<p>How do we know if we got selected for the Honors program?</p>
<p>from what I have heard, they send you a pretty card-stock invitation</p>
<p>does that come when decisions are released? I was a robertson nominee, or w/e ,so i'm wondering if that makes me a good candidate for Honors?</p>
<p>I'd also like to know...</p>
<p>hah UNC makes me feel so unwanted with only an explore carolina invitation + acceptance package a million years ago ;)</p>
<p>same here, annn</p>
<p>I found out probably a couple weeks after my EA acceptance. They sent a packet thing. It was pretty nice.</p>
<p>so its after they release decisions officially?</p>
<p>Yeah, definitely.</p>
<p>A friend of mine called the admissions office a few days ago. They said that they were done inviting EA applicants into the Honors Program, but will start sending out Scholarship Day invites and Honors Program invites after accepting the RD applicants. I know that's a little vague, but it's all I know!</p>
<p>For me, I'm thinking a few weeks after my EA acceptance, I was invited to attend Scholarship Day where they'd be evaluating us for several scholarships as well as the Honors Program. Then the day before Scholarship Day I received the Honors Program invitation. I have been told a few stories about that, many people at Scholarship Day, my mom says an actual admissions counsellor as well though maybe she was misquoting him, said that everyone invited to Scholarship Day was also invited to join the Honors Program. Some people, I think on CC, said though that that was not necessarily the case. At any rate, if you're invited to Scholarship Day, I'd say you stand a good chance of being invited to the Honors Program.</p>
<p>I'm sorry if my readability is a little low here, I'm rushing through this so I can watch my show Boston Legal!</p>
<p>I think cloying is probably right. I received a scholarship day invitation and my honors college invite about the same time. Also, I could see someone being invited into the honors college and not the scholarship day, but not vice versa. It doesn't really make sense why they'd do that.</p>
<p>I was invited to scholarship day, does that mean that I have made honors?</p>
<p>Probably, crazy88. If you go to Scholarship Day, you are definitely guaranteed at least $2500 in scholarship money if I'm not mistaken. Read the back of your Scholarship Day invite for the details.</p>
<p>im a pogue scholar and a robertson finalist...yet no honors invite...lol im confused!!</p>
<p>That's weird. Were you an RD applicant or EA?</p>
<p>We'll trade ya. ; p Our S rec'd Honors with his EA decision, but hasn't been invited to a Scholarship Day.</p>
<p>First off none of you should feel unwanted by UNC because they aren't bombarding you with cards, emails and brochures trying to resell you on the school. Most schools that are hard(er) to get into don't put that much effort into wooing once an acceptance has been made other than simply focusing on their respective accepted students' days. </p>
<p>In 2004 when S was accepted SCEA to Yale he got an email from the local admissions rep that was followed by the same thing in letter form a week or so after admission notification then NOTHING until notice of Bulldog Days in April. This is the case with most (not all) highly selective schools. The schools that put the most effort into this are the ones trying to improve their stats and rankings and the ones who see themselves as safeties hoping to woo a few of the applicants away from their first choice schools by showing them some added attention etc.</p>
<p>Honors is very selective at UNC limited to approximately 200 inbound freshman. Because the Robertson and Morehead are not solely based on scholarship (it's a component but not the sole component) not all winners of either scholarship are automatically in the Honors program. Scholarship Day does not also mean Honors acceptance.</p>
<p>cloying </p>
<p>Perhaps the session you attended was one that was only for those invited to Honors as well. I know the session we attended in 2004 was one of only two that had overnights offered (there were eight sessions in all) and at that particular session had been offered significant merit money of some sort. An admissions rep told me that they had different events for different levels of admitted students but that year only two like the one we attended.</p>
<p>Relaxdad</p>
<p>Have you spoken to anyone in the admissions and/or FA departments about the importance of merit aid in your decision? If you have substantive offers from schools they would consider peers (UVA,U Michigan, Cal etc) I am sure they would be willing to talk to you regarding things if it meant the difference in matriculation or not.</p>
<p>Thanks, EADad, but the word 'merit' leads me to believe that it would be a bit crass to try to "negotiate" a merit scholarship. He is NMF and will most likely qualify for the $1000 that UNC offers for this distinction, but we are OOS and had hoped for more. We'll see what comes in the FA package. He has some tough decisions because he's also a recruited athlete at some top LA's and got a likely at UVA as well. Waiting on a couple of Ivy RDs too. UNC is in his "Final Four" and there is still a round or two to play...</p>
<p>Relax</p>
<p>Honestly it isn't crass at all and happens every day. They (universities) all over commit on monies and have to wait until the dust settles before they know exactly where they are. Nonetheless, if it means losing someone to a peer school they will often times step up and increase the offer. Of course, they want to see the offer in writing but I know of many instances where the offers were at least matched if not exceeded.</p>
<p>I wish I would have the guts to pursue such negotiations, but feel that there are many students/parents in the same boat.</p>
<p>I'm a regular action applicant, so I'll probably hear about honors after the UNC officially releases its decisions...</p>