<p>I have a question for those of you who were accepted to BC Honors Program. The primary reason I applied for BC was to get into their Honors school and I was accepted to BC a couple weeks ago. However, I didn’t receive any invitation or acceptance into their honors program as far as I could tell from just my acceptance letter. Did they send you a separate letter or if it was in the same package, where was it written that you were accepted?</p>
<p>green, I was accepted EA, but in my acceptance packet, I got a letter of admission to CAS and one from the Honors Program, plus a booklet from the Honors Program (which was similar to the booklet in the folder that I got a few weeks ago). I think it would be pretty clear if you got into honors, but perhaps someone who got in RD could shed some light on this.</p>
<p>Yeah I got an invitation to it with the RD acceptance packet...it's like a small booklet you would definitely notice it if you got it</p>
<p>Yeah I got the Honors thing. Is anyone else going to Admitted Eagle Day next Sunday for the Honors brunch? I can't wait!</p>
<p>I'm going Sunday, admitted to the CSOM Honors Program. What is this brunch, I haven't heard of it...</p>
<p>Is there any way to get into the Honors program (perhaps later in the schoolyear) if you weren't accepted into it by the Admissions Committee?</p>
<p>Yes, I talked to the Honors Program Director and she said that with good enough GPA and other factors, you may enroll to the Honors College in your sophomore year.</p>
<p>nice, thats what i need to do...i also had hoped for honors, and i got in ea, maybe EA was more difficult to get in?</p>
<p>what are th perks to honors?
asides from liberal art double credited classes</p>
<p>Actually, you still cal get into the Honors Program - I just did! I wanted to be in the program, and did not receive an invite. I sent them a really nice letter than was funny and witty and they said that after they got an exact number of honors students enrolling, they might consider others. Yesterday, I got an email congratulating me on my admission into the honors program! Yay!</p>
<p>How hard is it to get into this honors program? I mean, I understand they arbitrarily select these students from what I have read, but how good do your qualifications have to be to get in (SAT, GPA, rank etc.)?</p>
<p>I got into the honors is that good? idk i’ve never really looked into it too much. Is this program as good as the top programs?</p>
<p>The read that those invited into the Honors Program are in the Top 5% of applicants.</p>
<p>jdelavalle
I got into the honors program w/ a 2200 on my SATs and pretty good (but not fantastic) grades. At EA Honors Day, they said that (in addition to considering grades/SATs) they would sometimes read something in a letter of rec or an essay that would show the student’s potential or love for knowledge for the sake of knowledge (or something along those lines). I pretty much wrote my common app essay about an academic summer program I attended and how I enjoyed it because I was learning about something for the sake of it. I think that was the deciding factor in my case, but who knows…</p>
<p>green: you may apply to the honors program during the second semester of your freshman year, but what they probably didn’t tell you is you get invited to apply. The top X% or X people (forget which) in terms of GPA are invited to apply to the honors program. You have to go through a series of interviewers, but you can ultimately be accepted into the honors program. It is not a lost cause, but just be aware there will be plenty of other students who will be applying. good luck in your endeavors :)</p>
<p>does anyone know the average stats of those admitted to the honors program? I was just admitted and am definitely considering it</p>
<p>Scott J posted it before for last year’s class – you can see – if I recall correctly it was a 1450 SAT and I think a 3.9 UW (?) GPA. You’ll want to verify using his post.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what percentage of applicants get offered into the Honors Program?</p>
<p>Dear sdkidwooh : Approximately 125-150 students will begin the Honors Program process as freshmen. The yield numbers on the Honors Program (the percentage of Honors offers versus acceptances/enrollees) are not published for general consumption. In general, these offers go to the top candidates to the school who show tremendous SAT/ACT scores, outstanding GPA and class rank, but also demonstrate a unique ability to pursue rigorous course work, contribute in a Socratic classroom setting, and think critically. We estimate that about 250-300 offers to Honors Candidates overall.</p>
<p>Each class in the freshman year will be a double course (“six credits”) and will be awarded two grades. Hence, it is not unusual to hear students who receive an A/A- or A-/B+ or A-/A- double scores.</p>
<p>Dear MattLeinartFan and jc40 : Many of these details, as referenced by jc40, have been previously posted. The general Honors Program for the College of Arts and Sciences is at the following link :</p>
<p>[A&S</a> Honors Program! - Boston College](<a href=“Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences | Boston College”>Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences | Boston College)</p>
<p>The admissions details and sustaining criteria are at this link :</p>
<p>[Admission</a> - Boston College](<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/honors/admission.html]Admission”>Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences | Boston College)</p>
<p>From the CAS Honors Program web site, the following data : </p>
<p>THE HONORS PROGRAM within the College is one of the oldest in the country. It was started in 1958 to challenge superior students to work to the best of their potential, to provide a more integrated approach to the core subjects which all Boston College students are required to take, and to organize these studies historically, in the belief that students should have a solid foundation for the more specialized studies they subsequently do in their majors. </p>
<p>ABOUT 140 STUDENTS enter the Program annually. They generally have combined SAT’s in the range of 1450 and are usually in the top 5% of their high-school classes, though we try hard to hunt out the off-beat students who may not score as well but who have several years of Greek or have founded literary journals or worked at interesting jobs or have earned unusual recommendations from their high-school teachers. Superior first-year students are also admitted to the Honors Program as sophomores each year, on the recommendation of instructors in their first-year courses. The total number of A&S students in all four years of the Honors Program is approximately 500. About 100 seniors complete the requirements and graduate with Honors standing each year.</p>