<p>When does this happen, if it's going to happen?</p>
<p>Son has been admitted but the letter just says congratulations and doesn't say anything about honors programs or any scholarship consideration. Does anyone know if the honors program invite comes immediately upon admission, along with the admission letter, or if it comes a few weeks or months later after they assess all the applications that come in? Did word of any scholarships come in the first letter of admission or sometime later?</p>
<p>My daughter was notified about getting into the honors program shortly after being accepted into the school - maybe a week or so after (it was a year ago, so I'm having a hard time remembering exactly). I think at the same time you will get an invitation to apply to be in the Honors dorm which you should send in right away as it fills up fast. My D didn't want in this dorm so I don't know much more. I never heard anything else until she went to orientation where they told her about signing up for one honors course per semester. She didn't apply for any scholorships so I don't know timing of those announcements. Hope this was helpful - sorry I didn't see till now. I'm not checking the site as much. Good luck.</p>
<p>As coincidence would have it, the letter saying he has been invited to the honors program arrived today. With the unpredictability of UC admissions this year, this is a very nice option to have in hand. </p>
<p>I'm curious why your D would not be interested in the honors housing? Seems like the ideal set up. The whole liberal-arts-college experience within the larger university thing.....We haven't visited CU yet, so I don't know, maybe the honors housing is not well located or something?</p>
<p>The honors housing is not centrally located. Not in the wilderness, like Will Ville dorms, but there are closer dorms to the classroom buildings. Other than that, I can't tell you about the residential honors college. The non-residential option is nice because class sizes are small. As you suggest, it is best for someone seeking a more personal experience than that of a large research uni. One additional positive is it provides a complementary advising option to that available through a departmental major. My D has not taken much advantage of the honors program because she has her hands full with a hard science major, and she finds the honors course selection somewhat eclectic.</p>
<p>In any case, if you are serious about CU don't wait long to request housing.</p>
<p>Thanks for the head's up. He's not decided yet, but I will urge him to send in the housing materials asap, as long as he's not required to commit to attending at this time. We should visit soon --- he loves cold weather and snowboarding --- and I think it could be a great fit for him.</p>
<p>I think my D didn't want the honors dorm because she wanted to experience dorm with all types of students. I don't think it had anything to do with location and turned out she's in a dorm way-north of rest of campus, so go figure. In hindsight, I think it would have been better for her - she's having a difficult time meeting people that are similar to her in her academic goals. However, she didn't take an honors course her first semester so maybe this semester (taking an honors course) she will meet more honors students. I can't see any disadvantage to being in the honors program or the honors dorm.</p>
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certainly not required to commit, but there is a housing deposit. For us, the advantage of a dorm close to classes (my D was in Sewall) outweighed the risk she would she chose elsewhere (we could afford to eat the deposit).
In terms of finding academic peers, I imagine it depends alot on the major. For science/math/engineering, the peer group weans down pretty quickly (my D's physics class this semester has 30 kids. However, her quasi-intro Genetics class has nearly 400).
For non science majors, an honors course, or an honors section of a larger course, may help someone find like-minded students.</p>
<p>This is a little off the thread's subject, but I'll also throw in my $.02 about getting in the housing application quickly.</p>
<p>If you have a dorm preference or a dorm location preference, submit your housing application early. I believe CU began accepting housing applications in late December. </p>
<p>Last year, my D had to confirm her intent to enroll before she was eligible to submit a housing application. In fact, the housing website currently says "before you can apply for housing, you must confirm your intent to enroll at CU-Boulder. Once you have confirmed, you are eligible to submit your application and receive a residence hall assignment. Priority for housing assignment is generally first-come, first-served, based on the date you submit your completed online housing application."</p>
<p>Submitting the application also requires that you sign a housing contract. If you change your mind about CU, there are ways to get the housing deposit back but not the intent to enroll deposit. Like drb, we decided dorm location - Central Campus, close to D's classes - was important enough to submit the deposits.</p>
<p>Merit scholarship consideration may not require any separate application. I don't know whether or not scholarship notification precedes registration/committment to Colorado.</p>
<p>There is no application for the Chancellor's and Presidential scholarships that are only for out of state students. Those are offered to the qualified students prior to commitment to attend. Other scholarships offered to my D came following her commitment to attend. She committed so quickly though that I don't know if her commitment was requirement.</p>
<p>Honors college living arrangements depend on which honors you are interested in. Engineering Honors will be in Andrews Hall next year (currently they are in Hallett). Kittredge Honors is in Arnett Hall. Both Andrews and Arnett are in the Kittredge Community.
The Business Living and Learning community also resides in the Kittredge Complex.</p>