Hi, I was wondering if you had to live in a specific dorm to be a part of a specific RAP. I.e, could I live in one dorm but be in the RAP of another (could I live in Baker but be a part of the health RAP?)
Thanks!
No, I don’t think so. For example, if you read up on Baker dorm, it expressly states that if you live in Baker you have to participate in Baker RAP. Now, whether it is possible for you to live in Baker, where you would have to be part of Baker RAP, and still participate in the Honors RAP (as a second RAP), even though you don’t live in the Honors RAP dorm, is a different and interesting question. But I still doubt that you could do so. After all, it is a “Residential Academic Program” – with emphasis on the “residential” (i.e., you live there). Worth a call or email to CU Housing though, to check.
I know for Engineering RAPS they are living groups. So Engineering Honors is limited to just the students who
live there freshman year, as I understand it, no other student can get in later or be in the Honors program as it is a living group. However, once you get into the program, complete the freshman seminars and live there for freshman year, a student can move out of Honors Engineering dorm and still be part of the Honors Engineering program , which includes internships and some other nice benefits. There is not nearly enough room in Honors Engineering though for all those very accomplished students who apply, and they gender balance the Honors Engineering dorm, making it very hard for boys to get into Honors. It does not seem to be based on ACT scores, as girls with lower scores get into Honors we have heard, but not certain about that. Sometimes very high stats students are rejected from Honors Engineering for unknown reasons. It may be first come first served, its unclear if they compared all applicants to each other or its rolling admissions.
The Global Engineering RAP is the best living group on campus, apparently, because its supportive and social. Global Engineering no longer requires residents to speak a foreign language but paradoxically they required one essay be written in French, Spanish or German as a bar to get in. (It started out as just Spanish speaking students, but expanded to any second language fluency although the fluency can be very low and a student can still get into that RAP). I highly recommend engineering students who want to be in a more serious dorm apply to Global Engineering.