<p>How many students, out of those invited to the program, are accepted? </p>
<p>Also, anyone have any advice for writing the essay? I've never done anything close to research in my life. My major is Pre-Econ but I have no experience with it and basically chose it because it sounds cool (Ok, I'll be the first to admit I'm THE most superficial person ever)</p>
<p>LoL! well WHEN do we have to turn the essays in by anyway? are we supposed to start right now?</p>
<p>To pixie's question: May 2nd is the deadline I believe. Thats also the deadline for turning in all your intent to enroll stuff.</p>
<p>To elgoo's question: I heard that it was something like 1000 or so, but it doesnt really matter. If you applied to the college of arts and sciences and you had a 1390+ and a 4.0+, you would get invited.</p>
<p>Now time for MY question. What are the benefits to being in honors at UCLA? I can't find any info about it on their website. Is it basically just priority? I know at UCI, honors means a lot, so I'm wondering if its the same at UCLA</p>
<p><a href="http://www.college.ucla.edu/up/honors/%5B/url%5D">http://www.college.ucla.edu/up/honors/</a></p>
<p>albywalby: I was invited, obviously. I'm just looking for an actual statistic of acceptees. I'd like to know, realistically, if I have a chance.</p>
<p>oh elgoo, you mean when you apply to get into UCLA honors? I heard its a really high acceptance rate. You're in if you dont mess up on the essay you have to write.</p>
<p>Pixiedancer, I know about that site. If you can find any info on there that tells you about the BENEFITS of UCLA honors, please let me know. I still can't find it.</p>
<p>The only benefit that I've heard of is priority registration.</p>
<p>"Honors promotes these goals by providing an enriched classroom experience through courses offered or approved for honors credit; through our commitment to active education in seminars and individualized tutorial instruction; through the development of critical thinking and of essential methodological and technical skills; and through the encouragement of independent primary research of high scholarly standards."</p>
<p>"The Individual Major permits highly qualified and motivated students in the College of Letters & Science to design their own major. This option is available to those outstanding students who have well-defined, interdisciplinary interests for which no suitable major is offered in the traditional academic disciplines."</p>
<p>College Honors Overview
College Honors at UCLA is a nationally renowned program that provides students the organization and environment within which to pursue individual excellence. Students attain College Honors by completing a diverse selection of honors course work and maintaining excellent grades. Honors counselors help students integrate this course work with other University and major requirements for the bachelor's degree. In this way, the honors curriculum need not add courses above and beyond other academic commitments.
Rather than having students complete a strict program of pre-selected courses, College Honors allows students the flexibility and freedom to select the honors class that interests them most. Discover ways to "create" your own honors course by doing an Honors Contract or participating in an Honors Seminar; receive GE credit while satisfying your Honors Collegium and/or general honors requirement; even participate in an off-campus Study and Discussion group and still receive honors credit. </p>
<p>College Honors coursework encourages academic enrichment and creativity, and honors credit is given to such innovative teaching environments as: </p>
<p>General Education Cluster
Student Research Program
The interdisciplinary Honors Collegium curriculum
Professional School Seminar Program
Honors Contracts and Seminars
UCLA-sponsored internships
Study-abroad
Small courses that promote critical thinking in a project-oriented environment
College Honors students are nurtured with services and benefits designed to support them, including:
Academic counseling and services
Priority enrollment beginning the student's second quarter at UCLA
Extended borrowing privileges at the UCLA Libraries
Special events and functions
Eligibility for honors scholarships and awards
Eligibilty for summer research funding
Letter of Verification services
Special Transcript Notations
Recognition at graduation and College Honors notation on diploma</p>
<p>^^^This all sounds very attractive to me^^^</p>
<p>Wow thanks for all the info. It sounds amazing.</p>
<p>anyone else know about acceptance rates? I'm trying to qualify through class rank...</p>
<p>Does anyone know if joining the honors program makes it harder to maintain your GPA? Also, while were on the subject, what is the competition at UCLA like in general? Is it hard to get good grades in classes due to "curves" or whatnot? Thanks!</p>