<p>Junior year has just ended. Here are my stats:</p>
<p>-Race: White
-Gender: Female
-Location: SC
-Will not apply for financial aid
-Unweighted GPA: 3.65
-Weighted GPA: 4.45
-ACT Composite: 32 (will re-take)
-My high school is a magnet and is consistently ranked in the top 10 high schools in the nation. It is extremely competitive and very difficult to both get in and stay in.
-Ranking: no ranking
-AP’s I will have taken or will currently be taking by application time: European History, Psychology, English Language, Calculus AB, Physics B, Literature, Macroeconomics, Government, Spanish
-I have taken at least 1 class each year in all core subjects. This trend will be continued into my senior year. All of these classes have been honors/AP classes
-I am in the process of writing a very involved thesis in which I will be interacting with and helping my local Hispanic population.
-I have done about 100 hours of community service.
-I am the co-president and co-founder of my high school’s GSA. This may carry more weight considering I live in a very conservative state, and to establish and maintain this group was very difficult, although necessary.
-I am also active in groups such as Junior Intermezzo, National Honors Society, National Spanish Honors Society
-Both mother,father, grandfather, etc. graduated from OSU.</p>
<p>Parents will only let me apply/attend if I get into the Honors program :(</p>
<p>EDIT: also, is the honors program something you have to apply to alongside regular application, or after you’ve been admitted? If someone could explain the process to me, I’d be very grateful. I tried looking on the website, but I didn’t really understand it :P</p>
<p>The Honors Program requires no special application- they just look at your regular application and if you meet the criteria (30+ on your ACT/1340+ on your SAT w/o writing and top 10% of your class) you are automatically offered a place in the Honors Program. If your high school does not rank, I think they look at you on a case-by-case basis, and with a high weighted GPA and a high ACT score, I’m sure you would be fine.</p>
<p>With your score of 32 on the ACT, you would also be invited to compete in the Maximus Scholarship Competition for the chance to win a full scholarship- even if you don’t win that, you are still guaranteed an Honors scholarship.</p>
<p>I was just nervous because I’m an out of state applicant, and I wasn’t sure how much they favor in-state applicants in Honors admissions. </p>
<p>If either of you are in the Honors program yourselves (or have some knowledge about it), is the Honors program decent? How easy would it be to maintain a 3.8+ GPA, assuming the student in question is willing to put in the effort?</p>
<p>I’m in the Honors Program. The ease of maintaining a 3.8+ will definitely depend on your major- in engineering, it would be extremely difficult, for example. I’m a pre-nursing major, and didn’t find it particularly difficult if you can manage your time well and plan out a manageable course load. I haven’t really done a lot with the honors program as far as their clubs and events, but I did take an honors course every quarter and the quality really varied from class to class. The Honors Program was really beneficial to me because pre-nursing honors students were guaranteed acceptance to the nursing program if they kept up the honors requirements. I also like the honors housing options and I like living with other serious academic students, but that’s not for everyone.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but did you forget to read the rest of the page? Honors admission is by invitation. I am an out of state student applying to a state school. I have had at least 3 friends living in my state who met the requirements and still were not “invited” to the Honors program. Scholars, yes, but not Honors.</p>