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<p>I just got an e-mail that says:</p>

<p>Dear new Warren College Honors Students,</p>

<p>This is just a reminder that the application deadline for the Scholars Seminar is fast approaching. If you have already sent your materials, please disregard this email. </p>

<p>The deadline to apply for the Scholars Seminar WARR 11A and 11B) is May 25. Available only to Honors students with demonstrated writing ability, the Scholars Seminar is a two quarter sequential course that replaces the Warren College writing requirement (10A and 10B). Taught by Dr. Madeleine Picciotto, this course sequence gives students the opportunity to develop critical thinking and writing skills in an interactive, seminar style setting. The course is limited to no more than 20 students, though usually only 16 or 17 are selected. The theme for 2007-2008 is “Truth and Beauty”. All readings, writing assignments, and guest speakers will relate to this general theme. The course is designed to be challenging, providing opportunities for students to engage in rigorous debate across a range of topics. Undergraduate student assistants, selected carefully from those students who have completed the Scholars Seminar, facilitate small group discussion and provide additional feedback on writing assignments. For more information, please visit the course website at <a href="http://members.dslextreme.com/users/madpicciotto/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://members.dslextreme.com/users/madpicciotto/&lt;/a>. </p>

<p>You are invited to apply for this course sequence. This is a one-time offer. If you do not apply this year, you will not be allowed to apply at any other time and you will be required to complete the 10A-B writing sequence. In order to apply, please fill out the attached form and send it with a brief statement of intent and a graded writing sample to me. The writing sample must be an example of academic writing. Creative writing samples will not be considered. Samples may be copied or faxed to me. Notification of selection will be sent by June 30. </p>

<p>Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. </p>

<p>Sincerely,</p>

<p>Gretchen</p>

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<p>So I e-mailed them back and got this:</p>

<p>Sorry for the confusion about the Scholars Seminar application! If you received the email, that indicates that you do indeed qualify for the program. Gretchen Harris, the Honors Program coordinator, must have forgotten to include the attachment when she sent out the email. I'll alert her to the fact that you didn't get the attachment, and I'll ask her to re-send it to you on Monday. Along with the application form, you should also submit a one-page statement of why you'd like to take Scholars Seminar, and a graded paper from any course you've taken that serves as a sample of your best academic writing. If you have any questions about the class, feel free to email me again and ask me. -- M.P.</p>

<p>So, apparently, I'm in the honors program and I have a week to submit the papers. I e-mailed with some more questions, but they haven't responded yet. </p>

<p>Is anyone else here in the honors program? And is anyone applying for the Scholars program?</p>