<p>So to get invited to the MSU Honors College you need a 30 on the ACT and you need to be in the top 5% of your class. My main question is, what if you are extremely close to these numbers? Like I have a 29 ACT score and I'm approximately in the top 6-7% of my class. Am I still even considered?</p>
<p>On a side note, is there anyone who has attended or is currently attending the Honors College at MSU? If so, what is it like? Are the classes all in the same building? Any input is welcome!</p>
<p>Even if you don’t meet those requirements, you can still apply to the Honors College and have a good chance of getting in. It just means they won’t ask you automatically.</p>
<p>Directly from this website: </p>
<p>[Honors</a> College Admission](<a href=“Admissions Overview - MSU Honors College”>Admissions Overview - MSU Honors College)</p>
<p>If you have not heard from the Honors College within four to six weeks of your MSU acceptance and you:</p>
<p>1) are close to the numeric criteria and </p>
<p>2) have exhibited a commitment to intellectual curiosity and academic rigor,</p>
<p>you may submit an additional essay to receive further consideration. </p>
<p>The essay should address a way in which you have demonstrated thinking outside the box. Essays should be headed with name and MSU Personal Identification (PID) number. Please also include a copy of your most recent high school transcript with all grades earned in the senior year. All materials should be sent via US mail to Dr. Bess German, Director, Admissions & Student Affairs, Honors College, Michigan State University, 105 Eustace-Cole Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824. Decisions will be sent via US mail within 6 weeks of receipt of materials on a rolling basis until May 1, 2011. </p>
<p>Students who are close to the Honors College invitation criteria also may be invited directly to the Academic Scholars Program <a href=“http://www.msu.edu/~asp[/url]”>www.msu.edu/~asp</a> which offers enhanced academic opportunities during the first two years. Academic Scholars may be invited to join the Honors College after their first semester at MSU; the following section describes the admission process for current MSU students. </p>
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<p>As for how is the HC, I’m a senior in the honors college. Probably the best thing about being in the HC is the early registration for classes so you almost always get the classes you want. Also, you have way more lenient gen. ed. requirements i.e. instead of taking the stupid integrative studies requirements i.e. an IAH, I can take an upper level art history class, history, foreign language literature class, even a grad class etc. and almost anything if I receive approval. HC is an added benefit on top of your major - there is HC housing/floors that you can choose to live on, but there are no HC classes all in one building. Only residential college courses/upper division major courses tend to hold their classes in the same building. Definitely check out the HC website for more info, or feel free to pm me with any additional questions.</p>
<p>you can still get into the honors college. my boyfriend who applied to MSU last year & is obviously a Freshmen now, was in the same boat as you & he got in. Even though I don’t even go to that school or anything, my boyfriend has told me he really liked it. The classes are not in the same building, but then again it depends what you take, it’s just like any other school. Think of it as a smaller school within a big school. Everyone is apparently really close (or at least is on my boyfriends floor) since they’re all in the honors college. </p>
<p>Along goes with early registration for classes & housing is a plus, but be sure to pick your AOP early because my boyfriend did his AOP late & for some reason did not get early registration with classes so he got screwed over with time slots he didn’t want.</p>