If you could do it over again …

[nelsonmuntz]

UConn was the perfect school for me. Good enough academically that I could get my career started and get into grad school with a UConn degree, but not so expensive that I felt that guilty blowing my mom's money partying, playing video games, and doing stupid stuff with my friends.

 

[aburks41]

Applied to UConn and Big 10 schools (except NW and Michigan). Chose UConn, but my 2nd choice was Indiana because I got into the Kelley School of Business which is a top 10 undergrad business school. I loved my time at UConn and since I grew up as a die hard UConn fan, I don't think I would change my decision. Career-wise, I probably took a minor hit not going to IU because of their investment banking program... but UConn got me into management consulting so I really cannot complain. I would like to see UConn's keep becoming more competitive though. We live in one of the wealthiest and smartest states in the US, UConn should one day strive to be in the same conversation as Michigan, UNC, the Cali schools, UVA, etc

 

[Patman]

I came to UConn in 2004 with B.S. degree in hand so i knew the world a bit more than a world naive freshman... now, don't get me wrong. I was still naive. Sports was part of the profile even for grad school. Is that a lie? Sure, if I had applied and got accepted to Carnegie Mellon you guys can all chew my underbits. However. However, athletics and academic growth as a duel made me far more confident than my other options. In the end I think I did grad school searching wrong and I could have done differently for myself but given the information at the time I made the right bet. Do I do it differently? Maybe... but that's for other factors. Storrs was not the best place to be for a grad student who wanted separation from the normal students and wasn't all that fun for somebody who wanted to move "out" in the world beyond undergrad millieu. However, I took UConn as a school on the rise in general. So far I've been proven right despite the absolute nightmare the football program has become.

That being said, UConn has to stay in the big time football game if they want to be big time people. Name me the other flagship state university who isn't playing FBS with a strong and increasing research profile. Right, you can't. You have to be part of the game and while this is suffering this is the game.

We can reconsider this when the NCAA cracks up between the SEC+ faction and the blueblood faction (ACC/B10/PAC10) but not until then.

 

[NoSpamHere]

As a Carnegie Mellon grad I’m thankful to have had all the underbits I could handle tyvm

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

UNC AFAM major

 

[uconnbill]

Pepperdine.

for the views I take it

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I will say this, if UConn could do it all over; Avery Point, downtown Hartford, and Stamford would have all been better main campus locations.

 

[storrsroars]

I will say this, if UConn could do it all over; Avery Point, downtown Hartford, and Stamford would have all been better main campus locations.

Nah, not Stamford. Land is far too valuable there. And according to much of the state, it's not even Connecticut ;-)

However, anyplace that wasn't next to Mansfield would've been a better choice. I'm not familiar with a large flagship state U anywhere that didn't spawn an interesting town or two around it with international restaurants, interesting shops and whatnot. But UConn managed to do that. There should be a State College-type town in or next to Storrs.

 

[HuskyDogArt]

Nah, not Stamford. Land is far too valuable there. And according to much of the state, it's not even Connecticut ;-)

However, anyplace that wasn't next to Mansfield would've been a better choice. I'm not familiar with a large flagship state U anywhere that didn't spawn an interesting town or two around it with international restaurants, interesting shops and whatnot. But UConn managed to do that. There should be a State College-type town in or next to Storrs.

When the Storrs family donated the land, they didn't think Connecticut Agricultural College would grow into UConn. Mansfield is still trying to be a rural type town. If Connecticut ever put a highway to it, they would have a fit!!

 

[buddy]

UConn was the only possibility for me and I was thrilled to be there. Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon, the Field House with Doug Melody leading the Huskies on the basketball court. The fun of the Northwest Quad (Does it still exist?) However, if I had a choice I would choose an Ivy League school. Although in my career, everyone was essentially equal, the Ivy League grads were always given an advantage even if they were not as qualified or interested in the demands of the job. They usually were able to talk themselves into "executive positions" so that they would not have to actually do the work. An Ivy league degree opens a lot of doors that are closed to others.