<p>From reading other posts, I’m gathering that special honors programs, such as computer based and university fellows, have to be interviewed before accepted.</p>
<p>Are there certain days that these interviews are held, or is there a choice of weekends/days?</p>
<p>When do the invites for the interviews go out?</p>
<p>Are all applicants invited to interview, or only a certain percentage?</p>
<p>For CBHP, only about 60 students are invited to interview. The kids arrive on Monday President’s Day (around 3 pm), get their hotel room (at Capstone), and then go to the dinner reception/social. Then, on Tuesday they interview. If requested, kids who have to travel are given the first interviews, so they can spend Tuesday afternoon traveling back home. Since President’s Day is usually closed for high schools, kids only miss one day of school… </p>
<p>UA typically pays for travel, hotel, and food for the STUDENT. Each student shares a hotel room with another student.</p>
<p>Usually, a kid only has to miss one day of school.</p>
<p>If a student can’t make it that day, he can arrange to come another day - but usually not on a weekend. However, coming during this 2 day event is important.</p>
<p>I have not officially heard how many kids are invited to interview for UFE. Someone here said 100, but that seems way too high to me.</p>
<p>the invites go out in January - about the 3rd and 4th weeks. Emails are sent first, then snail mail.</p>
<p>Since CBHP and UFE have a very high rate of acceptance, they don’t need to interview a whole bunch of extra kids. They pretty much come up with 60 kids that they want, send invites out, inteview, and then figure out which 40 kids to accept. They will keep a small “back up” list to go to if any of the acceptees decline. Typically, only a very small number decline. </p>
<p>If a student has little or no intention of going to UA, he really shouldn’t bother with the interview if invited. This is not a case of where UA accepts a bunch with hopes of getting “some” acceptances.</p>
<p>So the invitations for interviews won’t come out until after Capstone?</p>
<p>So there is a reception the night before, and the kids interview the following day?</p>
<p>Do they do tours and other events while the kids are waiting for their interview?</p>
<p>The invites probably will not go out in time for Capstone. Capstone will be the first weekend after school resumes, so it’s very unlikely they would have decisions by then. </p>
<p>Kids are usually notified towards the end of January - like the 21st or later. </p>
<p>Yes, the dinner reception is the night before (very important), and the interviews are the next day. I don’t remember what the kids are doing while they’re waiting for their interview time.</p>
<p>What happens at the dinner reception? Do we just eat or do they talk to us? I assume guys have to wear suits.</p>
<p>Yes, it’s a shirt and tie affair. Most will wear suits. Dr. Sharpe will give a talk. Dr. Halli might be there, too (He’s the recently retired Dean of the Honors College). The freshmen CBH profs will be there. Mrs. Batson will be there. </p>
<p>Typically the dinner reception is a “get to know you” affair. There will be many current CBHers at the event. I think there is at least one current CBHer per dinner table. But, you won’t be sitting the whole time. The purpose is to get to know the CBH faculty and other CBHers. </p>
<p>The interview is only part of the selection process. The purpose of the dinner reception is to get a feel for the personality of the prospective student. Being a CBHer means that you also have to have decent social skills, because of the nature of the program. You’ll be doing research and presenting research. It’s not a place for wallflowers who can’t speak to a group. </p>
<p>There have been kids with fab stats/resumes who’ve been turned down because they were extremely shy and lacked any sense of social skills.</p>
<p>Also, some of the best CBH projects involve traveling to conferences around the country and giving presentations (UA pays for that). Therefore, again, a CBHer needs to have a pleasant personality and good speaking skills.</p>
<p>A lot of money is invested into the CBHers. These are among the best and brightest in the nation. UA has the most students selected to USA Todays All-USA College Academic Team… <a href=“http://uanews.ua.edu/2009/04/five-ua-students-named-to-usa-todays-all-usa-college-academic-team/[/url]”>http://uanews.ua.edu/2009/04/five-ua-students-named-to-usa-todays-all-usa-college-academic-team/</a><br>
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<p>Many of those kids - past and present - have been CBHers. So, UA expects great things from CBHers.</p>
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<p>To answer Montegut’s earlier question about what the kids do while interviews are going on…</p>
<p>My CBH son isn’t home right now, otherwise I’d ask him… But now that I think back, on the day of the interviews, while the kids are waiting, current CBHers are hanging around (when their schedules permit) to answer questions, to give little tours, etc. When DS1 gets home from his internship, I’ll try to get more info.</p>
<p>I asked DS1 and he thinks he remembers going on some little tours and such while waiting for his interview. I think there was a big breakfast in the morning and then the interviews started - each student had a scheduled time. So, if you had an afternoon time, you did some looking around until then.</p>