Sai Roopesh Review at University Of Connecticut [UCONN], Storrs | Collegedunia

University of connecticut: EXPERIENCE

8.7
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Academic
8.0
Accommodation
8.0
Faculty
10.0
Infrastructure
10.0
Social Life
8.0
Placement
8.0

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Sai Roopesh
Reviewed on Feb 1, 2025(Enrolled 2023)

Course Curriculum

8

  • The difficult level of course is medium and the course curriculum is of both theoretical and practical
  • The Positive aspect of course is in person classes and videos are available related to the course given by lecturer.
  • There are some negative aspects like working on courses every week to do assignment related to it.

Admission Experience

  • I have applied for University of Utah, university of Connecticut, New jersey institute of technology, north eastern university, University of North Texas.
    > Among them University of Utah - Rejected, New jersey institute of technology - Admitted, north eastern university - Rejected, University of North Texas - Admitted
    > I was rejected based on the competition and moreover the admissions were of rolling out basis that might be the possible reason for rejection

    > I chose University of connecticut over other colleges because of the college reputation with Business Analytics course as it ranks 47th across the world universities
    > I have applied through Gre and Tofel scores. We just need to submit visa status and passport and our test scores to get admit into that college
    > GRE, IELTS and TOFEL scores are required for admission into our college.

  • The experience was very smooth as we need to submit test scores to get into that college. Moreover uconn offer free application fee if we watch the orientation program conference through webex via registered mail
    > I have applied for spring 2023 intake as I have 3 years of work experience so to improve my further skills I have made this decision to apply
    > It took me one month of admission Process. To send all my test scores and my college degree certificates to get verified with the university. After my approval I received i20 from the university with signed from the department of Business Analytics with course fee and structure.
     

Class Schedule

8

  • There might be only one class scheduled depending on how we chose the time table before the semester and if we can chose only 2 subjects a day not more than that.
  • Around 70 % of students are indians

Faculty

10

  • The faculty-to-student ratio is 1: 50. This ratio is good for professor to interact with students in person and outside the class
  • Yeah the teaching methodology is practical and theoretical which makes everyone to understand clearly.For securing a Job it depends on persons hard work and skills rather than professor teaching methodology
  • Yes some faculty members assists students in finding parttime or full time jobs through their professional network or references
  • I admire Mark Tscheigg the more as his way of teaching and his patient to explain each and everything clearly stands him out of others

Campus Life

10

  • Our college has 3 campuses . each of them are located in Stamford, hartford and stores.
  • Our Campus do not have any library, sports facilities, and medical services while stores and stamford campus have library, sports facilities, and medical services
  • Our college celebrates every major indian festival and there are many clubs within the college.
  • Our college is home to basketball , Volleyball, football and many other sports are played minorly.

Part Time Jobs

  • 5 to 10 students secure teaching Assistant and DA positions
    >The payrange for that is 18 dollars hourly
    > The other on-campus job are student dining services, Tutoring Monitoring Assistant, Peer Counselor
    >One can work only 20 hours per week

  • Its very easy to get Oncampus parttime job as there are multiple jobs in the portal for students to apply

  • Students can earn only 15 dollars hourly in their parttime jobs,Its very easy to get Oncampus parttime job.They need to apply through college portal for securing on campus parttime jobs.There will be jobx portal which is the student portal to get on campus parttime job for their survival They need to fill all the details including name, email, resume and all other details to fill out required.

Placement

8

  • Around 40 % of students secure employment within their course completion
  • The average salary range is 85000 per annum a student can earn upon after their graduation
  • Students usually find job by career fairs or applying jobs through Linkedin, Indeed Glassdoor,Handshake
  • Some of my class mates graduated a semester earlier than me got placed in different kind of roles related to analyst Dataroles.
  • Travellers, cigna.

Accommodation

Off Campus
8

  • I opted for off campus accommodation as our college do not have on campus accommodation. I got the accommodation by checking through google and whats app groups
  • The monthly rent is 1920 which is 2b2b and can be shared by 5 members
  • The challenges faced were the late reply of leasing agents as we booked our apartment from india
  • I will suggest where I live in Downtown which is good place for anyone to stay
  • Its very near to college which is walkable distance and most of the indian students in my apartment i.e 915 main Street

Exams

  • TOEFL and IELTS are the exams required for admission to our college and university while GRE score above 315 are preferred for the admission process.
    > LOR, Statement of Purpose and CV are required for admission to our college and university. along with them we need to submit our college degree originally mailed to them before receiving i20 as part of University application process
  • No there was no interview as part of my application.

Fees

  • The full breakdown of my fees is $45000 for the entire course .
  • We need to pay credit wise on how many credit we enroll at the start of the semester like $1150 per each credit of the course
  • Its credit based and we need to pay at the start of the semester
  • Its around 600$ - 700 $ monthly on an average including transportation, rent and all other expenses

Scholarship

  • No I did not receive any scholarship during our course,I did not receive any scholarship amount from the college
  • Yes some people received merit scholarship based on their academic performance which will be given to top 2 students based on their academic performance
  • On an average five people receive each year and it is of $3500 or a subject wave off