<p>I emailed the Honors people today and I was told the letters (both acceptances and no go's) went out on the 8th. We are in Chicago and it usually only takes a day or two for mail to get from Oxford to Chicago. Just wondering if others have rec'd notification.</p>
<p>D got hers yesterday. Got Oxford. She has the SAT and grades for Univ Honors, but no class rank due to Germany. Guess they felt pretty rigid about it.</p>
<p>I think it's kind of odd we haven't rec'd anything; maybe all this cold weather and snow is somehow holding things up. Congrats to your daughter on Oxford--my daughter's school doesn't rank either, but MU is very familiar with her school. we'll see...just hope to hear soon.</p>
<p>still have not recieved mine either!! i find it odd that acceptance letter to the university came in the mail a day early and it is taking over 5 days for the honors notification letters to come out. </p>
<p>does anyone know if they send out letters in phases? like all of the A-C last names were sent out first and then D-F etc.</p>
<p>I don't know anything about the order that they send acceptances/deferrences issue, but I can send hope for all the schools that do not rank- I go to a private school with 16 other people in my graduating class, so ranking is nearly impossible. I got my acceptance to the Honors program in December, so the weight of school ranking must not be too strong. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Well, rec'd the letter today. No Honors for my D--she did get Oxford. Better than nothing! Good luck to the rest of you!</p>
<p>Sorry to sound so out of the loop but........
Are there different kinds of honors and does one apply for these differently than applying for Harrison?</p>
<p>Yes...there are 4 different Honors programs that i am aware of. if you go to Miami'sweb site there are details in the Honors and Scholars link under Academics. I don't know anything about Business Honors, but the other 3 (Harrison,Honors and Oxford) required candidates to submit an application in addition to the regular admission application. In addition to the usual statistical info, applicants had to write 2 essays in response to specific prompts. Harrison is a full scholarship, Honors is 2000 per year and Oxfors is 1000 per year.</p>
<p>Actually, if you apply for Harrison, you are automatically considered for all 3. If you don't want Harrison (my D knew she wouldn't get it), you can fill out an application for University Honors. All applicants to Miami are automatically evaluated for Oxford - no separate application necessary.</p>
<p>Honors has some extra course requirements to meet. Oxford has "points" to be earned in from a list of optional extracurricular activies (like study abroad.) Both require the same GPA to maintain. Both have separate housing as an option. Both allow priority scheduling.</p>
<p>I don't think Oxford Scholars get priority registration unless they changed it this year.</p>
<p>Binx-- was your daughter involved in non-music ECs/leadership positions/volunteer work while you were abroad? There are a lot of students who don't have class ranks; they are evaluated on their GPA, so I don't think that was the problem.</p>
<p>My D's focus in Germany was learning German well enough to pass her classes. She did not speak any German when we moved there, and was thrown into a college-prep German Gymnasium. Although we consider that a pretty huge deal, apparently Miami wasn't impressed. They don't know her German grades - didn't want the transcript (we offered.) Her US mid-year report was a 3.8 (88% in Calc BC, 95% or higher in everything else, including a 100% in AP Lit.) Those are her only US grades.</p>
<p>Her school activites were theater (Shakespeare - in German), art (she won a Bavaria-wide contest), music (extensive), and foreign language (Chinese after school, Spanish in school - both taught, of course, in German). Her other ECs were a bit of volunteer work and playing on a community softball team - neither were especially consuming endeavors. We also travelled extensively, but that might have only made her sound privileged. She had some pretty amazing recs from her German teachers, who were clearly wowed that a foreigner who didn't speak the language could come in and pass classes that only 20% of German nationals can handle.</p>
<p>I don't blame Miami - they only offer 200 Univ Honors, and my d's application didn't get picked. That's the main reason I encouraged her to focus on smaller LAC schools who make it a point to look deeply at the application, rather than just at the numbers. </p>
<p>I must have read the Oxford description wrong. I'm sorry to hear that they don't get any priority in scheduling, because I doubt my D will be able to complete a double major without that. However, still waiting for financial info to come, as well as info from other schools. Lots to consider.</p>
<p>my understanding albeit an incorrect one was that if a student didn't apply for Harrison the common ap would be used to determine any other scholarship monies. My D has been accepted RD. She did not apply for Harrison. She is ranked 3/361 with a 3.9 uw and 4.3 w GPA. She has great EC's and will have taken 5/8 AP's offered in our district. She is an AP scholar. Sadly though she doesn't test well and her ACT and SAT are average. She applied common app but no other scholarship apps. (University or Oxford). She will need financial aid and I was hoping for something other than loans. Our EFC is $8K. We are a single income family on a teaching salary. Dad is a full time college student himself.</p>
<p>does anyone know how many students are accepted to honors and oxford each year? thanks.</p>
<p>According to their website, 200 Honors, and 500 Oxford.</p>
<p>if a student is accepted to the honors program, do you think it would be likely that that student would receive more than the alotted $2000 in merit-based aid?</p>
<p>Likely? I don't know. Possible? Absolutely. Especially if you are instate (for the instate scholarships at least.)</p>
<p>Other merit-based aid hasn't been decided yet. My d's letter (for Oxford, not Honors) said she would receive notification about other awards in late March. The letter said she would be evaluated for eligibility for National Merit (which she doesn't qualify for), an out of state award for high achievers of not quite $7,000, and others. In addition, she has auditioned for music merit, and we are anticipating a favorable result for that.</p>