Natural Science Honors

<p>^ This should answer all of your questions:</p>

<p>“Your application was considered for Dean’s Scholars, Health Science Honors and University Fellows all at the same time. Students are only offered admission into one program. Honors programs are not mutually exclusive though, so as a University Fellows student you would access to the same resources and privileges as a Dean’s Scholar or an HSH student. We ask that you give the program you were offered a shot for the first semester. If at the end of the first semester, you still feel that another honors program is a better fit for you, we can discuss transferring options on a case by case basis. Current honors students have priority access in transferring across honors programs if necessary.”</p>

<p>I dunno if there are any fellows-specific scholarships. I got a scholarship but I don’t think it’s related to fellows at all.</p>

<p>kamnn1, thank you for the information! It is really helpful:) Have you decided to accept UT austin? I actually went and talked to the director and one of the students in the program and my parents and I really liked the program and all that it had to offer me. I am planning on going to UT instead of a school that I got a full ride in- we think it is worth it.</p>

<p>@kamnn1, where did you read that paragraph about transferring?</p>

<p>^ No, I’ll probably be matriculating at Rice. I would’ve given UT serious consideration, but I didn’t get into Turing Scholars, which is really the main program I wanted to be in, so yeah.</p>

<p>The paragraph I posted was the response from Ms. Goessling, the person who sent us the CNS honors decision.</p>

<p>tuttifrutti24, could you tell me a little of what you learned about the program from talking to the director? I’m currently debating between UT and another school, and want to know more about University Fellows before deciding.</p>

<p>What other school are you debating between? What are your future goals- Pre-med? The program seems amazing from what the student and the director talked about. The University Fellows basically allows you to create your own field of study- and to achieve that the first year or so, you are put in philosophy classes, research classes and a lot of discussions and forums that will help you decide your topic and area of interest. With the help of the faculty, you can create a minor. For the process, you would need a lot of communication with many faculty members that can give you more insight about your specific minor itself- which is a bonus itself. They have a great network system that lets you get shadowing opportunities if it will help your minor, internships, study abroad programs, go to conferences anywhere, go on trips that could help you shape your minor. Besides all of this, you get your general honors perks like dorm eligibility, honors classes, priority registration, and more. Okay, I hope all of that made sense.</p>

<p>I’m deciding between Carleton College, UT, and Abilene Christian University - all very different schools, but there are things that I like about each of them. My goal is medical school, so I’m trying to determine which school will support me the most on that track. I’m attending Explore CNA Honors next week, so hopefully that’ll help me decide. Have you decided on UT yet?</p>

<p>Congrats! That is amazing! I really don’t know what to tell you, I feel like any one of the colleges you choose to go will be amazing for medical school- especially in the sense of getting a well rounded undergrad experience- something medical schools stress alongside mcat and gpa. Well I hope you like campus next week when you go visit. Did you happen to get the honors open house event email for april 12? I haven’t decided yet, but I am leaning more towards UT austin right now! Good luck:)</p>