<p>When do we receive whether we are accepted into honors or not? I applied to Dean's Scholars and turned it in on Nov. 30, which was the day before the Dec. 1 deadline. I received UT's regular acceptance a few weeks after I applied...can I expect the same thing with honors?</p>
<p>My daughter turned in her honors application the last week of October to both DS and Plan II. As of today, she has not heard from Deans Scholars but she did hear from Plan II about two weeks ago.</p>
<p>I read somewhere that Plan II is rolling, so you get an answer not too long after applying.
The other honors, including Dean’s scholars, is a completely different matter - maybe February/March decisions will come out I guess?</p>
<p>Based on older posts here, DS admission started popping up mid-December. Same with the other programs.</p>
<p>Has anyone heard back from EHP? DS completed his application on October 9th.</p>
<p>givings…I hang out on this page a bunch and I have not seen anyone post an acceptance or denial for EHP. My D has a handful of friends that have applied and nothing there either.</p>
<p>this is unrelated, but I’ve heard EHP is a waste of time that just ends up lowering your gpa (due to severe decreasing of curves in honors classes) without conferring any great benefits, unless you really want to live in the honors dorms.</p>
<p>source: friend in bme at UT</p>
<p>EHP does actually confer substantial benefits. See the Cockrell School of Engineering website.</p>
<p>Engineering Honors Program Benefits include:</p>
<pre><code> Engineering Honors Scholarships: Cockrell School undergraduates (first-year and current students)received more than $4 MILLION IN MERIT-BASED AWARDS in 2009.
Access to honors housing
Honors faculty advising and support
Honors thesis through research experience
</code></pre>
<p>Last year, I think most EHP applicants were sent an informal acceptance email just before winter break. The formal acceptance letter came by mail sometime in late January, I believe.</p>
<p>I have a few comments about honors classes (specifically the first-year math honors classes*, M 408D-AP Honors and M 427L-AP Honors). As redhotsrock mentioned, you should not expect a curve in these classes. Generally speaking, the students tend to work harder and do better on exams, decreasing the likelihood of getting a curve.</p>
<p>In terms of material, M 408D-AP Honors covers the same stuff covered in the standard M 408D. However, judging from the tests that some of my friends got back, it seems that M 408D-AP Honors tests the material more rigorously.</p>
<p>The other first-year honors math class, M 427L-AP, actually covers a lot more material beyond M 408D (about 4-6 weeks’ worth?). The whole course essentially builds up to the integration theorems of Green, Gauss, and Stokes, which have a lot of important implications in electromagnetic theory and fluid mechanics (discussed in the last week of class).</p>
<p>This is the course that I am taking right now. It is fairly rigorous, but most of that comes from the homework (which usually has some pretty challenging additional problems given by the professor). If you are a motivated mechanical/aerospace/electrical engineering, physics, or math student, I would HIGHLY recommend taking this course. I definitely feel that I’ve gotten a lot out of it.</p>
<p>On another note, the students in this class tend to be more of the “nerdy math/science” type, so be prepared to meet some hardcore nerds if you’re taking it. Also, for Fall 2010, the students in this course were 100% male, so if you are a female, please please please consider taking this course! The whole “all-male” thing has been driving me nuts the entire semester.</p>
<p>*Technically, you do not need to be in an honors program to take these classes. The formal requirements are having either a 5 on the Calculus AB (for M 408D) or Calculus BC (for M 427L) AP tests.</p>
<p>^^Very helpful information. Thanks Gordman.</p>