HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut high school students with good grades can earn automatic entry to several public and private colleges and universities in the state.
It’s all part of the Connecticut Automatic Admission Program, or CAAP, which was created in 2022.
The program is eligible for all graduating Connecticut high school seniors who have a 3.0 weighted grade point average or a 2.75 unweighted GPA.
Eligible students only need to fill out one application and will be automatically admitted to the program’s 10 participating colleges and universities.
To make the process less formidable, the program also waives the application fees, student essays and recommendation letters that are most often necessary when applying to higher education institutions.
In a release last Thursday, Conn