UConn applications increasing, freshman admissions slightly increase

For the past six years, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­necti­cut has seen an increase in fresh­man appli­ca­tions, while admis­sions has only slight­ly risen.

“I real­ly think it shows how com­pet­i­tive our school is get­ting,” said UConn senior Emi­ly Mantell.

Man­tell explained, that UCon­n’s com­mit­ment to fund­ing research ini­tia­tives, such as the bio­log­i­cal col­lec­tions in the ecol­o­gy and evo­lu­tion­ary biol­o­gy depart­ment.  “The col­lec­tion cur­rent­ly hous­es mil­lions of spec­i­mens from around the globe and in a com­bined effort by fac­ul­ty, stu­dents and staff is in the process of dig­i­tiz­ing the entire archive,” she said.

Oth­er sur­round­ing schools, like East­ern Con­necti­cut State Uni­ver­si­ty have not seen quite as dra­mat­ic increas­es in appli­ca­tions and admissions.

In 2013, 3,042 fresh­man applied to East­ern and 1,575 were admit­ted for an admis­sions per­cent­age of %51.8.  Com­pared to UConn which saw 27,479 appli­ca­tions and 14,745 were admit­ted for a per­cent­age of %53.6.

With cam­pus wide ren­o­va­tions, and an increase in research oppor­tu­ni­ties the future for UConn seems bright and even brighter for the stu­dents attend­ing. “The cam­pus is beau­ti­ful, and they seem to be real­ly tak­ing care of every­thing, and build­ing new projects, I’m glad I chose to be a “husky,”” said Mantell.