<p>I was wondering the same thing as several others: if I have a shot at getting into the honors program at American and potentially getting a decently large merit scholarship.</p>
<p>I have a 3.9 GPA unweighted 4.3 weighted
1330 SATs (out of 1600)
Lots of extracurriculars</p>
<p>That’s pretty generic but I know most schools only really look at GPA and SAT’s for honors.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m currently a junior at AU, so I went through the admissions process a few years back. My stats were similar to yours, and I was not accepted to the honors program. I did, however, receive a nice merit scholarship. I then self-nominated into honors my sophomore year and now I am in the program.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info! American is my top choice, but me going there depends completely on the money I receive…do you mind if i ask how much you got in merit? If you’re uncomfortable sharing on the thread you could privately message me.</p>
<p>About $15k in merit and $20k in need-based, so about $35k total. Hope that helps.</p>
<p>Your GPA is high enough but your SATs may not make the cut for the honors program itself.</p>
<p>That seems to be the problem at all my schools…I haven’t had trouble getting into the schools I applied to but they all base money off of SAT’s</p>
<p>Is the AU honors program really that competitive? I just thought it was one of those 4.0 GPA + >1500 SAT + great ECs + spectacular recommendations + mind-blowingly awesome essay = honors program. Please correct me if I’m wrong.</p>
<p>"Is the AU honors program really that competitive? I just thought it was one of those 4.0 GPA + >1500 SAT + great ECs + spectacular recommendations + mind-blowingly awesome essay = honors program. Please correct me if I’m wrong. "</p>
<p>Read twice before the word “humor” crept into my mind…</p>
<p>JRD - same here. D’s got everything going for her except her ACT (didn’t even submit SAT). She’s getting in everywhere she applied (so far), but only merit $ at a safety. She would love to go to AU, and I am cautiously optimistic about acceptance. But FA will be an issue…</p>