<p>thank you so much. two last questions: would the subject of the applications of evolutionary biology be too broad? (i.e. try to integrate natural metabolism into modern machines, etc.) how many words should this essay be?</p>
<p>forget the evolutionary biology question, but does the essay have to be about something we plan to study? also, i still don't know how long the essay should be. thanks.</p>
<p>"500 words max."</p>
<p>^ My essay was above 600 words but I still got in. Its not a hard and fast rule, just try to avoid mindless drivel.</p>
<p>I got rejected. =(</p>
<p>I have a question: can I still take honors courses? I know most of them are reserved for honors students, but what are a regular student's chances of getting into those classes? Not courses like Great Books necessarily; just honors for specific departments...</p>
<p>I got in today and just enrolled! so happy!</p>
<p>you were offered honors?</p>
<p>@phantom: </p>
<p>Honors students are given priority for Honors classes. However if there were still to be space in the class , regular students would be able to take them.</p>
<p>I'm finishing up my freshman year in the honors college. I wouldn't be THAT upset about not getting in. Yeah, great books is pretty interesting stuff... but most importantly if you get the right GSI its a great GPA pad. If you get a tough GSI it's hell. I lucked out, but you may not be so lucky. </p>
<p>I took honors calculus 2 (applied physics) and honors economics as well. Honors calc 2 was extremely hard but the curve was very very generous. Honors economics was pass/fail.</p>
<p>South Quad is nice as well, but it's not the end of the world to live in the freshman dorms. </p>
<p>If you don't make honors, try to find some classes where you can read some Herodotus, Thucydides, Dante, Boccaccio, etc. Or try to get a override into Great Books, if you can. Some of the books are terrible, but some are ones that I will keep on my shelf the rest of my life.</p>
<p>Oh, and I came out of high school with a 32 ACT and very strong ECs. I think my essay got me in. It was a very heart-felt work about my parents pushing me towards medical school while I am very interested in astronomy.</p>
<p>how much better are honors dorms than other dorms?</p>
<p>Dorms are dorms. If you want to study, live on North Campus. If you want to have an all-around dorm experience with stuff going on all the time, live in Markley. If you want location, do Honors housing in South Quad.</p>
<p>The Honors dorms have great location...rooms are bigger than in Markley (smallest rooms), but honestly, room size isn't a huge deal. Another 15 square feet of space isn't that big a deal when you will loft everything anyways. Plus you are with the other honors kids, so you can study together.</p>
<p>I lived in Markley. I had a couple other Honors kids in my hall, and we did study together for great books first semester. Markley is by far the most social dorm because it is all freshman. It's a longer walk, but in my opinion, it was worth it (and it is good exercise.)</p>
<p>Oh, but as a sidenote, I heard that SQ honors housing has the highest MIP rate on campus...probably because they can't handle their drink.</p>