<p>I've gotten into both, but I feel like I'd have a better chance at getting into honors at FSU via petitioning. My SAT score is a 1990/1300, and I'm in the top 88 percent of my class. I have a strong feeling I'd get in to FSU Honors but I don't know if I'd get into UF Honors.
I want to major in Psychology and eventually move on to medical school to become a Psychiatrist and I was just wondering if UF or FSU was a better choice for that.
I have a good number at FSU for housing, but I still need to send my UF housing fee in, which makes me think I'll get a crappy dorm.
Your thoughts?</p>
<p>Here’s what’s required for UF honors program admission:</p>
<p>•Invitation Students who meet certain criteria will receive an invitation to apply to the Honors Program with their acceptance to the University. These students will use our regular application for admission.</p>
<p>(one time sitting ACT score of 33 or above w/ writing) or SAT score (superscore allowed) of 2070 w/ writing.) Also, 4.0 or above weighted UF GPA.</p>
<p>•Petition Students who do not meet the criteria for invitation may still apply through our petition process. This will consist of an additional essay outlining the student’s reasons for wanting to participate in the Honors Program, what he or she will add to the program, etc. Students whose additional essays are scored highly will have their full application considered with the rest of the applicant pool on an equal footing (the review process is blind; that is, readers have no knowledge if the application came via invitation or petition).</p>
<p>The petition process is new to the program. Used to be that you could only do a lateral admission once you completed your first semester; this petition process allows you to be considered prior to your first semester. They are also changing up requirements for being in the honors program. For example, when d entered in 2009 you only had to do 4 classes within your first two years, and that was pretty much it. She did 3 classes and didn’t complete a 4th because she’s too far along in her major, and there wasn’t anything she could take that worked for her major. She felt she could live w/o a certificate of completion. LOL. She’s doing honors in her major instead, but I have heard they are revamping the honors program, which I hope they do. D’s brother’s at UCF, and he’ll be graduating this year, having been a part of the Burnett Honors College (which is a 4 year complete experience, and has been heads and shoulders above UF’s 2 year program in everything from total priority registration of every class from day one to upper level honors courses available in his major.) It would be great to see UF put more meat on the honors skeleton, too. :)</p>
<p>zebes</p>
<p>So you think the UF’s honors program isn’t that fleshed out?</p>
<p>Let’s just say, it’s not been comparable to UCF. BUT i do know that they are working towards revamping it. Maybe the changes they are planning will take into account some of the previous shortcomings. I will say she did get good advising for freshman orientation (as part of the honors group), and they were helpful getting her first semester classes onboard. After that … she didn’t have much contact with anyone as she was being advised by the ChemE advisor and quickly past gen eds and finishing pre-reqs and into her degree classes. I think, too, something to keep in mind, in UF’s honors program’s defense, is that d’s a ChemE major. My s was getting a BA in Economics. His major allows for more “elective” type of classes to flesh out his degree. Hers is pretty rigid once you are past gen eds and pre-reqs. But I will say, he had to complete 4 underclass classes, 1 freshman symposium class, and 3 upper level classes or seminars to be able to graduate w/ university honors. (while maintaining required gpa averages in major and overall). And the variety of honors classes (upper and lower level) available in every major is just much larger. </p>
<p>So, hopefully, UF will be addressing some of these things, too. :)</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>zebes</p>