need to have a code to get into the actual buildings, so its not like anyone can just walk in.</p>
<p>When my younger son goes off to a different college this fall, I will also advise him to keep his door locked. IMHO, things are just soooooooo portable and snatchable these days. Why risk it? This stuff costs a fortune. Having a laptop stolen would be a disaster.</p>
<p>My son will be a freshman next year at Conn. He was a recruited athlete, and applied EDI last fall, even though financial aid was a necessity for us as well. We did several on-line calculators for financial aid, and were very pleased that Conn's financial aid package was almost exactly what we had anticipated. In addition, most of the package consisted of grants, in addition to work-study and a reasonable percentage of loans. I do believe that the support of his coach, as well as committing to EDI helped him with admissions; also that we live outside the northeast. He can't wait to start in the fall - as long as he can get through physics and calculus this spring!</p>
<p>Hi housefulofboys,
I don't know if my son will be playing soccer if he goes, but I think he will be applying ED1 as well, and what you said about the financial aid is great! I have done some of those calculators, and I am glad that you were given what was anticipated (I assume you mean that if you had to meet 20K of the 45k, you got 25K from them?) I had read some old posts on this forum that Conn College was generous with financial aid, as are most of the best LACs; it seems that if you can get in, they will help you pay for it.
Thanks again for the info!!</p>
<p>Yes, you are correct that Conn calculated the EFC at the same level as the online calculators, and they met 100% of the remaining need - with a high percentage of grants vs loans. If you have read College Confidential posts for any length of time, I am sure you have seen many arguments against applying EDI if financial aid is going to be an issue. I can only speak from our own experience at this one school - but we received exactly what we expected to receive. We were careful to estimate our EFC by both federal and institutional methodologies, since Conn uses both. I don't know if we are in some some strange alternate universe where both came out the same??? because I don't think that is usually the case. Anyway, good luck to you and your son.</p>