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I can't tell if you are trolling or not, so I'm going to give you a half-hearted answer just in case you swing both ways.
UConn has always had students from all towns in Connecticut. I grew up in Greenwich and had about 80 kids in my high school go to Storrs, with another large number going to UConn-Stamford and then working their way to Storrs. UConn has an increased representation from more wealthy towns because the rising prices of college (out of state public schools and private schools) have made other college options financially poor choices long-term. I graduated high school in '04 with pretty good grades and excellent SAT scores. I could have applied and gone to some academically prominent schools, but as a high school grad who had to pay for his own education, my only prudent options were UConn or an international school (I applied, but did not get into McGill).
It's not a rich/poor thing, it's a general culture thing. I'm only 31, but kids nowadays have less autonomy and more reliance on their parents to fend for them not just financially but more importantly, their responsibility. I'm a middle school teacher and it's amazing how some parents will defer their kid's bad decisions on somebody else, be it me, another student, the school, etc. When I was a kid, if I screwed up, it was my fault and my parents let me deal with whatever consequence came with it.
But whatever, you're a college student, so you know everything, especially about the changes at UConn throughout your few years of enrollment.
