<p>If you got a scholarship, when did you find out? Did you get it the same time as your acceptance or did it come later?</p>
<p>It comes with the acceptance</p>
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<p>Mine came later…The acceptance came in the mail and the scholarship came a couple days later by FedEx</p>
<p>If you get one of the Howard University Freshman Scholarship (Presidential, LAUREATE, Founders, etc.), are you automatically in the Honors Program?
If so, can you live in the Honors dorm?
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<p>Funny you mentioned this I was talking to the director of the business school asking this question and they said they want sat scores of at least 1200 and a 3.5 UW gpa. I was upset cause I only had a 1170. (this is on the two btw)</p>
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<p>Hmmm…did they mention whether, if you qualify, you get into honors housing? Our child has the SAT and we may drop to a couple of less competitive classes to keep the GPA (which is boarderline). But we are wondering if the honors dorm is even a good idea for a freshman (sounds like graduate students are there too and they are further from campus).
We have a little time yet (still in high school)…just trying to see which HBCUs need to be on the radar!
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<p>Does anyone know if Howard has a Pre-Med Track?</p>
<p>i got mine with the acceptance letter, but maybe it was because i applied early action, im not sure…</p>
<p>and @taben1112 I personally think all freshmen should live in freshmen dorms…we’re just getting on campus and we’re slowly adjusting to college life; we’re going to meet all of our friends freshman year and we’ll more than likely feel comfortable with people like ourselves (generally speaking) I’m sure most freshman wouldn’t want their 17/18 year old selfs (made-up word) to be in a dorm with 22 and 23 year old students who probably have totally different agendas</p>
<p>Good point about freshman honors students living in the regular dorms. Our concern would be the environment being ‘fit’ for studying. A girl we know who just went up there this year said she likes it, but her suitemates are big party types and it is very hard to get work done. In addition, safety makes it not great to have to go to the library to study. She is not an honors student but would like to be to get to know other honors kids and get to the honors dorm if only for a way to meet and live with other motivated students. Again, she likes Howard, but said the constant fashion show and partying of the dorms is the big down side for her.
She is all for getting to meet people and enjoying college, but Sunday-Thursday night she wants to work and many in her dorm don’t seem to have that desire…at all. That I guess is the risk of being in any dorm vs. the honors dorm.
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<p>Does anyone know if Howard has a Pre-Med Track?</p>
<p>I believe they do. I’m plan on majoring in either Bio or chem for pre-med</p>
<p>Oh Okay , thanks QuannahMack for replying !</p>
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<p>I understand what you’re saying about the being able to focus in the dorm part, but to be perfectly honest, that can happen anywhere. My cousin goes to the University of Maryland and her roommate does nothing but party all week (and that school is supposed to be a public ivy lol)</p>
<p>I really think that safety at the school is blown out of proportion. I mean, yes its in Washington DC, but Howard is pretty much it’s own small area…I’ve visited the school 3 times and attended a summer program there a few years back and I didn’t have a problem, if I HAD to make a complaint it would be about cars driving at all times of the night, and that’s minuscule compared to things at other schools lol. Also, the library is a hop, skip, and a jump from the dorm room, it’s not like its blocks away lol</p>
<p>I can agree with you on the fashion show and partying aspect of it though. I’m big on neither, but I doubt that everyone will be partying at a school with 10k + students. I also doubt that everyone will be wearing Gucci, Prada, or Fendi. I don’t think anyone will really care if I walk out of my dorm with basketball shorts and boat shoes. </p>
<p>The way I see it is that I will have to go to school, get a feeling for what type of things I like, what kind of people I like, and then go from there…I think the biggest distraction in college is ourselves (procrastination, timidness) </p>
<p>However, going back to my prior claim (I know that I’ve been jumping topics) I think a regular freshman dorm will be the best because your daughter will be able to experience more, ultimately allow her to be more diverse and versatile.</p>