<p>I'll be applying to Clemson as an in-state applicant. I believe I have the stats to stand a good chance of entering their honors college, but I'm not completely sure I want to be part of that during college.</p>
<p>Can I apply to Clemson, as part of the honors college, and if accepted, decline the honors college and just attend Clemson?</p>
<p>I believe you can. I saw someone else say that their kid had gotten in and was planning on declining the honors college. That’s not for sure though.</p>
<p>I believe the date to apply to honors is already passed at Clemson. Check their website.</p>
<p>From [Deadlines/Timeline</a> : Clemson University](<a href=“Apply”>Apply)</p>
<p>The priority deadline was December 1st. However, the non-priority is March 1st, with materials in by the 15th.</p>
<p>I don’t see why you can’t refuse the honors college - if Clemson wants you to be in the honors college, surely they would want you as a regular student as well.</p>
<p>Has anyone gotten in the Honors College who wasn’t in the top 3%? Just wondering if the 3% is fairly strict or if they look more at class rigor even if you’re not in the top 3%?</p>
<p>I can’t exactly answer your question but it doesn’t appear that the 3% is a strict number - just would increase your chances of getting in.</p>
<p>You can apply for the honors college if you have a 3.5+ GPA after your first semester</p>
<p>I’ve wondered the same thing, about the 3%. Obviously, it’s not religiously strict. But I suspect it has a strong influence.</p>
<p>I think of it this way: if the Clemson folks don’t know much about an out-of-state school, can they really determine if a 5th percentile student is stellar, and just as strong as a 2nd percentile kid from another, perhaps slightly weaker, high school class? I think not, and in this case the higher ranked student would probably get the benefit of the doubt.</p>
<p>Might be different from in-state schools, they’d know the differences quite well.</p>
<p>^there’s probably a lot of truth to that. Depends what your schools history with Clemson is and how much info they have to make that decision.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if you apply to the honors college and don’t get offered admission, can you still be accepted into the university?</p>
<p>you can absolutely do that</p>
<p>Yes, they are two different processes. And if you don’t get into Honors but still come to Clemson, you can apply to Honors during your freshman year.</p>
<p>Anxiously awaiting email with URL link for Calhoun decision 2013, which should arrive before 2/15 at midnight? I’ve notice here that past years have been sooner. PLEASE if anyone has gotten an email can you let us know?? Also, your stats if you are willing to share…
Thanks!</p>
<p>As a CHC grad I can tell you that they dont always release them all at the same time. I found out sooner than some of my friends.</p>
<p>Great, thanks tigertastic! Will keep the faith through Feb. 15th!</p>
<p>My son received email today with a link to the Calhoun decision, and he was accepted. He’d already received a nice schol offer back in Dec, and this acceptance adds to the “Clemson really wants you” score.</p>
<p>BTW, I have the answer to the question about the 3% cutoff: it’s not strict. My son’s probably in the 5% area in his HS class, but it’s a very strong class (and grading is strict). I imagine that his (very high) SAT score helped his candidacy a bit.</p>
<p>(We’ll seriously consider Clemson, but won’t make a final decision until all the RD results are out.)</p>
<p>Got mine as well! Congrats to those who do!</p>
<p>My DS got accepted to the honors college today! He got 10,000/year scholarship earlier this year and BTW he is in the top 11% at his school. However he’s has 8 AP’s , GPA 3.89 unweighted and had a 34 ACT. So that 3% ranking is not valid. They are looking at the kids other stats.</p>
<p>Wow this puts Clemson back in the picture.:)</p>
<p>congrats to everyone!</p>
<p>I had no idea what to expect when applying. I got into USC honors but Clemson honors is so much smaller and I am not top 2% but heard today that I got in! I’m roughly top 6% and I have a 33 act and all IB courses. Congrats to everyone!!!</p>