<p>Be patient. I didn’t hear back from the Honors College until around March.</p>
<p>EDIT: And seeing that your son was admitted into the International Business program (although I was under the impression that IB was something one had to apply to once at USC), I would think that he would at the very least get Capstone. Only 50 people/year get accepted into IB.</p>
<p>I’m a sophomore in the Honors College at USC. Like Steeler, I too was deciding between USC (honors) and UNC-Chapel Hill, as well as Rice. I really liked the overall atmosphere at Chapel Hill, but I think like the honors program at USC is more of a community. All the honors students are housed together, there are tons of events (movie nights, free dinners, trips to other cities) for honors students to bond, the honors college offers their own Maymester study programs, and there are specific student organizations for honors students (Honors Council being the main one). While USC is a big campus, I end up seeing a lot of the same honors people around campus and in my classes. Socially, the two campuses seem pretty similar to me, with both having good sports teams, school spirit, lots of partying, student involvement in extracurriculars, etc.</p>
<p>The staff and professors at USC are very approachable and encourage honors students to get involved in research, extracurriculars, internships, and study abroad. I have worked a lot with the staff in the Office of Fellowship and Scholars programs, who encouraged me to apply for national scholarships and helped me so much with my applications. Professors and honors college staff routinely e-mail me individually with information about internships and opportunities that they think would appeal to me. In making my decision, I considered that at UNC, even if I did honors, I would be an average or slightly above average student in a huge pool of talented people, whereas at USC, I am one of the top students and thus have many more opportunities to make a large impact in organizations, internships, etc because of the individualized attention and special resources. I have good relationships with my honors professors, and they have provided me with references for jobs and scholarships.</p>
<p>Cost was definitely a consideration for me as well, since I have a full scholarship at USC and UNC-CH would be ~30,000 a year and Rice ~40,000. I went to a very competitive high school outside DC, and I got a lot of flak from my peers and even some adults for choosing USC over UNC. But I’ve made great friends at USC, taken classes with amazing professors, and I can afford to go out and have a good time, as well as study abroad, because of all the money I’ve saved. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me. As you can see from this post I’m pretty enthusiastic about USC.</p>
<p>Knights09, starting with the high school class of 09, if students are accepted into the Honors College at USC and declare International Business as their major when they apply, they are automatically accepted into the International Business program. Non-honors students still have to apply, and if you are an honors student and enter USC with another major (eg Accounting) and then decide you want to do International Business, you would need to apply for the program as well. I am 95% sure this is how it works, but you might want to call the Moore School of Business to double check.</p>