<p>So, I got my December ACT scores. I got a 32. One point away from Honors College.</p>
<p>Assuming I get accepted into the University, is there anyway I can still make it to the Honors College first time I get in?</p>
<p>I'm a URM, if that counts for anything.</p>
<p>URM?</p>
<p>I think you can petition to get into honors. I'm not positive though; I'm sure someone knows better.</p>
<p>lol thats exactly what happened to me...now im debating whether i should go to UF or go to an honors program somewhere else...
usually these things are guidelines but by the UF description it seems like cutoff scores</p>
<p>URM = Unrepresented Minority.</p>
<p>Petition, eh? I'll have to call the school, I guess. </p>
<p>@Isa:
I hope they are guidelines but I got the same idea you got when I read the description.</p>
<p>During your first semester you can apply to enter into the honors program. Before I started at UF I planned on applying for lateral admission into the honors college but honestly, after you begin, you realize that it really doesn't matter all too much. It definitely shouldn't affect where you go to college. </p>
<p>Also, I am relatively sure you can petition but you should call the office of admissions to confirm and get the instructions. However, if that doesn't work out and you're still dead-set on being in the "honors college", look into the lateral admission I mentioned.</p>
<p>Well, I really do prefer their dorms to the other dorms. Not to mention, it IS better than regular, and any small advantage is preferable to none. So why didn't you apply for lateral admission? Any downsides to it?</p>
<p>I'll call the Admissions Office on Monday, I guess.</p>
<p>There was virtually no benefits for me besides 6 extra letters on my transcript (honors). Also, I am living off-campus and I am going into law and frankly they don't care very much whether or not I am in honors. The small honors classes are a plus but from what I've heard, the requirements imposed by the honors college (1 honors class per semester I believe) can be a nag on your plans. However, if the sorts of classes offered by the honors program appeal to you, go for it..it just wasn't for me. Also, I'm pretty sure that if you're not in honors you still have a shot at getting into those classes despite that you don't have the preference advantage that honors students have, much like how Hume works. </p>
<p>I am almost sure that there is no difference between a laterally admitted honors student, aside from the fact that you will have 3 semesters of Honors, as opposed to 4, which doesn't make any difference at all really. </p>
<p>One last thing is I wanted to make sure you realized that the honors college isn't some secluded entity that functions apart from the school. What I mean to say is, you will be taking mostly regular classes, functioning virtually the same as every other student, with the exception of a few classes here and there and living in Hume if that's your thing. I know that other colleges have a completely different system and environment for their respective honors programs but UF isn't really one of them. </p>
<p>I don't mean to bash the program. I think it's great that the university offers the program and I have several friends that are happy with the program, as opposed to some friends that are appalled by honors programs such as that of FIU. </p>
<p>One last thing: I'm not in the honors program as I've mentioned so I don't know if anything goes on that would disprove one of my points so hopefully someone will correct me if I have the wrong idea, and they can message you with the proper info.</p>
<p>Good post vincanity1, my thoughts exactly having gone through the honors program myself. It is possible to petition to get into honors classes as a non-honors student if you're really interested in it, but other than that it's really burdensome. Do you even get an "honors" designation on your transcript? Mine didn't show anything of the sort. Some of those honors sections beat your arse too (Physics 2 and 3 honors come to mind) compared to their regular counterparts.</p>
<p>On the upside, the kind of people you meet in the honors dorm is different than what you'd meet in a typical UF dorm. About half of them are NMF's and are just all around smart, driven people.</p>
<p>*were to post #7 ..and there were two last things..hmm enc1102 here I come to remove the rust</p>