Mosher vs McFadden

<p>My son changed his first choice of dorms to McFadden for the Modular (2 person + 1 bathroom) design instead of Mosher (4 person + 1 bathroom).</p>

<p>I just read that McFadden is the Freshman honors dorm. Do they allow non-honors kids to live there? He was not top 10%, but was an auto-admit for Chemical Engineering.</p>

<p>The initial appeal of Mosher was the Engr LLC and the availability of tutoring. I am hoping there will still be some type of free tutoring available through the engineering dept. Is that available? I really liked the Tradition dorm (and its free tutoring) but he is determined to live on-campus.</p>

<p><a href=“Honors - LAUNCH”>Honors - LAUNCH;

<p>Link not working :-(.</p>

<p>Why wouldn’t you choose Mosher? It’s the only dorm that has wireless internet!!! xD Really good dorm for specifically for engineers…There’s free tutoring everywhere, so it’s not like he/she won’t get help. Don’t know about honors housing…</p>

<p>^Do dorms really not have wireless internet?</p>

<p>Yep. Mosher is the only dorm with wifi. You’ll need ethernet cables for the rest of the dorms. They’re not really too expensive ($20?), but you do really need long ones (25ft).</p>

<p>Do all classrooms have wireless?</p>

<p>Same link, just one level up, then select “Honor Housing” on the right site. [The</a> Honors Programs Community at Texas A&M University](<a href=“Honors - LAUNCH”>Honors - LAUNCH)
Per S2 limited information for the last 2 Honor Dorms, majority of his friends either in Honor or Scholarships or both. I am always very hesitant to make general information claim as each year policy change and exception may be present and we are not aware of it. Perhaps contact honor housing will be the best option. I have taken the initiative just posted the “Application” information for you in case you still have problem. No experience with other dorm, thus no opinion.</p>

<h1>Please be aware, there are numerous studies publish by Universities across the nation that retention rate of post freshman year for students is much higher when they stay in campus housing. </h1>

<p>Application Procedures</p>

<p>The Honors Housing Community is available to all students who are Honors Eligible or hold an Honors Programs four-year scholarship. Students who wish to reside in the Honors Housing Community are first placed on a waitlist, which is composed based on each student’s Residence Life Residence Hall housing application priority date and the following Honors Programs priority classificiations:</p>

<p>1) National Merit Scholars and National Achievement Scholars who hold a four-year Honors Programs scholarship;</p>

<p>2) Honors Eligible students who hold a four-year Honors Programs scholarship;</p>

<p>3) Honors Eligible students and National Hispanic Scholars (who are not already included in one of the preceding categories);</p>

<p>4) Students who hold a four-year Honors Programs scholarship but who are not Honors Eligible;</p>

<p>He prefers modular over Commons (I hope I got that right) BUT…I received an email from the McFadden contact today and she said non-Honors kids are living there now, but next year it will be restricted.</p>

<p>So… he’s back looking at the maps and virtual tours. Thanks for your help!</p>

<p>Just a clarification: if you were to have a four year Honor’s Program scholarship you will be expected to participate in the honor’s program correct?</p>

<p>aggieengineer: did you already get a scholarship? if so when did you get it?</p>

<p>aggieengineer - I would assume so, yes.</p>

<p>[Honors</a> Curriculum](<a href=“Honors - LAUNCH”>Honors - LAUNCH)
Code: Options for Honors Credit (plus different types of Honors)</p>

<p>The answer is you are encourage if you can make it. For 1st semester, I believe majority of the incoming 4 yrs NMF and other scholarship students enroll in Honor. There after you have to maintain cGPR (cumulative) of 3.5 to enroll in any Honor classes. Quite a few in this forum claimed the grading is easier for honor. Perhaps those say so is legitimate super genius. However, our experience from Engineering student view it is rather a myth then fact. I have to be skeptical, as statistically it is quite difficult to maintain cGPR=3.5. It mean one have to maintain 90% A and occasional B. Since TAMU do not give plus or minus. So, a B+=3 and A-=4. It will be interesting to find out how many % senior graduating with Honors, that perhaps has a direct link to the madness of Honor curriculum that drive so many Freshman and parents apprehensive and confuse, which included myself as well 2 yrs ago. ((:</p>

<p>I have not received a scholarship yet since I am expecting to hear back if anything this month. I was just curious as to how honor’s worked, especially from an engineering point of view.</p>

<p>UCLA & others…regarding engineering and statistics for maintaining an honors scholarship. We had also wondered this since DS has been accepted to engineering, and between his honors NMF scholarship package & Brown Foundation Scholarship, he has a full-ride plus extras. These scholarships require him to maintain the 3.5. The information I am about to share comes from the Assist. Director of the Honors Program. For last year’s freshman class, 77% of all scholarship students maintained scholarship eligibility after their freshman year. 23% had scholarships suspended. 74% of all engineering scholarship students maintained eligibility after their freshman year. 26% had scholarships suspended. Within my DS’s intended major, 75% maintained their scholarship eligibility after freshman year. National Merit Scholars maintained their scholarships eligibility at a rate of 70% vs. 17% overall. I hope this information helps. :)</p>

<p>AggieEngineer: As an engineering major, you still must maintain the 3.5 if you get the scholarship from the honors department. If you go below the 3.5, you can’t take honors courses. This is unfortunate since there are many honors sections offered for engineering, & these classes are much smaller.</p>