<p>My D has been accepted to the Honors Program and we are curious about the rigor of academics, social scene and housing. Any info would be greatly appreciated.Thanks!</p>
<p>My D is in the honors program and is very happy with it. The kids in the program are very talented (as are many who aren’t in the fellows). I can’t judge the rigor of the program, but I know she spends quite a bit of time on her Honors class. In addition, being part of the Honors Fellows opens up other opportunities for your D.</p>
<p>Does anyone know the general stats necessary to be accepted in the Honors program at Elon?</p>
<p>bettzke, here’s a link on the site with a little information: </p>
<p>[Elon</a> University // Fellows](<a href=“http://www.elon.edu/e-web/admissions/fellows/honors.xhtml]Elon”>http://www.elon.edu/e-web/admissions/fellows/honors.xhtml)</p>
<p>Just as a side note, I applied to both the Elon College & Honors Fellows with an SAT of 2110 (1360 CR/M) and straight A’s for all of my high school career. I got turned down for Honors, but accepted into Elon College [Fellows].</p>
<p>Thanks, srsx3! Sorry you weren’t accepted into Honors, but it seems like you’ll be challenged with Elon’s curriculum.</p>
<p>I’m having trouble distinguishing between honors and fellows…I was thinking a fellow is somebody enrolled in the honors program. </p>
<p>Too bad when my daughter and I went to Elon they were on Spring Break! Tough to get much information that way.</p>
<p>No problem. bettzke! :)</p>
<p>To help clear it up a bit, Honors is one of the Fellows programs. It’s the most exclusive and has the most program benefits (in terms of teaching, speaking opportunities, $, etc.). </p>
<p>A “fellow” is anyone accepted into any of the following programs:</p>
<ul>
<li>Honors (for any major)</li>
<li>Elon College (for Arts & Science majors)</li>
<li>Business (for Business majors - obviously :p)</li>
<li>Isabella Cannon Leadership (for any major, I think)</li>
<li>NC Teaching Fellows (for NC residents majoring in Education)</li>
<li>Communications (for majors in the School of Communications)</li>
</ul>
<p>Here’s another link with more general information [on the Fellows programs]. </p>
<p>[Elon</a> University // Fellows Programs](<a href=“http://www.elon.edu/e-web/admissions/fellows/]Elon”>http://www.elon.edu/e-web/admissions/fellows/)</p>
<p>Thanks! That surely clears it up a lot for me!</p>
<p>I’ve been reading about you and your sisters on other threads, but haven’t seen that you’ve made a decision between Wake and Elon…how’s it going in that regard?</p>
<p>bettzke -
It’s difficult. On one hand, I loved Elon’s campus - but Wake’s prestige is hard to overlook. As far as my sisters go - one has told me she wants me to go to the school I want to, even if it means breaking away and going to Wake. My other sister, however, is literally begging me to come with her to Elon. She’s the most dependent of the 3 and has even started to cry when I mention going to Wake. The majority of my family is also pro-Elon. </p>
<p>The country I’m from is extremely generous with scholarship $, but all recepients have to sign a student bond saying they’ll return to the country for a period equivalent to the scholarship duration. Most people are not concerned with a school’s “prestige” - only the grades you attained while pursuing your degree, so it would make the most sense to go to Elon and then graduate school (at a more well-known university, if I am looking for the prestige) so I could save about $80,000 for my undergrad. education.</p>
<p>srsx …a year from now, you’ll be happy wherever you are to the degree that you engage in the process with faculty, students, programs, activities. In terms of prestige, resources and higher education “maturity” Wake and Elon are on different planets, none of which provides a clue as to which you’d be happier, challenged, growthful. I’d speculate you’ll spend alot more time (and money) at Wake, studying. It’s rap as “Work Forest” appears to have some validity, with perception and reality being congruent for many, most. </p>
<p>Wake’s professional schools, notably the med school, far outshine Elon’s. Conversely, Elon is no doubt more student focused and thus friendly. Wake’s into the faculty prestige mode which often diminishes staying glued to students and teaching/learning notions.</p>
<p>Thanks for the insight, Whistle Pig. I appreciate it! </p>
<p>The thing is, I really am leaning towards Elon - but, as I said before, Wake’s prestige is hard to overlook. Granted, I’m hoping that Elon’s rep. will continue to grow, though I know it’s doubtful that it will reach the level of Wake within the not too distant future. Either way, I’ll very likely post my decision on this thread! :)</p>
<p>If you really want some insights to the potential and possible potholes of Elon, read George Keller’s book. It is really head-on, insightful, and doesn’t pull punches about the potential problems facing Elon’s future. It’s very problemmatic, it seems, but Elon’s culture is not a risk-adverse one …so who knows. I believe their keys will be if they’re immediate past will be fascinating enough to foundations and private, non-alumni philanthropists to pony up some major monies… hundreds of millions. That’s not the ultimate answer, but they’ll not be able to fulfill their next potentialities in its absence. </p>
<p>As far as students go …in the short run it’ll not make much difference. It’ll make a huge difference for those graduating in the class of 2020. </p>
<p>My own impression is that Elon is at great risk of becoming just one more harvard wannabe. Sadly, too many college presidents, and Lambert may be one of them, are about as uncreative, unimaginative, and uncourageous about what genuine undergraduate engaged learning means and they thus all begin to meander toward the …bonehead, scholarly, research type mode. In fact, there’s tons of evidence that worldly success and achievement has little congruance with those modes. Still, universities are like lemmings …they all are afraid to step out of line. The ONLY reason Elon’s done so since the late '60s is they HAD to. They were on the verge of extinction. </p>
<p>When you’re stuck on a desert island, with none but Wilson to talk to … it’s very en-couraging when there’s little down side.</p>