<p>I was accepted to the University's College of Liberal Arts and am currently awaiting an honors decision. Any ideas what my chances are?</p>
<p>Female
Senior
Public school
sends some grads to top schools
3.861/4.0 unweighted
96 of 715 class rank also unweighted
32 ACT (Didn't send SAT)
Editor in chief of school newspaper
Involved in theater and racism awareness group
Volunteer work
Intended major: Journalism
Legacy to University
Completed AP English Language (4) and AP World
Enrolled in AP Statistics and AP Comparative Government</p>
<p>The new University Honors Program is very much a mystery. I have spoken to one officer of that program this school year, and much of the new program </p>
<p>is still being developed as I type this. It could be really, really good, but I don't think anyone knows for sure what it will be like. I also don't know how soon notification of honors admission will go out to students. Last year some heard before Christmas, but I think others waited till spring to find out.</p>
<p>I think that you will probably be in... they are like going nuts for high-achieving students this year it seems. Last year kids with similar grades/scores/etc to my friends and me were admitted, but without any scholarship offers or honors offers... this year i don't know of anybody with a g.p.a lower than 3.8 and an ACT score about 30 who hasn't been offered at least $5000 a year and admission to the honors programs...</p>
<p>Minkspwn I think we go to the same High School and I haven't received acceptance to the honors or any scholarships here are my stats:
Male
Public
Senior
ACT 32
3.89, 88.55 percentile, 97 of 847
(school is notorious for grade inflation and does not weigh grades. the U knows this)
Good EC's and volunteering
The hardest classes available
AP: Us history 3, Stats 4, Micro 3, Comparative Politics 5
AP's currently enrolled in: AP European History, AP Calc, AP Language and Composition, AP English Composition and Literature, and AP Macro.
Also I have taken "college in the schools" spanish 5 and 6 which are programs that are sponsored by the University.</p>
<p>I got accepted almost two months ago and haven't heard anything from the honors program. Do I have a shot? Should I be worried?</p>
<p>my act was a puny 28 but my subscored SAT should be 2030/2400 with 740 in CR, 630 in math, 660 in writing (everything but writing came in 1 sitting).</p>
<p>Is that probably good enough for some honors scholarship money (along with a 3.73 unweighted gpa i think, perhaps a bit higher depending on how they calculate it...). Honestly, i kinda need it... </p>
<p>Perhaps peeps with similar experiences can answer back?</p>
<p>the U depends mainly on the ACT. i know a few kids who didnt take the ACT, but had really high SATs (2300 range) and they didn't get as much money as i did (~2100 SAT but 34 act)</p>
<p>oh, and krause, i think that you should be in... if you didnt get your letter already... but of course i'm not the U, so i cant be sure... i'm just your friendly neighborhood halfrican!</p>
<p>Mid March guys, hold tight. Trust me, I still check the mail every day, but definitely by the end of March we should all know. I cannot wait to start that thread and find out what's going on :-p</p>
<p>Hey guys, what do you think of this-
D just came home and said she met a kid with a 36 ACT but only a 3.3 gpa who got denied at the U altogether!!! But he got a sports scholarship to Berkley...what the??? Same kid was also rejected from Iowa, and he goes to a private parochial prep school. Weird, eh?</p>
<p>Lower schools tend to reject students who will undoubtedly be accepted (and attend) a better school. That's the only reasoning I can think of for that.</p>
<p>Except that jhuston's son (with 36 ACT) got MN scholarship. Soooo, jhuston, did your S demonstrate in some way that MN was his first choice or did he have a much better gpa than 3.3? Or both?</p>
<p>At our house we were speculating that the kid my D knows looked like he wasn't living up to his potential???</p>