<p>What are some typical stats for students who get invited to the honors program? same thing for hilltop scholars? or bba scholars?</p>
<p>Also, are any of them really competitive environments?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I was invited to University Honors program. I was top 25% at a highly competitive school. 32 on ACT, 5 on AP US History, English Language, 4 on World History. Excellent internships. Bulls*** extracurriculars. Also invited to BBA scholars program. Accepted to SMU, UGa, UT Austin, and University of Richmond all for a finance major. Why don’t you share your stats so I can compare your to my other friends who were invited.</p>
<p>ACT composite: 31 (34 english, 34 math, 29 reading, 27 science, 10/12 essay)
SAT composite: 2030/1340 (630 reading, 710 math, 690 writing, 10/12 essay)
SAT subject test: 670-bio m, 600 us</p>
<p>white, male, income >200k</p>
<p>top public school in Colorado
all cumulative
weighted gpa- 4.24
weighted class rank- 10/515
unweighted gpa- 4.00
unweighted class rank- 1/515</p>
<p>APs:
AP Euro- sophomore (4)
AP Bio- junior (3)
AP US- junior (4)
AP Environmental- junior (3)
AP Psych- junior (3)
AP Physics C- senior (?)
AP Calc BC- senior (?)
AP Gov- senior (?)
AP Microeconomics- senior (?)
AP Macroeconomics- senior (?)
had 5 honors courses in first 3 years as well
ap scholar with honor as a junior
will also have accounting I/II and English IV as a senior</p>
<p>extracurriculars:
basketball (2 years)
volunteering at task force (shelter) for financially distressed (every month)
national honors society
FBLA (Treasurer) (lettered)
link crew leader (mentoring freshman)
camp invention mentoring elementary school kids
lots of community service hours</p>
<p>great recs
great essays edited by english majors</p>
<p>My hope is to be a hilltop and or honors scholar and also be a bba scholar.
also can hilltop lead into the honors program?</p>
<p>I would say you are a pretty strong candidate. Don’t bother sharing those APs that lower than 4, and turn in your ACT, not your SAT. SMU doesn’t seem to take into consideration ethnicity or income bracket when selecting Honors and BBA students.</p>
<p>I got invited to Hilltop.</p>
<p>White, female, small-medium noncompetitive public (Texas 4A) school. </p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>SAT I: 1370/2130: 730 CR, 650 M, 750 W
ACT: n/a
SAT II: none
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Weighted GPA: not calculated
Rank: 10/280ish (16/325 at time of application)
APs: APUSH - 5, AP Lang - 5, AP (at time of application)
Senior Year Courses: AP Lit (5), AP Calc AB (1), AP US Gov (5), AP Macro, AP EnvSci (4), AP Art His, AP Euro, Honors Spanish III
Awards: National Merit Commended, AP Scholar
</code></pre>
<p>Extracurriculars: Academic Decathlon (Team Captain), Environmental Awareness Club (President), National Honor Society, other misc school clubs, some regional church-based leadership groups
Job/Work Experience: Childcare - pretty much just babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity, Salvation Army, school-related things, some local nonprofits, about 120 hours</p>
<p>Great teacher rec & essay.</p>
<p>With your stats, you should be fine as far as SMU honors programs go. And it’s my belief that anyone can apply to be in UHP after their first year as long as they have a certain GPA, which means you can definitely do UHP after Hilltop Scholars.</p>
<p>AP scores not all 4 and 5, but the rest of the stats are comparable. Could my student have a shot at invite?</p>
<p>im interested in stats too.</p>
<p>My son was admitted Fall 2012. He is outgoing and friendly, but a little bit of a nerd (parents are very proud of this!). He is not a smoker, drinker, etc. We are a middle-class family - no car at school, and he is perfectly happy with that. He knows his parents are paying THREE tuitions currently: older brother is at Texas A&M (senior in aerospace engineering); younger brother in private (parochial) high school - junior year.</p>
<p>SAT: 710/750/750 = 2200
ACT: 32
Non-ranking private TX high school
weighted GPA 4.4 (un-weighted GPA unknown)
Commended National Merit Scholar (PSAT=216)
AP Scholar
Soccer and Track - all four years
Class President - Junior and Senior years
Worked summers while in high school as a Video Game Creation camp instructor</p>
<p>SMU:
University Honors
BBA Scholar
BBA Honors
Pre-Law Scholar
Major: Accounting / Minor: Law and Legal Reasoning
Provost Scholarship
Sewell Scholarship
(Hunt Scholarship - applied for, but was not invited to interview/was not accepted)</p>
<p>Other acceptances:
Tulane - honors
Texas A&M (but not accepted to business honors)
UT McCombs (but no honors)
Duke - not accepted</p>