I applied to UM’s honors college and was just wondering if anyone is in it or knows how easy or difficult it is to get in? Also, is it a nice level of rigor compared to the general education? What are the benefits? Really just any info you want to share!
Thanks!!
Following…my son has also applied to the honors college and I was wondering the same thing.
From what I know and heard…they are topped ranked, smaller but very good. They
My son is a freshman this year at the Ole Miss honors college. I can tell you that this was not his first or even second choice school, but it has become an amazing experience, and he is very happy there. He is in the wonderful, new Honors College dorm. His room is 28 feet by 14 feet. It is huge. He has a private bathroom as well. The dorm has lots of study rooms. He loves it here. He took 11 hours of his first semester in honors classes and the other 6 nonhonors. They get so much extra help in honors and get the best teachers. It is wonderful. He won a freshman ventures trip and gets to fly to Harvard to do some research all paid for by the honors program. I could go on and on about the perks. My best advice is to go for yourself and meet the Dean. They call him DSG. You will be sold.
From mom529? Check out the post on here on Barksdale Honors College.
@raven2016 which dorm is the new honors college dorm? I knew there was an LLC, but I didn’t know there was a specific honors college dorm.
Thanks.
Wow, Ole Miss has not been on my radar. Sounds interesting.
@raven2016 it must be Minor Hall…
also Burns Hall and there is the Residential College complex. Also building more dorms.
Yes, Minor Hall and new dorm opening next fall ( I think 2). Seniors also have to do a thesis, which they display with others after they graduate.
Definitely worth a look with OSS scholarships too.
@maadsil I’m chiming in late here, but I think the minimum ACT to get in the honors college is a 27. As a practical matter I think you probably need a 29 or 30 to have a good chance of admission, and a 31 or higher with good grades ought to do it. These are just my guesses.
My son was dual enrolled a couple of years ago. In looking at the class schedule, one of the things I noticed is that in classes where there would be 50-70 students there would be an honors section with 12-16 students. These classes would often be taught by some sort of notable figure or a very popular professor. For example, I think Ole Miss grad and former Gannett president Charles “Peanut” Overby has taught an honors journalism class at some point. There have been special (and I think award wining) journalism projects that were for honors students only. In looking at some of these classes and their teachers I found myself thinking, “Gosh, I wish I could take that!”
I think students in the honors college get to register before anyone else. This can be important in putting together one’s schedule, particularly in avoiding eight o’clocks.
super cool!! thank you
I’m not at Ole Miss, I’m a Texas Tech University student, but I’ve heard good things about the Honors program (college) at Ole Miss. I’m in the HC at Tech & I can tell you it is great. You get smaller classes (usually under 20), the best professors, & some classes are only open to Honors students. In addition, you get many opportunities for research, & you are strongly encouraged to do research & study abroad. In addition, you get to sign up for classes ahead of the rest of the other student body, so you get first dibs. Here at Tech, every HC student that was going to attend study abroad was guaranteed some financial aid. I received $3.4K. I look at it as getting close to an Ivy league education (in terms of best profs & smaller classes) at a public school price tag. I would strongly encourage anyone attending Ole Miss to give it a shot. I’m sure there is just as good or perhaps even better than Techs.
My son will be in the pre-pharmacy program and doesn’t like English (reading, writing, discussing, etc) so we aren’t sure if he should apply as the HC at Ole Miss seems to be geared towards liberal arts majors.
Can someone give us the pros and cons of being in the HC while in the pharmacy program as we can’t find any pros for him to apply besides the possibility of more scholarship money?
No pros other than you son becoming more well rounded.
My daughter applied to Ole Miss back in August and she got an email this week saying she had been accepted to Honors College. I believe these emails were the first round of notifications. She is 4.25 GPA or something, and a 35 ACT. She got a nice automatic award due to being in-state and grades/ACT, but we are really hoping for a full ride with banking opportunities for travel abroad funding. Have also applied & been invited to TCU for an interview for their Chancellor’s scholarship. I have another child at Ole Miss who is a student athlete and I like to tell both my girls that the perks that my athlete kid gets from Ole Miss will be very similar to the perks my academic daughter would get in Honors College. Early move-in (and let me tell you…that is definitely a perk!!), priority scheduling, private study facilities, personal attention from someone who knows what they are talking about, dedicated dining facilities, and small classes. (The athlete doesn’t get the small classes part, but does get free tutoring if she needs.)
My son was also accepted into the HC this week. An email was sent and then a letter in the mail. I guess there were over 450 early applicants with a little over half of those getting acceptance. He’ll study mechanical engineering. Pretty well rounded kid though. We are OOS ( Kansas) and waiting on a decision for CME as well as some other competitive scholarships. We visited last July and are choosing between Ole Miss, Miss St, and Alabama.