<p>My daughter is entering her junior year and is considering Florida State. She would like to be selected into the honors program. She presently has a 3.87 unweighted gpa and this summer scored a 31 composite on the ACT exam. Can anyone give me some info as to the advantages of a honors program and what would it take to be accepted into FSU's honors program.</p>
<p>little help. please</p>
<p>fsu.edu</a> | Admission
and
fsu.edu</a> | About the University Honors Program</p>
<p>Everything is there.</p>
<p>Have you looked at the website for the FSU honors program? That would be the first place to start:
fsu.edu</a> | Honors Program</p>
<p>It clearly lists the entrance requirements: an ACT score of 29 or greater (which your D has), and a weighted GPA of at least 3.9, which it looks like your daughter is on track for, though obviously this depends on how many weighted classes she takes, and how she does Jr year.</p>
<p>I would assume the website outlines the benefits of the program, though I didn't read through to find out exactly what they are.</p>
<p>Also, you're likely to get a better response on the FSU board here on CC, I know there are several enthusiastic FSU parents/alums/students who can likely be of help. (You can get there by going to Discussion Home --> Alphabetic List of Colleges --> Florida State University)</p>
<p>Thanks. I have looked at the FSU website was looking for more real student experiences..I'll go to the FSU board.</p>
<p>Real student experience - my d1 was accepted to both FSU and UF. She wanted to major in biochemistry and FSU (made easier by being in Honors) encouraged undergraduate research. She selected Florida State as a result. </p>
<p>She wound up also garnering a nice university scholarship and a spot in the Honors dorm. Honors students also receive priority registration for classes, which made her life much easier.</p>
<p>Honors classes were fairly small - maybe 20-25 students for something like Honors Calc II - and was taught by an energetic full professor. She was afraid the pace would be too much at first, but then found her groove and excelled in the fast paced work. Typically an extra research paper is expected from each Honors student.</p>
<p>She was accepted to two different labs, one in physical chem and the other in biochem. She wound up being awarded a chemistry fellowship later as well as earning a paid research position in a lab over summer. She was personally mentored by a full professor in biochem in her work, and was assisted by grad students along the way. She contributed to several other research papers that were published in academic journals and was listed as such in the paper.</p>
<p>She eventually wrote her undergraduate thesis in a biochem subject which was selected for presentation at a national academic society (university funded travel). She was encouraged by other professors who reviewed her work to apply to their universities and work in an advanced degree program in their lab.</p>
<p>She graduated Phi Beta Kappa recently. FSU's Honors program opened many doors for her and allowed great individual access to professors, post-docs, grad students and labs. She did some of her NMR work in the National High Magnetic Field Lab at FSU which was a superior opportunity for an undergrad.</p>
<p>This was an excellent program for her.</p>