<p>I’ve been accepted to American University, but it says nothing on my application about the honors college. While this leads me to believe that I was not accepted to the program, I looked up statistics of those accepted, and (according to another thread) the average ACT score cutoffs are around 32 and GPA is around 4.25 weighted (I cannot verify this, but a few threads suggest these scores or even lower). I scored a 34 on the ACTs and have a 4.48 weighted and 3.93 unweighted GPA, ranked 1 of 150,
I’m involved with soccer (assistant captain), swim (captain), track (captain), Quiz Bowl (captain), science Olympiad (president), debate (founder), NHS, Spanish Club, Model UN, and the Gifted Program.
I applied to the SIS, and it seems that these credentials would be enough to grant admittance.
Should I have gotten in? Should I contact the college? I’m visiting next week.</p>
<p>If it says nothing on your acceptance about the Honors College, then I would assume that you have not been accepted. You can certainly contact the college to confirm. According to the AU honors website: “While strong high school grades and standardized test scores certainly weigh heavily, more important is evidence of a strong motivation to learn several things well and a demonstrated passion for a particular subject.” Perhaps you were too spread out and didn’t focus on a “particular subject”?</p>
<p>Also, you can always re-apply to the program as an enrolled AU student: [University</a> Honors Program | Admission | American University, Washington DC](<a href=“http://www.american.edu/provost/honors/admission.cfm]University”>http://www.american.edu/provost/honors/admission.cfm)</p>
<p>I didn’t decide on a major until my junior year, but I am interested in various things. However, I took every opportunity that my school offers in the fields of government and economics and international relations. I may have also done well in calculus and biology, but that shouldn’t overshadow my success in classes like government and world cultures. I’ll have to ask when I visit, but, looking at other kids who got in, I find it extremely difficult to believe that I wasn’t admitted.</p>
<p>Update: those statistics were average students admitted, meaning that any cutoff that may exist would be significantly lower to offset the students with significantly higher scores.</p>