<p>As far as I know,every Honors kid who wants it will get either Maxcy or Capstone.Maxcy is smaller(less than 200 kids),with rooms of various sizes and in a different location on campus than Capstone.Capstone is a high rise with great views,its own dining hall and standardized room sizes.S very much wanted to live on the historic "Horseshoe" after we visited,while I favored Capstone.Hes the one going so it was his choice first. Some Honors kids choose to join Preston Residential..your S can read about it online.Its a little constrictng b/c they are required to eat together in a seperate location a few nights per week.
Scholarship implications are that any $$ they give you above $500/semester automatically qualifies you for in state tuition rates.There are all sorts of scholarships,including departmental ones which arent listed in the web pages and are awarded after the student enrolls.One nice thing about USC is they allow scholarship "stacking" meaning you can be packaged up to the stated cost of education (above and beyond tuition only).This is what happened to our S.</p>
<p>Thank you both! During our tour, I believe we saw one of the Capstone rooms. My S also seems to prefer the Horseshoe area, so I'm guessing he'll list Maxcy first... but then, I have been wrong before in trying to "read his mind"! :) So, we will see...
Would you mind terribly explaining the difference between being in the Honors College and being a Capstone Scholar?</p>
<p>Being in the honors college (and staying) will require that you take a certain number of honors courses a year. A Capstone scholar is someone who has good stats but did not meet the Honors College requirements, someone who turned down Honors, or someone who has good stats but didn't apply for Honors. I believe the scholarship money is the same, but Honors has more class and housing selection.</p>
<p>I'm an Honors student/Carolina scholar and I lived in Capstone instead of Maxcy; the cafeteria downstairs is convenient and I love it here.</p>