Anyone hear about Tier One Scholars yet?
How do we apply for Tier One Scholarship. Is it on invite basis or we have to explicity apply. He just got a regular mail with admission notice to Honors program. We are still waiting on HBS and direct med program notification. He also got $8500 / Year AES. He is NMS. I am assuming he should get that if he marks UH as a first choice. NM Scholarship has full tuition but no boarding. Tier One seems to be a better scholarship.
You should call admissions @AllenTx15 I think Tier One invitations have been decided.
@STEM2017 Thanks. His school does not rank. Not sure if that was the reason he did not get invite. We will call admissions office.
hi, im OOS, and was admitted and just got my financial aid to be viewed online. was only given options for loans. how were you notified of scholarship??
S got a snail mail letter with AES award of $4500/yr. plus in-state tuition.
Give them a call if you think you should get merit-aid.
What state are you from?
NY
Thank you for starting this thread @STEM2017 !
My DD is looking at selecting room in UH freshman dorms. Does anyone have selection tips for the dorms and desired locations/floors?
@texaspg - are you a moderator that can get a college forum created for UH? all other colleges have their forum, not sure how to request one for UH. Would you know?
@STEM2017 There’s also the Honors College Scholarship. Your son will need tp attend an Open House and submit a letter of recommendation and updated resume. Here’s the wording in my daughter’s letter. She attended the January Open House and we are instate.
Scholarship Competition Reminder: Students attending the Open House are encouraged to participate in the competition for an Honors College scholarship in the amount of $6000 ($1500 per year for four years). In order to compete, students must bring an extracurricular resume and one sealed letter of recommendation to the Open House. Students must attend the Open House and must apply to The Honors College (via the Honors check box on the ATA application or at www.thehonorscollege.com/apply) no later than February 1.
Thank you @Mum3kids ! He will be there, resume in hand.
All the best to your son and don’t forget the sealed letter. We were told that because of their marketing efforts this year, they received lots of applications and are struggling to cope! UH was not on our radar until our GC went on a tour and came home singing the praises of their Honors College.
Yes, he will have the sealed letter as well - thanks! The Honors College is highly praised in John Willigham’s “Top Honors” book. The school is very affordable for us. We’ll know alot more after the visit.
“The school is very affordable for us. We’ll know alot more after the visit.”
Don’t let the crappy neighborhood to the north of the school deter you from UofH. Your son will never have a deal with the folks over there.
Had an excellent visit with UH. We attended the Honors College Open House and the Engineering School Admitted Students Day. Both events were well organized and well attended.
I was very impressed with the design of the Honors College curriculum and how it is FULLY integrated with the student’s major. S will need to take many core courses for engineering and he will be able to take them in the Honors College - for example Accelerated Calc 2 & 3, which briefly reviews Calc 1, then moves on the Calc 2 & 3 over the course of two semesters. These classes will have 25 Honors students max, compared to 200+ at the regular college. Same is true for Intro to Engineering, Physics, and Chemistry. The Honors College does not have a boatload of “extra” work for the students - they just truly enhance the courses required for all students. Honors students live together in a relatively new dorm for their first and second year. The facilities were good (not great) but getting better. Dean was very excited to have a NYC student at the event - he pulled my S aside for a nice 15 minute chat about the College.
The Engineering Admitted Students day was informative and genuine. They know that they are competing with UT and Rice and they work very hard to impress upon prospective students that if you apply yourself, you can have as good an experience as any student at those other schools. I believe this to be true, especially considering their research opportunities and their placement/salary statistics. All engineering students take an introductory course on engineering to help them decide which discipline they should focus on. For Honors students, this course is much smaller and more personal and very hands on and interactive. My S is interested in Aerospace/Mechanical but he may change direction after a full semester or two learning about the different disciplines - I like this approach.
With scholarship money, S’s all in cost for UH will be about $14,000 a year. An excellent bargain, IMO.
The commuter/suitcase feel was real. One event was late on a Wednesday night, the other on a Saturday. The campus was relatively empty on both occasions and several students noted that many kids go home after class and/or on weekends. This is disappointing, but something they are ambitiously trying to change at UH.
Bottom line: We walked away feeling much better about the school than we did walking in. UH climbed a couple of rungs on his list.
Happy to entertain any questions about UH.
I sent in my application in December end, by what time can I expect to get the application decision? I am an international applicant applying as a freshman. Also, I when do they give out the Honors College decisions? Hoping to hear a reply soon… Cheers! 