<p>Average??? Didn’t know Money Magazine top 8, Readers Digest “best in America,” and #3 in the nation for Fulbright Scholars made it average lol. Please give me an argument for that assertion. </p>
<p>I’m visiting for their special open house with current students. Should be fun. If I like what I see/hear, the first orientation is in late March.</p>
<p>Does UMD honors have their own gym and dining hall? I’m a bber…this is important to me. :D</p>
<p>I believe the “private gym” is a small fitness center near where you live I think you would prefer the SRC. The Epply rec center at UMD has rated as one of the top college facilities. I know many students who attend ASU and many that are in Barrett. When you get there take time to talk to students and ask what they think of the school and honors college. One of the biggest criticisms of Barrett is that its students are very isolated from the rest of the student body (dorm location, dinning hall, gym).</p>
<p>@tommybo Here is the info about applying to honors college after you matriculate <a href=“http://honors.umd.edu/prospective-current.php”>http://honors.umd.edu/prospective-current.php</a>
and here is the information for applying (or self-nominating in their terms) for scholars
<a href=“http://www.scholars.umd.edu/prospective/self-nomination”>http://www.scholars.umd.edu/prospective/self-nomination</a></p>
<p>@maryversity thx for the info, is engeering in the scholars program? </p>
<p>No, they are separate. Scholars is an adjunct program. Engineering is a major/school. You can be in one and not the other or you can be in both.</p>
<p>@tommybo - were you admitted to engineering? If so, see my thread about the special living/learning program just for engineers…(VIRTUS for males, FLEXUS for females)</p>
<p>frankly, tbb, 50 degrees is looking pretty good at the moment. I’ve heard a lot of good things about Barrett’s facilities. I’ve also heard that the Barrett people like to party as much as UMD’s Honors and Scholars and that the people at each school who are not serious about their studies can be a serious drag on momentum. Both schools seem to have their share of students who are just there for the bacchanalia. Not tearing down each school. Just pointing out that for all their honors/scholars programs these are still large state unis where the student body is more representative of 18-23 year olds everywhere and where you can still get a damn good education if you show some interest in doing so. </p>
<p>Accepted and invited to Scholars Program! Yay! Should the scholar program we choose concur with our majors? I’m actually quite interested in the Science and Global Change program but I’m a math major. However, the Science and Global Change program is sponsored by the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences which is my advising college.</p>
<p>Congratulations. My recollection of my son’s experience 6 years ago in scholars is that he chose and ranked several scholars programs, wrote a letter or an essay about himself, and then the scholars people put him where they thought he would fit. He was ChemE so it looked to me that they gave him something that would expand his boundaries. It had to do with philanthropy and public service. He liked a lot about the program, but most of all he liked being on a floor or three with some pretty darn smart and opinionated kids. It wasn’t like high school; there were no slow-witted or unambitious people in that dorm. He made most of his college friends either in that dorm or with people 1-2 degrees removed from that dorm. This is a round-about way of saying that I think that the scholars admins are looking to expand your intellectual and civic horizons, not reinforce them, if they get the chance. Society needs math majors who concern themselves with biodiversity, business ethics, and the politics of hyper wealth, for instance.</p>
<p>If accepted into Honors, when do we select our LLP?</p>
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<p>I +1 this to infinity. Dad went to West Virginia, graduated Cum Laude…now makes high six figs as an executive at Georgetown. He could be even higher up somewhere else, but he valued family life too much to take a promotion when available lol. It’s all about what you put into it. </p>
<p>so you could be going to Georgetown for r&b and books, tbb? all you have to do is get in? what to do about Barrett, then, eh? it’s good to be the king, kid!</p>
<p>I wish it were that way. I might get in, I don’t know. It’s not like I get a free in just because. </p>
<p>He just recently started working there and the discount is staggered by x years worked there. He wouldn’t get a discount until my second or third year and it would be a fraction of tuition. 4 years would cost ~160k-180k as opposed to 240k. You have to work there 10+ years to get the big discount. </p>
<p>What’s cool is they give 1/2 of that percent of Georgetown’s tuition to be applied at any other school. So if I get $60k off 4 years at GTown I’d get $30k for any other school. COA at Barrett is around $20k, so I’d basically get 1-2 years free there. </p>
<p>I think Georgetown is too competitive for me though. Pre-med is all about GPA and I don’t think going to a school where I’m in the bottom 50% is a wise decision. All the money I’d save would go to medical school and potential capital if I wanted to start a practice or buy-in after residency, or buy a house, whatever. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. :D</p>
<p>@golfmommy “How do you know direct admit business school?”</p>
<p>Your son is a “direct admit” - congrats! You know that because the advising school is Smith. If he was admitted to the university, but not Smith, his advising school would state Letters and Sciences.</p>
<p>Can someone explain the Honors College for Biology to me? My son applied to be a Biology major and was accepted into the College of Letters and Sciences. I’m guessing that means he did not get directly into the Limited Enrollment program. I read on the website that you have to be a sophomore to apply for the Biology Honors College. I’m confused by this…Does this mean he wasn’t eligible for Honors as he was a biology major and will need to wait until next year to apply? he has high SAT’s and a high weighted GPA (although his unweighted was average) his stats are higher than what I’m seeing many people reporting who were accepted to the honors program. Is this because it is more competitvoe for the Biology major?</p>
<p>there is no Honors College for Biology. There is a Biological Sciences major that is in the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. Then there is an Honors College consisting of a series of living learning communities where chosen students amplify their educations by engaging each other and selected faculty in gaining a broader and more civic education than they might have acquired by not participating in the Honors College LLCs. They can choose to take smaller, discussion intensive courses with faculty committed to the Honors program. So the Honors College is a little bit like a small college experience, some of the time, within a large research university. Certainly there are Biology majors among the Honors College students, and many of them choose to live and learn in the Integrated Life Sciences program which is housed in LaPlata residence hall.</p>
<p>That your son was not accepted directly into the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences means that he will have to apply for acceptance to it. The College of Letters and Sciences is where he has been assigned because there was not enough room for him in CMNS (his LEP) and where he will find his advisor. Here is info on making an “internal transfer” to CMNS:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.lep.umd.edu”>http://www.lep.umd.edu</a></p>
<p>He can also apply for Honors College after his first year: </p>
<p><a href=“http://honors.umd.edu/prospective-current.php”>http://honors.umd.edu/prospective-current.php</a></p>
<p>As for why he didn’t make Honors or the LEP, I would have no way of knowing, and I doubt anyone at CC could either. Stuff happens and sometimes it’s not fair.</p>
<p>Daughter accepted into Honors. Yay! She’s pumped.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info jkeil. I thought the application process was confusing - now that he is in, there are still so many things to navigate. I’m just glad he’s in. </p>
<p>I’m confused about the housing application. People were writing that they were filling it out as their kids were getting accepted. Don’t you have to wait until your child accepts UMD over another school? Once you accept UMD, don’t you have to pull any other applications that are still outstanding at this time? First timer here…wondering if anyone can lend some insight. Also - if your child is not in honors/scholars/living and learning…are they requesting a specific dorm or area?</p>
<p>deposits are non-binding in regards to other schools- I have already made a deposit to Penn State and Purdue to secure housing</p>