<p>Sorry if this thread had been done already.</p>
<p>Can someone explain the pros and cons of the program as an entering freshman? If you qualify for the program, what is the likely possibility of being rejected?</p>
<p>Early thanks =]</p>
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Nil. If you qualify and write the essay, you’re in.</p>
<p>Pros: priority registration, honors counseling, resume-builder, recognition at graduation, access to collegium courses with great professors, etc…</p>
<p>Cons: You have to maintain a 3.2 GPA your frosh year, then 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5 GPA your soph-senior years. It’s not really a “con” though, I actually think it’s a great motivator.</p>
<p>So no cons. If you were invited to it, you should definitely do it; nothing but good comes out of it.</p>
<p>thank you so much!
ill be definitely looking into it.</p>
<p>Priority registration is worth its weight in gold.</p>
<p>^^haha soo true.</p>
<p>There is literally no con to at least enter the honors program. The worst case scenario is that you don’t like it and therefore don’t actually take any honors classes when you’re in it. You still get free priority enrollment for a year, which is huge when you’re a freshman. The best case scenario is that you like it.</p>
<p>I entered the honors program as a freshman. I realized that outside of priority enrollment, there was really no compelling reason for me to be in it. So I didn’t take any honors courses, but still got priority enrollment for three quarters before being kicked out.</p>
<p>Whether it’s worth staying in for four years total is another debate all together, but there’s no reason not to enroll in the first place.</p>
<p>some people here would kill for priority registration</p>
<p>don’t those in honors have to write dissertations or extra thick research papers that are as long as books at the conclusion of the program? if you’re into that, then go for it. too much work.</p>
<p>priority, however, is another matter. abuse it well, because the whole enrollment system is already unfair and getting in as a continuing student is much harder (workshops fill up fast, etc)</p>
<p>:O
are the honors classes really that difficult?</p>
<p>how do u get invited? Can engineering do honors too?</p>
<p>You can look here for more info:
[UCLA</a> Undergrad Admissions: New Bruins - Honors Program - Freshmen](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/NewBruins/Honors_Freshmen.htm]UCLA”>First-Year New Student Checklist | UCLA Undergraduate Admission)</p>
<p>I’m going to apply if I can. My rank used to be within 3%, but so many students have dropped out recently, that my status may be different.</p>
<p>1) Does anyone know if I apply now and I’m in the 3% and it later changes to where I’m not within 3%, will that affect the honors acceptance?</p>
<p>2) Or if I’m not currently in the 3% but I’m confident I will make it by graduation, will I even be able to apply? (My school graduation is in mid-June after the June 1st acceptance notification).</p>
<p>Honors counceling is not a pro. It’s so hard to talk to someone during peak weeks compared to just regular councelors.</p>
<p>And no… there’s no dissertation. It’s optional and replaces a few classes instead. And the courses aren’t that bad. Especially some really easy ones that consist of simply 10 hours of extra class and short paper / summary about it.</p>