<p>What are the pros/cons of living in the residential community for students in the University Honors Program?</p>
<p>bump…anyone?</p>
<p>how do you know if you are in the honors program? or the special programs like JD? the packet did not address it.sorry don’t know much about the residential community</p>
<p>My packet had a folder from the honors program telling me I was in. Maybe they forgot to put it in yours?</p>
<p>maybe they did forget. D got the presidential merit scholarship but no mention of the honors program- did anyone get a ‘NO’ for any special program?</p>
<p>there would have been a packet in your acceptance packet.
you can always call the admissions office though, and they can tell you for sure. they hand-pack all of their folders before they send them out…</p>
<p>Okay, it looks like nobody has any insight into this, but just in case…</p>
<p>I sent in my Dec. of Intent and said that I want to be considered for the residential community with the honors program.</p>
<p>Do I still have to do the housing forms and stuff when that becomes available on Apr. 20th?</p>
<p>If you’re in the Honors program, I highly recommend living in the residential community. I’m in the Honors program and am incredibly happy with my decision to live with other Honors students. Since you live together and take (some) classes together, you form a very tight bond very quickly. It helps to carve out a smaller community niche in a big university. It’s not hard to make friends outside of the Honors community either, since you take at least 3 non-Honors classes per semester, and will be engaged in student organizations and clubs that are not strictly Honors-related. I have not met anyone who regrets choosing to live in Honors housing, but know of some who chose to live in “regular” housing options and now regret it.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply, Carly!</p>
<p>I also had a question about registering for housing. I already sent in my letter saying I wanted to be considered for the honors living community, so do I still have to register for housing?</p>
<p>Hey octopod! You do still have to register for housing, as you’re not guaranteed Honors housing (though the faster you sent in your reply, the better). If you get Honors housing, your general housing registration will be canceled out. Make sure that you do research into each dorm before doing the registration, because if you don’t get Honors housing for whatever reason, you want to make sure that you ranked other dorm choices you were interested in highly.</p>
<p>Ok, cool. How many Honors students get to live in the residential community?</p>
<p>I believe that this past year there were about 75 spots, but the current Honors dorm is being renovated next year, so I’m not positive as to how the numbers will change based on the new housing arrangements, if they will at all.</p>