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YCBK 283: Want to get into Penn? Show a little gratitude-on an essay prompt
YCBK 283: Want to get into Penn? Show a little gratitude-on an essay promptInterview 124: Vern Granger on “Understanding the University of Connecticut”
- Vern Granger gives his backstory
- How is U Conn different from the other Flagship schools in New England
- Vern talks about the role sports plays in playing a close community
- Vern talks about why U Conn has such a high retention rate
- Vern talks about U Conn’s “time to completion rate”
- Vern talks about U Conn’s student “indebted rate”
- What brought Vern to U Conn
- Vern shares the role of technology at U Conn
- Vern discusses the role of diversity, equity an inclusion at U Conn
- Vern lets us know what factors other than the transcript that matter in the U Conn admissions process
- Vern discusses how students are admitted at U Conn
- Vern explains what ACES is and why ACES is important
- Vern answers a question about scholarships at U Conn
- Vern talks about the Honors Program at U Conn
- Vern answers a question about whether the published information for admission stats are for the Storrs campus or does it include the other four campuses
- Vern talks about how admission works at the four regional campuses
- Vern talks about how you can set up a conversation with an admission officer
- Vern talks about how the U Conn chat bot works and how they leverage technology
- Vern comments individually on about eight of U Conn’s strongest majors
- Vern goes on the hotseat
