<p>bumping this bad boy up for any potential camels this fall!</p>
<p>My mom's college has a tuition exchange program with conn. How competitive is that program?</p>
<p>I am confused about SAT requirements..... I know for a fact that Conn College does not require SAT scores, but whats this about requiring 2-3 SAT II's?</p>
<p>they dont require the SAT-1, but they do require 2 SAT-IIs. they feel the subject tests are much more relevant.</p>
<p>Regarding the SATs: My daughter has much better SAT scores than SATII scores. She sent all the scores to Conn. When she applies, should she tell them to look just at the SATI scores?</p>
<p>they will look at both because its only SAT-1 optional. But her success on the SAT-1 will definitely boost her application. What were her test scores?</p>
<p>Do you think Conn College has made a successful transition from an all girl's college to Co-ed ... or still in the transition stage?</p>
<p>they went coed in 1969; if you didnt know they were originally an all female school, you wouldnt be able to tell at all! (expect of course that there is no football team....). the male to female ratio is pretty much the same as other similar schools, such as vassar. probably about 55% female and 45% male these days.</p>
<p>How are the science departments? Strength? Research opportunities? I know sciences are relatively new to the school but was wondering if Conn Coll is the place for someone hoping to do research and get into grad school.</p>
<p>great question! Conn Coll has a reputation for the arts, humanities, and social sciences, but their science departments are excellent as well. Browsing through facebook, i am always amazed at how successful the bio and chem students are. The chem department, for example, is tiny, yet they go off to phd programs such as yale, duke, upenn, wpi, berkeley, ucsd, unc-ch, northwestern. thats a pretty impressive rate. plus med schools and phd/md combination programs as well. </p>
<p>if you are interested in environmental science, conn has one of the best programs in the northeast. plus conn istself is a 750 acre aborteum if you are into botany and geology.</p>
<p>i am quite confident that conn has an excellent placement rate in graduate programs in the sciences. this is surely because of the fantastic research oppportunities that exist for all undergrads. because the professors are focused on the undergrad, they are extremely passionate about having students do their own independent research, or assist the profs on theirs.</p>
<p>this links describes the very varied chem research labs : <a href="http://www.conncoll.edu/academics/departments/chemistry/research.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.conncoll.edu/academics/departments/chemistry/research.html</a>
different areas of bio research: <a href="http://www.conncoll.edu/academics/departments/biology/research.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.conncoll.edu/academics/departments/biology/research.html</a></p>
<p>and here is a link mentioning recent grants the faculty have received: <a href="http://aspen.conncoll.edu/camelweb/index.cfm?fuseaction=people&circuit=profiles&action=5%5B/url%5D">http://aspen.conncoll.edu/camelweb/index.cfm?fuseaction=people&circuit=profiles&action=5</a></p>
<p>and a quote from one of the science pages:</p>
<p>"Introductory courses are taught in the F.W. Olin Science Center (opened in 1995), while upper division courses and student-faculty research are conducted in Hale Laboratory (renovated in 1996). Students receive hands-on training with modern laboratory techniques and state-of-the-art scientific instrumentation. In research, students work closely with faculty mentors as they engage meaningfully in scientific projects that often result in journal publications in which they received recognition as co-authors. This overall educational experience provides excellent preparation and training for careers in science-related fields."</p>
<p>Has anyone got into caltech, MIT for graduate school? Because that's where i want to go.</p>
<p>Bates, Colby or Conn College -- for a male cross country/track athlete interested in sciences (maybe chem/env science)?</p>
<p>What about drinking at Conn? A friend of mine says that there is a boozer culture there. Is this true? Are there kids who don't drink, and are they ostracized?</p>
<p>Youknowme: Not sure about Cal Tech or MIT, if you really wanted to know you could call the career center and ask one of the grad school counselors.</p>
<p>Mailby: I'm not familiar with the science departments at Bates and Colby. BUt i do know that Conn would be an excellent choice for chem, environ sci., and xc/track!</p>
<p>Lurkness Monster: i copied this from an earlier thread where i addressed drinking:
I'm not going to lie- drinking is huge- on any given Thursday and Saturday night there are keg parties in at least 3 dorm common rooms, yes, right in the common rooms- if you are over 21, you can take Kegs 101, where you can register to become a "social host" and throw a party in the common rooms. but, there are many people who choose not to drink and love conn too- there are several Substance Free Housing options, which are very popular, and provide wonderful substance free events for all of campus, but really nobody cares whether or not you wish to drink.
Because New London isnt much of a college town, the college does do a pretty good job of providing students with things to do. Besides keg parties, there are themed dances nearly every weekend, a capella concerts, dance concerts, interesting lectures, tons of clubs, comedy shows, intramural sports, film screenings, open mikes, every friday night they have an acoustic music concert, every thursday night there is a TNE (thursday night event), etc. Plus there are several huge events throughout the year that are unique to Conn, such as "Camelympics"- a weekend Olympics style competition among dorms.</p>
<p>I've also done better on the SAT I than the SAT II's (taken chemistry and french). I'm definitely including my SAT I scores to Conn so they see my good scores in addition to my so-so ones :)</p>
<p>If i got 3 800s on the SAT2, 3.9 gpa. what percentage of chance will i get to conn?</p>
<p>excellent chance as long as you also have some ECs (conn definitely doesnt just look at numbers)</p>
<p>Is there a limit as to how many ConnColl will accept from the same town?</p>
<p>Four kids applied form my daughters small (40 seniors) private school, all were admitted, overall they have been agreeable to our small school. I cannot say enough about this school and my D1's adjustment there. And it was her 3rd choice!
And as far as the boozer culture, her friend does not drink, is housed in the substance free dorm and her mom just told me she is also having a fantastic experience. Kids drink at every high school and college in the country, let's not kid ourselves. My D1 hangs out and watches movies on most Fridays, with a bunch of new friends. Thursdays and Sat. are fun nites, it is mostly beer and mostly responsible so far. She also goes to Mystic, Waterford, Harkness State Park in New London (gorgeous!), and Providence once to see a friend at Roger Wms. (took the train), Boston once to see me! (drove with 2 friends, she does not have a car on campus). Club LAX keeps her in shape, she played Yale last week. A busy teen is a happy teen!</p>
<p>mailby- absolutely not. </p>
<p>nicole1500: i'm so happy that your daughter is loving it! its most definitely an underrated school!</p>