Could I get into the Honors program?

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<p>I'm applying to the New Brunswick SAS Honors program soon... do I have a chance?</p>

<p>Gender: Female
Location: NJ
Ethnicity: Filipino
- School sends many graduates to top schools; consistently ranked in the top 50</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.7397
Unweighted GPA: 3.6008</p>

<p>I think the worst hit was opting to be a year ahead in the science curriculum at my school (took Biology as a freshman); I didn't have the math to keep up with courses such as Physics.</p>

<p>SATs: 2060 (CR: 690, M: 620, W: 750, 11 on the essay)
ACTs: 29
Waiting on December SAT II scores...</p>

<p>AP Exams:
AP US History - 4
AP English Language & Composition - 5</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP English Lit
AP US Gov
AP Latin
Calculus 1
Sociology/Psychology
Music Theory 1</p>

<ul>
<li>Took a 200 level poetry course as a junior at a college, finished with an A</li>
</ul>

<p>Honors and Awards:</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
- National Latin Exam (Latin 1): Magna Cum Laude</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
- Most Valuable Member Award: Latin Club
- New Jersey Junior Classical League: 1st Place Regional Certamen
- New Jersey Junior Classical League: 2nd Place State Certamen
- New Jersey Junior Classical League: 2nd Place State Vocabulary</p>

<p>Junior Year:
- Montclair State University Classics Day: 3rd Place Regional Certamen
- National Latin Exam (Latin III): Magna Cum Laude
- National Honor Society
- National Latin Honor Society
- Social Studies Honor Society</p>

<p>School Co-Curricular Activities:</p>

<ul>
<li>Literary Magazine (9, 10, 11, 12)</li>
<li>Latin Club (9, 10, 11, 12)</li>
<li>Key Club (9, 10, 11, 12)</li>
<li>Knowledge Masters (11, 12) </li>
<li>New Jersey Junior Classical League (10, 11, 12)</li>
<li>Future Teachers of America (11, 12)</li>
</ul>

<p>Leadership Roles:</p>

<p>Junior Year:</p>

<ul>
<li>Magazine Director of the Literary Magazine</li>
<li>Historian of the Latin Club</li>
<li>Scholarship Chair of the National Latin Honor Society</li>
<li>Student Council Representative</li>
</ul>

<p>Senior Year:
- Editor-in-Chief of the Literary Magazine
- Consul (President) of the Latin Club
- State Historian of the New Jersey Junior Classical League
- Scholarship Chair of the National Latin Honor Society
- Student Council Representative</p>

<p>Community Service:</p>

<ul>
<li>Emergency Room volunteer at a respected research hospital</li>
<li>Interned during the summer at the George Street Playhouse (taught ballet and improv)</li>
<li>Usher/greeter at the State Theatre</li>
<li>Performed dances in cultural shows</li>
<li>Key Club</li>
</ul>

<p>Other:
- Ballet dancer since the age of 3; danced on a competition team for first two years of high school, continued recreational dance until the present (ballet, tap, lyrical, and jazz)
- Tutor at Kumon North America (paid job)
- Published in Teen Ink
- Published in anthology from The America Library of Poetry
- Published in NJJCL newsletters and school newspapers
- Nominated for Homecoming Queen
- Played the piano since the age of 6</p>

<p>I will major in either Classics, Comparative Literature, or English.
Reccomendation should be great.
Could I submit more than one rec? Or does RU prefer a guidance counselor rec over a teacher rec, or vice versa?</p>

<p>Any advice would be helpful :]</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>Advice, anyone?</p>

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<p>kinda hard to say. i THINK the first thing they look at is ur SAT and GPA.</p>

<p>unless they changed it, the honors program will only look at ur reading + writing… which is failr weak. I don’t think 1310 would cut it. Your gpa is a little iffy. I think they look at class rank more. BUT if ur school is pretty small than they omit that in their decision and just take u as top 10% or w/e. </p>

<p>Since your gpa and SAT isnt really quite up to par, they would look at a few things including:</p>

<ol>
<li>your essay! this is high priority. </li>
<li>AP classes and scores?</li>
<li>extracurriculurs</li>
</ol>

<p>i dont know what to say. it’s a maybe. </p>

<p>this is all from my head, my opinion, my experience as someone in the honors program.</p>

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<p>and good job on </p>

<p>“AP English Language & Composition - 5”</p>

<p>yeahh …u DO NOT want to take expos 101. @.@</p>

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<p>Thanks wabbitro. I’m going to try and apply anyway… writing is where my strength is at, so hopefully that will be reflected in my rec and my essay. And I’ll try to apply early cuz I heard people don’t get into the honors program simply because spots just fill up. I hope I get in!</p>

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<p>why do you want to get into honors program? </p>

<p>and they mail you honors program admissions in the spring i think…or was that scholarships… hmmm</p>

<p>and something that’s been a little strange for me. I’ve talked to other honors program students and they APPLIED to the honors program (essays, application, teacher RECs) whereas I and a few of my friends didn’t. We just got in.</p>

<p>and something to keep in mind. even if you don’t get in the honors program but decide to attend Rutgers, you can apply to the honors program while in Rutgers.</p>

<p>EDIT: <a href=“https://www.ugadmissions.rutgers.edu/forms/SASHonors1.aspx[/url]”>Undergraduate Admissions Forms;

<p>try that link since you don’t meet the SAT standards. It’s the ‘application’ i was talking about earlier. click on the bottom link i think.</p>

<p>good luck! if you have any more questions you can email me at <a href="mailto:wabbitro@gmail.com">wabbitro@gmail.com</a></p>

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<p>I think you have a high chance. I got my letter for the honors program a couple weeks ago. my stats were lower than yours.
GPA weighted: 4.3 or unweighted 3.5
SAT: 2080
and you definately have alot more awards and extracurricular activities than me.
You will probably get in.
Hope this helps</p>

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<p>kjlol. what was your math + reading. if 1350 or higher it should be automatic admittance.</p>

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<p>the math and reading was 1370.
wow that was close. I didnt know it was 1350.</p>