Does anyone know when the invitation to apply to the honors college is sent to students?
^Also wondering this.
I just found this on the NC State website:
Any student that has been accepted to NC State and meets two of the following three academic criteria will automatically be sent an invitation to apply:
1350 SAT (Critical Reading and Math only) or 30 ACT Composite
4.75 weighted GPA or 3.8 unweighted GPA
Rank in the top 5% of graduating high school class
A couple of weeks after admission. The due date for applications was in the middle/end of Feb, I think. The program is amazing, my son absolutely loves the opportunities!
Last year the applications came out a couple weeks after acceptances came out, the due date was in late February, and acceptance to the program came out around Easter. I’m currently in the honors program and I love it so much! Let me know if you have any questions about it
I just completed AA form wake tech, and taking calculus in the spring so that I can transfer to N.C. State business school in the fall 2019. Is there any way I can take some 300 level business classes in the spring so that I would have a leg up when I transfer to NC State in the fall ?.
The Honor’s Dorms are the smallest on campus. The joke on campus is that no one else will live in them so they assign Honor program students to them.
Pretty sure they are bigger than the tri-towers, plus they do have their own cafeteria.
Honor’s Village is about 150 square feet while one of the TriTowers is about 208 square feet.
honors at State is wonderful. amazing benefits. the housing is inconsequential
great info, thanks
@ToddinRaleigh - That’s only one of three buildings, Berry, I think. The other two, Bagwell and Becton, are 17’x12’. My son was selected an Honors fellow last week, and will be living there. He went and checked out a room, it’s more or less the same as Tucker/Owen (which you will see in the tour).
In general…most if not all of the Honor’s designated dorms are smaller than the other dorms. Bragaw is longer and over 3 feet wider. That’s just an example. My point is not for this to get out of control but just be aware that the honors dorms, as prior poster said, is not important in the overall decision. They are smaller and for 14 weeks size will matter.
So are there current honors students who can say what the benefits are to honors PROGRAM at state? It is not a college, so that is an important distinction. What do you get from it? Any added merit money available, priority registration, etc. Any extra fees required? Thanks so much!
@tonils - My son was able to register for his second semester classes a good two-three weeks before his friends (also freshmen) were able to. I’m not sure if it is because of being in Honors, or registering by the number of credits you already have. Pretty sure there’s no “merit money” associated with UHP/USP, but he was invited to apply to be an Honors Fellow, and was chosen. There are 16 fellows, I believe, and along with some perks like free ResNet, there’s a $2,250 stipend. The Honors seminars are extremely diverse (subject-wise). Also, you don’t HAVE to stay in the Honors dorms- DS is in Bragaw currently, only has to move into Honors dorms because he accepted the Fellowship. We thought there was a fee, but were not billed anything- Or, maybe the fee was for Honors Carolina at UNC, we did pay that for his twin.
@tonils the best perk is you get to register before every other undergrad. You get to choose which classes and sections/proferssors you take. HUGE perk. Better than UNC honors by a thousand mypack has grade distributions and combined with ratemyprof makes sure you get exactly the kind of class you want
I think some invites went out Friday via email. My daughter got one. Honors app is due March 3.
Sorry I’m just not an advocate of the Honors program unless it is reducing your COA bill. Employers rarely find those extra classes as a huge deciding factor when evaluating applicants. Small dorms. Getting to register first is only important in the first few years with the general ed classes. Once you reach your major classes, it’s not important. All this from an Honor Student Graduate.
Hi @ToddinRaleigh – I PM’d you a question. Please check your inbox when you have some time. Thanks!