OT: Just got accepted to UCONN!!

[Husky25]

Words of wisdom. I remember taking that because I thought it would be an easy A also. Well it was hard and I switched it to pass/fail so it wouldn't hurt my gpa. Rashad Anderson, Hilton and a couple other bball players were also in my class. That was my sophomore year. I graduated from the business school in 05 and it's a great program. I wasn't in the honors program but if you are smart enough to get in then do it. You are probably also smart enough to have the same amount of partying time as everyone else because it won't take you as long to study.

Isn't it funny how the more something changes, the more it stays the same? I took Drama in Von der Mahden in the late 90s. It was painfully easy provided you read the plays. It was fairly simple even if you didn't. The tests were multiple choice and a example would be: What was the name of Oedipus's Mother's son? A) Oedipus; B) George Costanza.

It's exactly the same because Monquencio Hardnett and Rip were in my class. I saw them three times. Day one, mid-term, and Final.

My guess is that it's not the same as it was 15 years ago, but if it is, I recommend HDFR 277 as an elective. It was literally nicknamed the P()rn class. We literally had to sign a release at the beginning of the semester in order to attend on days they showed...umm...err... "S*xually explicit educational material."

 

[Husky25]

Fear Kochanek

Dick Kochanek might be the nicest professor on campus. I loved his stories, especially the one from his childhood about the 12 year old baseball player who had already hit his prime. Simply classic.

Sam Pickering is also an intriguing character as well. He didn't exactly strike me as a Mr. Keating (from Dead Poet Society), even though the Character is loosely based on him. He was just a good teacher. He made this accountant enjoy reading again, that's for sure.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I'm from New York and just got accepted into the Business School and Honors program with a scholarship of $15,000 a year totaling $60,000 over 4 years! So I was wondering what the benefits of the Honors program are at UCONN and if you guys could give me some insight into what is great about UCONN?

One look at the OP and you can see that he's gaming the Like-Post ratio.

 

[Kembacity]

Kochanek might be the nicest professor on campus. I loved his stories, especially the one from his childhood about the 12 year old baseball player who had already hit his prime. Simply classic.

Sam Pickering is also an intriguing character as well. He didn't exactly strike me as a Mr. Keating (from Dead Poet Society), even though the Character is loosely based on him. He was just a good teacher. He made this accountant enjoy reading again, that's for sure.

I don't know that I considered him a great teacher but definitely a fun teacher to take a class from. The stories that guy told were amazing, as was him rolling his pants up at the thigh while telling those stories

 

[Husky25]

I don't know that I considered him a great teacher but definitely a fun teacher to take a class from. The stories that guy told were amazing, as was him rolling his pants up at the thigh while telling those stories

Are you referring to Kochanek or Pickering? The roll up the pants comment confused me between the two.

 

[Husky15]

One look at the OP and you can see that he's gaming the Like-Post ratio.

You don't believe me? Look up Lansing, New York

 

[junglehusky]

Honors Program? I enrolled in Honors (after deciding on UConn over Tufts, Brandeis, Carnegie Mellon, Rochester and Conn College - primarily to save $$ as an in-state student), proceeded to get D's in Calc and Chem 127, and dropped out. While my career might be slightly better off if I had stayed in the program, if I had stayed in it would have been because I was paying better attention to my grades and would have had a better record overall. So if you're the type of personality that can be motivated by that, by all means go for it, especially if there's a financial incentive.

If you wind up having to choose between UConn (or any other place) with an aid package and say, Michigan with none, I'd advise to ask some college grads who have a mountain of debt how they're dealing with it. There are cases where it may be worth it, for example if you get into an Ivy and your aspiration is to become a CEO or clerk for a Supreme Court justice, but a lot of the time it may not be. Just a decision you may have to make with your family. Having tens of thousands of dollars in debt is a major burden on someone starting out their life.

Regardless of where you wind up, I just want to echo the comments about finding groups/activities to spend your spare time. Invariably, that's where you make better friends. I did four years of symphony orchestra and two years in a biology service fraternity. Looking back, I wish I'd done the bio group earlier and maybe joined some other groups. Of course, I also wish I'd been more diligent with my grades freshman year!

 

[uconn17smith]

Same thing. From CT and just got accepted. Been a UCONN fan my whole life and follow the team to a fault. Can't wait for the next four years!

 

[DarthGrumpy]

I didn't do study abroad because I didn't want to miss out on getting MBB season tickets during the fall semester, or miss any of the games during the spring semester. If I had to do it all over again I would probably have to do things differently. You really don't get opportunities like that after school.

I missed UConn's first NCA title to study abroad - the women's title in 1995. I was actually watching he game on tape delay in France in my apartment with the 5 other kids from Storrs. It was late in the 2nd half and UConn just behind Tennessee at the time. My phone rings. I pick-up. My Mom is on the other end screaming that UConn won loud enough for everyone in the room to hear. Dang it!

 

[1999.2004.2011]

I'm alittle late on this thread but wanted to give my two cents as a recent graduate from the business school (Class of 2013). The Honors Program for business majors isn't too bad as I had a bunch of friends in my Accounting classes who had to do an extra research/writing assignment to get honors credit for the acct classes they were already in. UConn Business School is well connected in the business world with many notable alumni in Hartford, Boston, NYC etc so be sure to leverage that at networking events and such. Best criteria to rate a school or specific program is job placement, and 97% of my friends who were accounting/finance majors all had full time job offers leaving school.

As for your freshman year, best place to end up dorm wise (if not in honors housing) is north. Decent dining hall, closer towards Carriage/Celeron/Hunting Lodge than if you lived in Buckley. Also as a freshman, load up your first semester schedule with easy gen eds so you can spend your time at uconn soccer /football games (or chasing co-eds). I survived during the college years on a diet of Wings Over, Raman and 40's of Steel Reserve (as I was flat broke--Thirsty's /Ted's) and it was the best time of my life. I wouldn't trade anything for my time at UConn, which was made especially sweet with a national championship and BCS bowl game during my sophomore year.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

You don't believe me? Look up Lansing, New York

Joking.

Like many, I'm happy for you and only commenting that more than two dozen Likes for an infrequent poster alters the ratio of Messages and Likes.