Honors college

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>Hi. I got into the ERC honors program. I am really confused about how/why I got in as I only has a 3.77 UC GPA. Does anyone have any more information about it? Do you get prior enrollment in classes? </p>

<p>Here is a copy of the email they sent me today. </p>

<p>Dear
Congratulations on your admission to UC San Diego! Based on your exceptional academic achievement, I invite you to participate in the Eleanor Roosevelt College Freshman Honors Program.</p>

<p>The ERC Freshman Honors Program is an additional reason to say “Yes!” to UC San Diego’s offer of admission. Among the many benefits of the program:</p>

<p>· You will have the opportunity to interact with some of UC San Diego’s faculty in small, informal seminars. Getting to know our faculty is an important key to your academic success. The Freshman Honors Seminar will help you focus your interests, finalize your major, and explore ways to become involved with faculty research.</p>

<p>· You will get to know other academically accomplished students. Your peers –whether classmates, lab partners, or roommates—are essential to your college experience.</p>

<p>· You will receive individual counseling from me, and from an ERC honors academic counselor, throughout your years at UC San Diego.</p>

<p>· You will be invited to special freshman honors enrichment activities. Last fall we had a private luncheon and seminar with renowned Lincoln scholar Eric Foner; this winter we took a field trip to the annual meeting of the American Historical Association.</p>

<p>To participate in the Freshman Honors Program, just return your Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) by the May 1 deadline. Later in the summer, you will learn how to enroll in the first quarter of the Freshman Honors Seminar when you enroll for your other fall quarter classes.</p>

<p>To learn more about the Freshman Honors Program, please join me at an Honors Reception on Admit Day, 10 April, from 1:30 – 2:30. We will be meeting in the Great Hall of International House, on the ERC campus. At the reception you will have an opportunity to meet current and future ERC honors students. Parents and family members are more than welcome.</p>

<p>If you are able to attend the Honors Reception, please RSVP by Thursday, April 8. You may either call my office at 858/534-2247, or email me at <a href="mailto:ercprovost@ucsd.edu">ercprovost@ucsd.edu</a>.</p>

<p>Sincerely,</p>

<p>Alan Houston</p>

<p>Provost, Eleanor Roosevelt College</p>

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<p>Did they send all the honors e-mails or just for ERC?</p>

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<p>Honors programs from individual colleges is just a way to put a personal touch on the first-year college experience so you can have more interaction with staff members without having to go to office hours and such.</p>

<p>The only ways you’ll get priority enrollment are through the Regents Scholarship and by being a member of one of the NCAA teams.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure about ERC, but for Muir they had an honors seminars where a professor from a specific department was invited to speak every meeting and discuss about his or her research + other times where students could meet up at special areas of campus and have a researcher give them a tour of the building.</p>

<p>Many students invited to the honors seminar are regents scholars, but for those that are not their registration times are the same as everyone elses.</p>