<p>Hi!
I will be an undergrad freshman this fall, and right now, I am having some trouble choosing colleges. Here's my dilemma:
I got into a very selective honors program at U Maryland - CP called Gemstone. People accepted to this particular honors program have an average SAT score of 1500, and an average high school GPA of 4.31. My SAT score and high school GPA is nowhere near these, so I was really surprised that I got in. On the other hand, in U Illinois - Urbana, I got into a less selective, and less intensive honors program (James Scholar). now my problem: do graduate admissions committees prefer someone going to a mediocre honors program at a better school, or a stellar honors program at a lesser school? Do grad schools even care if you were in an honors program? Do they even know the rigor and selectivity of certain honors programs? I.e., If I graduate from U Maryland having gone to Gemstone, will they understand how rigorous and selective that honors program is compared to other honors programs? I have a feeling that grad admissions ppl can't possibly know where each and every honors program stands against each other. Or am I wrong?<br>
Thanks for reading this!!</p>