Internal Admission Summary and Averages
This information is intended to provide a holistic view of the outcomes of the School of Business internal admissions process, what constitutes a strong application, and the typical academic profile of an admitted student.
Applicants must submit a complete application, including all required components, to progress in the application review process.
Academics: 60%
All grades, trends, and coursework on a student's UConn transcript were considered in academic review. Successful applicants exhibited strong performance in rigorous classes, especially the foundational critical courses required for all Business students. In addition to GPA, the most successful applicants showed positive and/or consistent grade trends, took and excelled in rigorous course loads, made progress towards degree completion with no repeating of coursework, and in cases when admitted to UConn as a freshman, took critical courses at UConn and earned high grades in those critical courses.
- Low cumulative or critical GPA
- Inconsistent or negative grade trends
- Minimal credit totals in each term
- Less rigorous course loads (all coursework in the 1000-level)
- Completing a Business critical course in transfer after matriculation at UConn with no application comment explaining why
- Significant course repeats
- Significant course withdrawals
- Placing a Business critical course on pass/fail grading (excluding Spring 2020)
Admitted Students By the Numbers
Cumulative GPA Range: 3.0 - 4.0
Average: 3.5*
Business Critical Course GPA Range: 2.4 - 4.0
Average: 3.5 with 5 critical courses graded*
Admission rates for students who select Storrs Business majors as their first choice: 45 - 60% each term
Admission rates for students who select regional campus Business majors as their first choice: 65 - 80% each term
*Average GPA, average Business critical course GPA, and average number of graded criticals vary term over term and include students admitted to Business majors at all campuses.
Experience: 40%
Résumé
Successful applicants submitted a strong résumé that clearly demonstrated leadership and commitment to business represented by their experience after beginning college. Additionally, successful applicants showed involvement and engagement in extra-curricular activities, applicable work experience, relevant certifications, accurate education information, and demonstrated strong communication skills without grammar and spelling errors. The strongest applications included at least three college semesters of engagement.
- Included any involvement prior to the start of college (no experiences from the summer before starting college, nor any high school experiences, should be showing on the résumé)
- Specific dates are missing causing unclear representation of duration and chronological order of experiences, certifications, and skill development
- Involvement and experience does not articulate the development of skills, provide adequate reflection, or connect to interesting applied major
- Provided a list of skills that have no evidence of demonstration or development in represented experiences
- Generally lacked strategic involvement, employment, or engagement during college experience
- Content focused on academics and/or academic assignments, instead of intentional, outside the classroom experiences (no need to include critical coursework on résumé, as it is an eligibility requirement for all applicants)
- Résumé submitted was incomplete, poorly formatted, containing typos or incorrect information
- Résumé submitted was longer than one page
Essay
Successful applicants exhibited thoughtfulness in their responses to the essay question given, demonstrating goals in line with their actions. They shared information that set them apart from the rest of the applicant pool. Additionally, successful applicants showed intentionality and provided concrete post-high school examples, articulated strengths and interests well, and demonstrated strong communication skills without grammar and spelling errors.
- Example chosen was not reflected on résumé of applicant
- Example chosen was from before college experience began
- Example chosen was an observation of someone else's work
- Generally lacked thoughtful self-reflection and/or clear connection to major
- Essay submitted did not respond to the prompt, but rather provided information that should have been shared in the space designated for additional information for the committee to consider
- Essay submitted had poor grammar and lacked structure