<p>3dogs3kids: My son was accepted with a 2030 on the SAT (770m, 620cr, 640w), 4.0 weighted, 10 APs, varsity athlete, other ECs. We thought his essay was good, and he’s definitely a math kid. Somewhere I read that many students have a 30+ on the ACT and near a 4.0 GPA. Don’t know if that’s any help.</p>
<p>@3dogs3kids (cute name, btw), I have a friend whose daughter is in the Honors College now. She and one of her friends had almost identical “stats” (I know they both had 32’s on the ACT) but the daughter’s friend was not accepted, so I definitely think applications are looked at holistically. The mom believes that there is much emphasis placed on community service. She said this was lacking in the daughter’s friend’s application whereas her daughter had a lot of community service. That was the only objective-type difference she really knew of. Of course, she did not see daughter’s friend’s essay either. </p>
<p>I have another friend whose daughter is in the Honors College whose ACT was a 29. However, I think she is a really good writer and had some wonderful ECs.</p>
<p>All that to say that, while I think objective stats <em>do</em> matter and there is probably a threshold to achieve in order to be considered, I think they are looking for “more.” I do agree with the numbers posted by momeads as a guideline. But I don’t think good stats alone are a guarantee of admission. </p>
<p>The fact that Ole Miss’s Honors College is NOT solely based on stats is one of the huge appeals of it, IMO. It isn’t just plug and chug numbers like so many of the other Honors Colleges are.</p>