<p>So I've been accepted to the University of Michigan EA and was invited to apply to the Honors College and did so. I know this comes along with housing on South Quad (which is also newly renovated), and sounds great. I'm also highly interested in doing the Residential College, which has housing in East Quad. Finally, I'm hoping to receive the Shipman Scholarship (although it's far from guaranteed) which would provide $20,000 a year but has housing on North Campus. With all this in mind, I have a few questions to ask: Can you do the Residential College and the Honors College? If so, can I choose where I want to live? If I receive the Shipman Scholarship, is it required for me to live on North Campus, or could I choose to live somewhere else? What would be the best combination of any of these factors if possible? Any other information pertaining to these topics would be great. Thanks!</p>
<p>Not sure about Shipman, so can’t help you there.</p>
<p>For a Joint RC and Honors program (what I hope to do), all you need to do is apply for both. From their website:</p>
<p>20-30 students per year pursue a joint program with Honors and the Residential College. Honors and RC students pursue a program that combines the requirements of Honors with the requirements of the RC with the following modifications:</p>
<p>The total number of Honors courses over the first four terms changes from 8 to 6 to accommodate the RC Intensive Language during the first year.</p>
<p>Honors/RC students can elect RCCORE 100, the RC first-year seminar, to fulfill First-Year Writing. They are not required to take Great Books 191 or Classic Civ 101. Honors sections of RCCORE 100 count towards the total number of Honors courses.</p>
<p>Only one Texts & Ideas course is required. RCCORE 100 does not count for Texts & Ideas. Most students elect Great Books 192 in their second term for T & I.</p>
<p>The Residential College is the primary academic unit for all joint students, although students are encouraged to see both their RC and their Honors advisor. All registration issues are overseen by the RC, and joint students take academic board issues to the Residential College Board on Academic Standing, not the Honors Academic Board.
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<p>Coming from my experience as a student in both Honors and the RC…If you’re in the RC, you have to live with the RC. They very rarely let people live out of EQ during their first two years and still be a member of the RC. (I know one girl in particular who wanted to live in her sorority house her sophomore year and was kicked out of the RC because they didn’t approve her request.) </p>