<p>I'm going to be a senior next year and am thinking of going to IU. I had a few questions on their honors policy though....</p>
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<li><p>What perks do you get with honors at IU? </p></li>
<li><p>Is their honors housing and do most people do it?</p></li>
<li><p>Any other info on the honors is appreciated, like the caliber of students in the program.</p></li>
<li><p>And of course...can I get in? I have about a 3.9 gpa, 1410 Critical Reading/Math SAT score and a 32 on my ACT. I'll have taken 6 AP's by the time I graduate and will have taken 7 tests. Only one I got back thus far was a 5. Heavily involved in ec's and can elaborate on those if you want. Also play football (2 state championships and goin for 3).</p></li>
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<p>You won’t have to worry at all about getting in - your stats are above and beyond what they require.</p>
<p>I’m in Hutton (I’ll be a freshman in the fall), so I don’t know too much about it, but I can tell you that some of the perks include potential Hutton scholarships ($1K-5K/year) and the chance to take honors classes. You do have to maintain a minimum GPA to stay in Hutton (I believe 3.0) and if you have a Hutton scholarship you have to maintain a 3.4 GPA.</p>
<p>There is honors housing - to be honest I’m not sure how many people choose it. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>–And of course…can I get in? I have about a 3.9 gpa, 1410 Critical Reading/Math SAT score and a 32 on my ACT.–</p>
<p>Your SAT and ACT scores are easily high enough to get into Hutton Honors College, without even doing essays. Don’t know about the gpa. Do you have a higher weighted gpa? If you do, you will be in better shape to get in. Also, if you are top 5% in your class, you will probably get in with your standardized test scores despite what your gpa is.</p>
<p>If you are trying to get scholarship money from Hutton, your EC’s and essays will be big factors. </p>
<p>Being in Hutton will allow you to take Kelley honors classes as a freshman and a sophomore. These classes meet fewer times during the week than the non-honors versions, have the best profs and students, have grade inflation, and are much, much smaller on average. You will also be able to take honors liberal arts classes to help with your gen ed requirements.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies. One thing I noticed while playing on Indiana’s site is the Kelley Scholars or something…anyway its supposedly a full ride (doubt I’d get it) but it says to recieve it you have to be in the Kelley honors program. Is that something different and if so can you be in both. </p>
<p>You have to be in both the Kelley Business Honors and the Kelley Scholars programs. </p>
<p>If you get accepted as a Kelley Scholar (usually about 10 in-state and one OOS students per entering freshman class), you will automatically be granted admission to the Kelley Business Honors program as an in-coming freshman. Kelley Scholars are the only freshmen in the Kelley Business Honors program. The rest are sophomores through Seniors who were accepted after applying during the Spring semester of their freshman year.</p>
<p>Just attended orientation. Child is not in Kelly, I can speak only to Hutton Honors College.</p>
<p>There was a table about the level to get in, and you’re within that table. That said, they took only 8% this year, and sometimes take up to 12%. So, the future stats might change.</p>
<p>Table was something like (ESTIMATE!):
1500 SAT or 34 ACT plus a 3.8 GPA
1400 SAT or 32 ACT plus a 3.85 GPA
1350 SAT or 31 ACT plus a 3.9 GPA</p>
<p>Staying in honors dorms/floors? I don’t know the number of kids who do it. I’m not sure my child is going to like it. I heard they have a 9pm quiet time in Forest! </p>
<p>Perks: Being OFFERED (but often FULL!) honors courses taught by the college by hand picked professors that are only offered to HHC kids, limited to … 22 (?) students. They have periodic activities (and you MUST participate in one…per year?, per semester?). You can get an Honors notation on your diploma if you maintain a 3.33 and take 7 honors courses over the 4 years. SOME HHC kids get scholarships ($1000-$4000 per year) - not all. I would tend to think that, being in the Honors College would be a positive factor for you in job placement and/or grad school admission. It’s elite, but not really THAT elite. The Dean said they add more kids after first semester, and end up with as many as 900 ish kids (out of 7000).</p>
<p>Another hidden perk of being an honors kid is the honors dinners.</p>
<p>I’m in Hutton and SPEA Honors at IU, i’m about to go into my sophomore year. Through HHC, they offer dinners/lunches/“fireside chats” with professionals in all fields. They’ve had people from the UN, artists, singers, scientists, politicians, etc., so many different areas that I can’t even name them all! They have local restaurants cater really good food, along with the expert’s talk and Q&A session. I found these dinners to be really fun and interesting, and best of all, they’re free! Only open to HHC students, its just a nice perk.</p>
<p>Other nice perks are discounted tickets to the MAC performances, and HHC group trips. </p>
<p>The scholarships are nice too, the earlier you apply, the better. The HHC just gives you an opportunity to more interesting classes with better professors, as well as another “thing” to be a part of, as I know that it is easy to feel swallowed up at a huge university like IU.</p>
<p>I’d highly recommend HHC, it was one of the primary reasons that I ended up choosing IU.</p>
<p>Forgot to mention, I lived on the Honors Floor in Briscoe. Coed floor, and it was just a fabulous experience. The kids knew how to get their work done, but also how to balance a healthy social life. I definitely got the best of both worlds by living on the honors floor, because they understood if I needed to stay in on a Saturday night to study, but there were always people going out too if I needed to blow off some steam. </p>
<p>Also, you get a HUGE floor budget living on an honors floor. We went out to dinner, got floor shirts, saw Avenue Q, and many other fun activities all with HHC funding. I’d definitely recommend it!</p>
<p>Sounds like a lot of positive reviews. The 9:00 queit time doesn’t sound too appealing but past that sounds like fun. Fireside chats sound good and being surrounded by more academically focused people also would be a positive. Thanks for all your help</p>