<p>Miami University (Oxford, OH) accepts 300 into Honors and 25 will have Harrison (full ride) scholarship. Average for Honors: ACT=32, Top 3% of HS class, average for Harrison: ACT=34, Top 2%. A lot of Honors have higher stats than that and it is truly selective with tons of benefits. In-state tuition is practically covered by various scholarships, summer is free after certain number of credit hours and that includes study abroad, priority registration,....</p>
<p>As ranked by Reader's Digest, the top three honors colleges in the U.S. are as follows, in no particular order:</p>
<p>Schreyer Honors College- Penn State U</p>
<p>Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College- U of Mississippi</p>
<p>Barrett Honors College- Arizona State U (which I am currently enrolled in)</p>
<p>As a member of the Schreyer Honors College (freshmen acceptance) I can say say that it is a top notch program with seemingly endless benefitsto those a part of it. Great way to get a "liberal arts" feel to a great research university. (I am a science major). </p>
<p>If anyone has any questions regarding SHC feel free to pm me.</p>
<p>What were the criteria for the Reader's Digest rankings, and where (in what issue or on what webpage) were they published?</p>
<p>Seconding Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Cook Honors College. The university at large is notorious for partying, perhaps because the town is rural and almost nonexistent, but the honors college has its own dorm and an innovative core curriculum based on great questions (rather than Great Books). You can't take all honors classes, unfortunately, but financially it's a bargain both IS and OOS. I know a student who applied early to the honors college (they have two applications, incidentally, for left- and right-brained people), accepted the offer of admission without applying elsewhere, and loves the experience. They also offer merit scholarships and study-abroad scholarships are available--you apply by writing Robert E. Cook, the college's benefactor, a letter telling him why it would be a beneficial experience. The honors college is very personal.</p>
<p>William & Mary is basically an Honors College without having to deal with the lunkheads you left behind in high school.</p>
<p>Penn State's Schreyer Honors College tops many lists as the best in the country.</p>
<p>Let’s hope that in the near future someone- USNW, Kiplinger,etc. comes out with a ranking of public honors programs. Then maybe even compare the honors programs as separate entities compared head-to-head with elite colleges. The competition would get much fiercer. It would bring merit aid back to the privates, or exert a negative pressure on tuition. It would give those families who do not qualify for financial aid but with outstanding students something to really think about.</p>
<p>Stillwater^^^^I whole heartedly agree with you.</p>
<p>I agree with so much of what Wis said. My D is going to a top ranked public masters university (with a strong LAC emphasis) as a Presidential Scholar. Many of the professors there went to Standford, Brown, Pitt, etc. for their own educations but are so accessable and approachable. Yes, she will be taking non-honors courses, but I think in my D’s case it is the best situation possible - tuition is reasonable, great merit scholarships, really good faculty that works well with students, textbooks and curriculum are the same used at many Top Tier universities, small enough environment but not too small, teaching emphasis rather than research. She should be well set up for applying to top tier grad schools when and if the time comes.</p>
<p>Other honors programs she looked at were more window dressing and others were even more insular. She felt most comfortable at this school, and that is what counts.</p>
<p>Possibly University of Alabama has the best</p>
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not really. If you take a look at the mean GPA and SATs for Honors colleges (especially UCLA, UC Santa Barbara), they will typically be much, much higher than those at William and Mary (talking 1450 ave SATs). If you are referring to class size, access to professors, etc., then you have a point, sort of.</p>
<p>UGA Foundation Fellows: [Welcome</a> to the University of Georgia Honors Program](<a href=“http://www.uga.edu/honors/c_s/scholarships/f_f/foundation_fellows.html]Welcome”>Foundation Fellowship - UGA Morehead Honors College)</p>
<p>The people I know in the honors college at Clemson have had a great experience so far!</p>
<p>DocB nailed it!</p>
<p>I see a lot of positive comments about UM College Park in this posting. Anyone have any direct exposure?</p>
<p>Penn State treats in-state the same as out of state for the purposes of admissions, which is rare for public universities. Their honors college provides a $3,500 a year tuition discount.</p>
<p>Do Honors OOS receive in state tuition at Penn State?</p>
<p>A thread from 2006.</p>
<p>@farseer – Older son received a mailing from U of Arizona touting its honors program & merit aid for Nat’l Merit Finlaists. I was blown away – it sounded like a fantastic program. I just worry that it’s soooo far from home; plus, son is definitely a “mountain person,” not a “desert person.”</p>