<p>Hi everyone! I am going to be a senior and will be applying to colleges very shortly. </p>
<p>I take all honors classes and college level classes. I will be taking 2 a.p. courses senior year. My weighted average is over a 4.0.</p>
<p>SAT- 1250/1600 1920/2400
I am interested in the honors program, but I am unsure I will get in with my SAT scores. Any opinions on this??</p>
<p>I just visited UDel this weekend and really liked it. My only concerns are that it is a fairly large school. Also, it is a bit pricey because I am an out of state student. </p>
<p>For any current UDel students or anyone familiar with UDel, what are your opinions on the school? </p>
<p>You did not mention which major, if any, you are interested in. IMO with your current SAT scores you are in the borderline range for honors but you might have a shot if you write a good honors essay. If you could increase those scores by 50-75 points your chances would be much improved. Perhaps you might want to consider taking the ACT exam-some students do better on this exam. Take 5 major courses in your first semester your HS Sr. year, take as many AP and Honors courses as possible, work your tail off to get the best grades possible, and send them to UD as soon as they are available. If you decide to apply for just regular (non-honors) admission your chances of getting admitted IMO are good. I would suspect with your current stats you would probably get some merit aid but it hard to estimate how much.</p>
<p>UD is a medium to large (about 16,000 undergrads) university but because of the way it is laid out it feels much smaller. Most classrooms and dorms are within reasonably close walking distances to one another. UD is unique among State Flagship Universities in that 2/3rds of the students are from OOS (granted many are from NJ, PA, MD) but this still gives UD a feel slightly more like a private university than a school where 2/3rds (or higher at many state univerities) are all in-state. Intramural and intercollegiate sports are big and the number of clubs, social activities, sororities are too numerous to list. There really is something for everyone as long as you make an effort to become involved. Undergrad involvement in research activities are promoted and supported in many majors. It has the oldest and the one of the most expansive Studies Abroad Programs (all seven continents) in the country. Its academic reputation has been continuing to escalate (they had a Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry last year) and UD generally is included in most lists of so-called “Public Ivies”. I could list many more things that would support attending UD. IMO, if you apply yourself, you can get an education at UD that is equal to any Univerity in the country. Hope this info is helpful. Best wishes to you wherever you decide to go.</p>
<p>@Mwallenmd Thank you so much for that great answer! I am planning on majoring in something in business, or in international relations.
How much merit aid has someone in the past gotten with similar stats as me?
I am seriously considering this school :)</p>
<p>mint15, if you are serious about applying to the honors program, take the essay and priority deadline very seriously. The honors committee wants to know specifically what you want to get out of your experience in that program and the university, as well as what you will bring. Be very, very specific in terms of UD, not a generic “I want to change the world” essay.</p>
<p>@mint15- my D was accepted last year with similar stats to yours and received $3000 merit scholarship. She did not apply to honors. </p>
<p>My D was also accepted to Pitt, Penn State, Temple, JMU and Drexel. Interestingly she was also not offered honors at Temple. I believe they said their honors cutoff was 1300 M+CR. At a large university being in honors is a huge benefit because of smaller class size and priority class registration, as well as the opportunity to reside in honors housing.</p>
<p>In the end my D chose to attend Drexel - the two factors which influenced this choice were smaller class sizes and the coop program.</p>
<p>What impressed us most about UD was the pretty campus and school spirit. What was less impressive were the large lecture classes.</p>
<p>As far as large lecture classes and a State University(typically lecture classes can be upwards on 300 + students), my D never had more than 60 in her largest class in all 4 years at UD. </p>
<p>As far as merit money goes, OOS boy I know received 10K, ACT of 30, 8 AP’s, GPA of 94.
Another boy I know, SAT 1900, all AP’s (about 9 or 10 I believe) received 7K. Neither got honors, but I do not know if they applied for it or not.</p>
<p>Two girls sub 1800 but higher than 1700 SAT denied admission, No AP’s but school does not offer them, they were mid track in private school. This was class of 2012.</p>
<p>@samiamy- as to number of lecture classes, it probably depends on the major. My D would have been a psychology major and we sat in an the intro psych class which had approx. 350 enrolled. (The honors version of the class would only have had 25 students) Upper level non-honors classes in the psych major range between 35 and 50. This was a pretty sharp contrast from Drexel, where she will have a maximum of 25 students in her major classes.</p>
<p>it was also my understanding (though I could be wrong) that in fulfilling various UD non-major distribution requirements for graduation a student was likely to be fulfilling such requirements in fairly large lecture hall settings. </p>
<p>UD doesn’t notify until mid-March—which is much later than other stat unis-- so just keep in mind that you probably won’t know until then whether you have been accepted into honors and the amount of any merit scholarships.</p>
<p>@pamom59 Drexel was still a good choice! does your daughter enjoy it there? I mean, any big school you go to your intro courses will be fairly large, which I understand. The question then comes up if you are okay with that or not.</p>
<p>How does your D like Drexel? Also, you said she applied to JMU. Did she get good merit there?</p>
<p>@samiamy 60 students is not bad at all. Did your daughter like it at UD?
And thanks for that information. It will help give me a better idea of where I stand. Thank you! :)</p>
<p>@mint- my D will be a freshman this year so no feedback yet! as to JMU, she got zero merit awards. JMU OOS tuition, however, is less than UD’s. Just guessing, but are you from New Jersey?</p>
<p>@pamom thanks for the links! i’ll definitely check them out. I would like to be a business major (accounting or marketing etc.) or international relations.</p>
She loves, loves, loves it. She wanted a larger school because her interests require a course catalog with a lot of options. She looked at some other schools and liked them a lot, but on reviewing the course catalogs at decision time, she realized that just a basic selection of general courses in the humanities wouldn’t work for her.</p>
<p>Her SAT scores were 2060, but for the life of me I can’t remember the breakdown now.</p>
<p>My daughter never feels overwhelmed by the size because everything is broken down and she has a lot of advising. The professors are also very accessible and there is a lot of support in the dorms for freshmen. Not every school is absolutely right for everyone, but with her specific interests, UD was the perfect place for my D. But you know what? The support and options are available to everyone, not just honors program students. It’s a very nice program but the university as a whole is equally wonderful. I know plenty of students who didn’t choose the honors program who are very happy.</p>
<p>I learned something over the weekend that I hadn’t known. The large lecture classes utilize Course Capture and can be viewed online. The things you learn.</p>
<p>ok thats great to know. thanks so much for the advice! I read something that said that non-honors students got little to no attention, but i guess that is not true. Thats good to know.</p>
<p>And wow, technology really is incredible lol :)</p>
<p>What other schools did your daughter look at?</p>
<p>She almost went to Muhlenberg, which was very generous to her. That’s where the course catalog issue came in. Ultimately, D wanted to major in art conservation and UD is the place for that. It’s a small major that is spectacularly well funded. She’s double majoring as are many of her classmates. One (whose interest I share) majors in art conservation and double majors in history focusing on early American furniture. I find that incredibly cool. One of the things D liked about UD is the ability to double dip. By which I mean that if a certain grade is achieved (I believe C or above but don’t take my word as gospel on the grade), then the same course fulfills major and breadth requirements. That’s a wonderful thing, which we know because my older D’s school didn’t allow double dipping.</p>
<p>She looked at Lafayette, Elizabethtown, several SUNYs, and now I’m drawing a blank as to the rest.</p>
