<p>Since I am starting my high school senior year as a PSEO student at the University of Minnesota, I am very curios as to how the admission process for the UofM Honors Program works.
I know that all incoming freshmans are autimatically considered candidates for the program, but I am looking for more details about what the admission officers are actually looking for in a strong Honors Program candidate. </p>
<p>If anyone is knowledgeable about the UofM Honors Program, or is familiar with the admission process, please let me know.</p>
<p>Did you see the notice to PSEO students that the former “on the spot” admission system for PSEO students is being changed in some unspecified way? Your first step will be to apply for admission to the U of MN. It’s not too clear at the moment what the Honors Program criteria are.</p>
<p>No, I did not know that. I do plan on applying for the university soon, but I just wanted to be more well prepared to increase my chance of getting into the Honors… but thanks!</p>
<p>i have no data to back this up but i got the feeling that a big part of how they decided who got into honors and who didnt was ACT/SAT scores. i was valedictorian with pretty good EC’s and leadership positions, but a not so amazing SAT score (but not awfully bad either - i got 2000) and i didn’t get into honors.</p>
<p>Is the honors program really difficult or like a much bigger challenge than just going non honors? I’m assuming I’ll have a shot at honors, I’ve got a 34 ACT and 3.9something UW gpa, but just mediocre ECs</p>
<p>I think ACT (or SAT Reasoning Test) scores and a strong high school curriculum are the main way to stand out in the Honors Program pool, but I don’t know that officially. There used to be essays for selection, but that requirement appears to have been dropped since the new combined all-college University Honors Program was formed.</p>
<p>You do not need SATII reasoning tests for consideration for honors. You send in your application as early as possible and they let you know about honors, for the most part, fairly soon after you are admitted. The benchmarks used to decide who gets into honors are not specified, but high SAT or ACT scores plus high GPA and a difficult high school schedule seem to be what they are looking for at a mimimum. How EC’s play into that is unknown.</p>
<p>When would be a ‘early’ time to send in an application to the U?
Also, is it possible for me to send in the rest of the app soon and attach the ACT score later before the deadline and to still be considered ‘early,’ or is this not possible all together?</p>
<p>My ACT score was 34, UW GPA of 3.95, 9 or so APs, many leadership positions and several awards. I got into Honors but only in the last week fo April (literally less than a week before I made the final decision). I never figured out what took them so long. But at least I got in. There were people on CC whose stats were as good as mine if not better and they did not get in. I wonder if it varies by collage (eg CBS could be harder than Carlson) could be . In the end let me say this - every person I know personally (or on CC) who got into Honors deserved it but not everyone who deserved to be in was lucky enough to get in. Yes it is noce to be in Middlebrooke although I am not sure employers or grad school admission officers care about the Honors program.</p>
<p>An early time is as soon as the applications come out, which they did in July or August. If you visit the admissions website I bet most of your question could be answered regarding scores, etc. Everything is this process is front-loaded, from the submission of admission applications to housing. If you get into honors you would get into honors housing, in most cases, if you get your application in by the deadline. But to be sure, it is best to apply for housing as soon as you can, even before you have been admitted if the admission letter is delayed. Let me repeat again, for the best results, do not delay on getting anything submitted. Because the U’s tuition is pretty low for the big 10 and their out of state tuition is very good, the number of applications was up last year. With the state of the economy I would guess that will not change for 2010.</p>