<p>So I received an email from Northwestern telling me to apply to this program for incoming freshmen . The email also said how I can apply even as a student in School of Communication. I was wondering if there are any students currently in this program. Can you give me your thoughts? Is anyone else applying to this? The email said its very selective, 1 out of 3 get it.</p>
<p>My daughter just got the same e-mail. It looks like it might interest her, but since she wouldn’t know if she was accepted until July, I don’t think it will alter her ultimate college decision.</p>
<p>It’s a spectacular experience and I highly recommend it- it was my best academic experience to date, and my cohort and I are all extremely successful ~2 years out, so its developing into an excellent network.</p>
<p>Is it possible to do both ISP and Kaplan Scholars, or would that be too much “above and beyond” work?</p>
<p>@Momcares…that is stretching way tooooooooooooooooooooo far :-)</p>
<p>Thought so but didn’t want to assume… thanks!</p>
<p>I don’t know actually- it might be possible? Unless ISP has specific freshman seminar requirements, Kaplan fulfills distros so it’s pretty easy to squeeze in. I will say my friends who were pre-med in Kaplan ended up taking summer classes to make it easier to fulfill all pre-med requirements.</p>
<p>It’s not that selective actually and if you really want it, you will get it.</p>
<p>^I agree it doesn’t end up being that selective necessarily, but I have no idea what you’re basing that on. I used to work for the institute and know how the scholars are selected, and there are definitely a large number of students each year who apply but don’t get it.</p>
<p>I actually had a different experience with Kaplan than arbiter - not that I disliked it, but it certainly wasn’t my favorite experience. It’s essentially an honors English course based on a certain set of topics (my year it was the history of comedy in literature during Fall Quarter and the history of marriage in literature during Winter Quarter). The topics themselves were actually quite interesting, but the class wasn’t really standout, and it ultimately impeded my degree progress since I ended up switching into SESP (where it doesn’t count for any requirements). It’s worth noting, however, that I tend to dislike English classes in general and was roped in because the program had “scholars” in the name, so if you’re an English fan, go for it.</p>
<p>And Kaplan does often hold receptions with free food, so there’s that.</p>
<p>Yah the changing curriculum can definitely vary a lot- my courses were intellectual history/english/history hybrids.</p>