Honors Program questions

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<p>Sorry about leaving out some information, just need a general idea. Do I have a shot at getting into the honors program with these current stats?</p>

<p>4.0 UW GPA (~4.2 weighted) *taken all AP and honors courses available
HS=not competitive, OOS. applying from KS.
Prospective Major=Finance</p>

<p>SAT: 1380 (680 math, 700 CR)
ACT: 33 SS (<em>do they superscore the ACT?</em>)
31 Composite (31m, 32s, 33r, 29e +8 writing) everything on SS is same except 34 on english instead of 29.</p>

<p>EC summary:
Class President (Soph-Senior)
NHS President
FBLA chapter president
German club president
Eagle scout</p>

<p>Other questions: What are the benefits of being in the honors program?
Are honors classes more difficult?
Does the honors dorm (if there is one) cost the same as a normal dorm?
Are there any monetary perks besides probably also having an AES?</p>

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<p>You have nothing to lose by applying to this great program. I believe honors classes are not harder but may be more engaging. They max out at 25 students. No honors dorm but you can request rooming with Collegium members (the newly built freshman dorms are incredible). No monetary perks other than AES although the McDermott thread may be helpful to you.</p>

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<p>you will most likely get in to honors with those stats, great job!</p>

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<p>Do you get invited to the honor program?</p>

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<p>I don’t believe there is a separate application, so I’m guessing it’s by invitation, but I honestly don’t remember.</p>

<p>And to anyone evaluating this thread, I improved my SAT score to 1450/1600 & 2250/2400 (710m, 740cr, 800w, 12e) in October.</p>

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<p>mramadan - My son had emailed the university earlier regarding the honors program. It seems they will require a separate application. However, that application was not available until end of September.</p>

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<p>How is the honors program, based on difficulty level? Is it tough to keep up your gpa ?</p>

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<p>The honors program has a separate application. It also requires a letter of recommendation (I can’t remember if 1 or 2 was required) and an essay. They start going through applications on February 1st and it fills pretty quickly.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know how long it takes to hear back from the honors program once you’ve applied? Thank you!</p>

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<p>Woah everyone. Don’t all answer at once. I got the result today. Accepted :)</p>

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<p>Congratulations!!! I got accepted today too :)</p>