<p>I received an email today telling me I qualify to apply for LSU's Summer Opportunity Program, a summer program paid for by LSU where students can earn 6-9 hours of credit.</p>
<p>It looks like a good deal, but I am unsure of whether or not I would fit in based on the admissions criteria:
-Expect to major in a highly-selective college or department;
-Admitted by committee or in a special talent category;
-Earned an ACT score of 22 or below.
-Admitted to LSU without one or more of the required 17.5 academic units</p>
<p>I have a 32 ACT, 3.8 GPA, and am definitely not lacking any core units. I am, however, majoring in a highly selective college (business).</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me more about what this program is and who it is for? Is this something a high-ability student would be interested in?</p>
<p>I believe that program is for students who are pegged as unlikely to succeed, so this program is sort of used to help acclimate and give these students a bit of a head start.</p>
<p>I do not think this is for you and I’m not sure the email was correctly directed towards you.</p>
<p>I got this as well and I have a 31 ACT, accepted into the honors college, studying business and directly admitted into the business college, and also enrolled in a very challenging college-prep curriculum during high school.</p>
<p>Recently, I graduated Magna Cum laude with honors.</p>
<p>This email makes little sense to me.</p>
<p>I called LSU and the email was not a mistake. Apparently you only have to meet two of the requirements. I must have met the first two.</p>
<p>There are 30 spots available and only 12 people have committed, so I was told I would most likely be accepted if I applied. However, I asked how many students have an ACT of under 22, and I was told “many of the 12.”</p>
<p>So I’m not really sure if this program is for me.</p>
<p>I would ask what credits you would earn. Unless they are offering something of use that will actually to apply your degree, the program wouldn’t be worth going to regardless of it being free.</p>
<p>For instance, if I were an incoming biology major and they offered me a chance to earn credit in ENGL 1001 (Basic english) or CHEM 1001 (Basic chem for non-science majors), I would decline because neither of those courses would even apply to my degree since I would need higher versions of them (ENGL 2000, and chemistry for science majors). So there would be no point in me wasting my time at school when I could be goofing off the summer.</p>
<p>But if they offered me credit in one of those higher courses that applied to my degree program, I might would just do it. It could help lighten your load since you wouldn’t need to take as many or may even help you graduate early. And it would be free.</p>
<p>it seems like a good thing, especially if they’re paying. make sure you can take classes that apply to your major.</p>
<p>especially do it if you weren’t planning something better this summer. personally, i’m taking classes this summer (before freshman year) through a different program and i’m thinking that it’ll at least help me get a feel for the campus</p>
<p>let me make that a bit clearer. it might not be <em>for</em> you, or students like you, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get a lot out of it.
it looks like you’ll take english and another class selected with a counselor, so i would take something that’s not in your major but that you’ll have to take in the fall otherwise. then you can have a light first semester. i know i planned my first semester to be easier than the rest between credit exams and APs. i’m pretty excited.</p>
<p>it looks like a sweet deal, but it might not be for you. but don’t let their intent of the program make you not do it. if you want to take english and some other class for nearly(?) free and come into the fall semester knowing your way around, i say go for it. what do you have to lose?</p>
<p>keep us updated on what you do!</p>
<p>Why not do it? It would be a great way to get some classes out of the way. It would also show on your grad school app that you’re willing to work hard and have initiative. In a college the size of LSU, you may find yourself having to take 5 years to graduate so you can get all your requirements in, so I would definitely take this opportunity. And they’re paying for it! Go for it!</p>