<p>I wasn’t accepted into BC’s honor college.</p>
<p>Will this take away from my experience at all? (i.e- ability to partake in research, prestige that goes with BC, etc)</p>
<p>LoL, no, not at all. Prestige of BC doesn’t come from the Honors program. And you can definitely get research and stuff. The honors program does not have a monopoly on those opportunities, trust me.</p>
<p>Would I miss out on anything? I just don’t want to feel as though I’m going to be seen as some average student or not have the same offerings as honors college students. haha.</p>
<p>The only thing I can think of that you’d miss out on is the “honors class” which gets rid of philosophy and theology cores in one class. Actually, that’s pretty much what the “honors program” is - a class. I wouldn’t really view this as a huge loss; it’s not like normal classes (which honors students are in) aren’t interesting or challenging. Being in the honors program won’t really get anyone much further than that; sure, it may look good on paper, but it doesn’t mean anything if you didn’t perform well in college (which “normal” students can do, too!) In regular classes (aka classes that are not the “honors class”), professors do not care whether you are ‘honors’ or not, and it’s not like honors students are the top students in every class anyway (there are “normal” students who outperform them, believe it or not…). So, are you missing out on anything amazing here? I certainly don’t believe so. Are you not worthy of being in this program if you are top 6% instead of top 5%? I don’t think so. At the end of the day, it’s just a way for the school to attract the most competitive side of the applicant pool to the school.</p>
<p>i’m going to bump this.</p>
<p>I think NRG was pretty comprehensive.</p>
<p>I believe you may apply for Honors as a sophmore if you still feel you would like to be in the program.</p>
<p>hey, I am an incoming freshman and I was worried about not invited to the honors program as well. I just though I ought to share what I know… Only 10-15 percent of all applicants are offered a spot in the honors college… so, with how competitive the BC applicant pool is in the first place, you really shouldn’t feel bad about this…</p>
<p>Also, it IS possible to get into the honors program of a specific department… I really don’t know the details of this process, besides for the fact that you obviously have to excel in the class once you’re at BC… it all comes down to how hard you want to work I guess.</p>
<p>Sorry, there are probably a lot of gaping holes in my response… but when I learned these things I wasn’t quite so disappointed…and ended up choosing BC anyway! Hope this helps</p>
<p>Actually, handiman, I believe it’s only 5%. And technically it’s not even just the top 5%, because if you look at the website, they mention how people who have done interesting things in high school, like starting a literary magazine, are invited as well. </p>
<p>Each major has an honors program which anyone can get into usually junior/senior year (depending on the major) and that is based off of how well you do in the classes for that major and being nominated.</p>
<p>I’m also a high school senior, not totally sure if I’m going to BC yet though. But yeah I wasn’t even top 5% of my high school class and I got invited to BC honors. I really don’t see the big deal beyond saying I was top 5%, it’s just a class and a separate dorm if you want from what I know. Chances are that you’re miffed that you didn’t make it in, you’ll do better than me haha</p>