<p>Does anyone have a range or idea of the average SAT score and class rank of the students admitted to the UNC Honors Program? The information on the UNC website is useless</p>
<p>When I visited they said that they first select students whom would definitely thrive at UNC based on their academics (so good stats, obviously, but not necessarily REMARKABLE ones), and from that pool professors read the essays and pick. So basically if you make the first cut, it all depends on the essays.</p>
<p>But that's just what he said.</p>
<p>I do think that the courseload you took in high school (how rigorous it was) and how well you did in those courses-- and most definitely the essays-- have more impact on an honors invite than SAT scores. (Of course, having the whole package is preferable.) I know someone who had a very high SAT score, was accepted EA, but was not invited into honors. He was a double legacy, and his parents were really upset about it. I know someone else who did really well in high school, both in GPA and in high SAT scores. He did not get invited into honors, either. He called to find out why. They told him his essays weren't written very well. That's just two examples, but the quality of those essays does make a difference.</p>
<p>do you have to apply fo rthe honors or are you automatically considered?</p>
<p>you can't apply.. you're considered</p>
<p>when do we know whether or not we're considered?</p>
<p>Honors invites are sent on a rolling basis, and my impression is that the first of them start coming a few weeks after initial acceptance letters.</p>
<p>A very small portion of students are invited to honors – many excellent students are not invited, and typically every year this includes even some Morehead-Cain scholars. So certainly do not take a lack of an honors invite as a sign that you aren’t a very strong applicant or that Carolina doesn’t want you. And of course, one could still be on its way!</p>