UD Honors...possible?

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My D is a rising Senior, she has good stats but concerned her Test Scores may keep her out of Honors Program (hate the chance me stuff but here goes):

GPA: UW 3.8, W 4.5
Rank: 5/340
ACT: 31 (35,28,31,31)***taking again this weekend
SAT: 1400 (710 E, 690 M)
Rigorous Course Load: 8 AP all other Honors (aside from PE)
Varsity FH (Captain): 3 years, County recognition, State contender team
Varsity Ski Racing: 4 years, state contender team
Multiple Honor Societies (NHS, Math, German, Science): Pres of German HS
1st Chair French Horn, Wind Ensemble 4 years in nationally recognized music program.
Volunteer Hours (Animal Shelter, Tutoring, Youth Coach for Field Hockey), Varsity Club
Girls State participant (coming up)
Summer Science Academy w/ Drexel University
Multiple part time jobs (catering and retail)
Senior Schedule: AP Calc BC, AP German, AP English, AP Econ, AP US Gov, Honors Anatomy/Physiology, Wind Ensemble, PE

Intended Major (on the fence cosidering all of the following at UD…it does change regularly at this point though)

  1. Economics and Russian 2. Int’l Business and Russian 3. Cog Science and Russian (has also been Chemistry, Enviro Science among other things…she’s still figuring out here passions).

Hook: This may be a hook? Parents are Double Dels (graduated Udel, got married and here we are).

Thoughts? thanks.

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I got into honors and I got a 32 on my ACT and had UW 3.6 average so she should be fine. My parents are Double Dels too :slight_smile: (I don’t think it’s a hook)

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Hey thanks @kfmaguire! My daughter actually got her new ACT results and she’s at a 34 so it sounds like she stands a good chance!!! Are you an incoming freshman to UD? I’m curious what you think of the Honoros Program! What is your planned major?

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@kfmaguire We are interested too! Any information on Delaware’s honors program would be terrific. S19 looking for OOS public flagships with strong honors programs - dedicated housing, classes, etc.

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@AmyBeth68 I’m an incoming freshman so I can’t really speak from experience on the Honors college but its been good so far! Priority sign up for classes, great housing, smaller classes, etc. I am an incoming pre-veterinary and animal biosciences major.

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@AmyBeth68 also, w ur daughter’s scores, she might be in the running for some merit aid! I got the Presidential scholarship based on my scores

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@kfmaguire that’s great and congrats on Presidential Scholarship! I wish you the best of luck as you head to UD. My college roommate at UD was also a pre-vet/animal biosciences major and now she is one of the foremost veterinary authorities on alpacas and llamas now! You’ll get a fantastic education at the university. Thank you so much for providing us with great information. Enjoy the rest of your summer!