<p>Can someone tell me what this is (stats needed to get IN?). Are you accepted the same time you receive your acceptance letter if you made it into the program? What are the advantages??? In general what is the program ??</p>
<p>THANK YOU</p>
<p>The VCU Honors Program is for relatively high-acheiving high school Seniors. You would basically be receiving an Honors degree for whatever discipline you choose to pursue. Prospective students must rank in the top 15% of their graduating class and a minimum 1270 SAT score is also required for consideration. Once you are in the program, you must maintain a cumulative 3.5 GPA to remain in the Honors program. Benefits include Honors housing, priority registration, exclusive seminars with leading lecturers etc. etc...</p>
<p>even i got in... but the due date is gone</p>
<p>Hey, applicant for class of 2011 here! Does anyone know how strict VCU is about Jan. 5 deadline for scholarships? My application will hopefully be in by then, but the other school stuff may be late but it will be before the reg. Feb 1st deadline. So if I apply after Jan. 5 will I not get a scholarship period? Even if my stats are good and I am a VA resident?</p>
<p>i hate this damn university</p>
<p>Actually the requirement that a student be in the top 15% of their high school class is flexible. That's what I was told by an admissions officer at the honors college. An unweighted HIgh School GPA of 3.5 and a 1910 on the New SAT is required for admission.</p>
<p>guitars_girls-
why don't you like vcu?</p>
<p>Is VCU a hard school to get good grades in. I am looking into their medical program... is this is a school that will be easy to maintain a 3.5 during college or do they like to fail you so you drop out of the program????</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>I'm a Richmond native and VCU honors was my second choice school (I'm attending University of Toronto instead). VCU is possibly the closest you'll get to community college admissions, but the school is pretty good these days. Don't do liberal arts or your degree is probably going to be a joke unless you do grad school, but for the sciences, especially pre-med and life sciences, it's pretty good. If you're good at the medical sciences (chem especially) a 3.5 will be pretty easy to maintain as long as you don't party your ass off the whole time. My friend was originally pre-med though and eventually had to switch to pharmacy because he was doing so badly in his chem classes (he came from IB and got the provost scholarship, just bad at chem). It's not so bad if you're committed from what I've heard though.</p>
<p>edit: and since no one answered this before- you apply to the honors college separately after being accepted into VCU regular, so don't count on an admittance letter from both at the same time.</p>
<p>It's a long neglected fact that VCU is #1 in the School of the Arts for Public schools and #1 in sculpture (Yale is #2). While their admissions are selective,
not community college admissions as stated above, the school is not a walk in the park. The professors are very serious!</p>
<p>great, i like to hear that</p>
<p>are they at all lenient with the sat scores?
if you have a 3.9 gpa and great ecs will they accept a little lower sat score?</p>
<p>no the 1910 sat and 3.5 is very strictly enforced</p>
<p>So if you meet these requirements, you are almost guaranteed that you are going to get in?</p>
<p>this guaranteed MD program is not worth it</p>
<p>I still am trying to understand the point of this program making students take upper-level science courses, beyond the minimal requirments needed for VCU medical school of one year of general biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics… with those upper level science courses (while any major is acceptable), it kinda forces students to become biology majors as those upper level science courses fulfill degree requirements</p>
<p>There are MANY MANY MANY students who go through normal admissions having taken only the minimal science requirements and pursue a major of their interest… And honestly, med schools dont care about whether an applicant has done upper level science courses… this is not like college admissions, where the course curriculum is also looked at… Med schools ONLY care about grades in general bio, chem, orgo, physics, MCAT, and EC’s… in fact, I believe non-science majors who have taken only a year of bio,chem, orgo, and physics and did well in MCAT get preference over science majors (who have done tons of upper-level science and math courses) because they are able to prove they are well-rounded students</p>
<p>And this program defeats the ultimate purpose of guaranteed admission programs… to allow a student to explore his/her interest having all ready been admitted to med school… but this program essentially forces students to become bio majors :/</p>
<p>Secondly, VCU med school is not a ranked med school. both UVA and EVMS are regarded better med schools in VA. UVA is nationally ranked… EVMS has a smaller class size and has I believe slightly higher MCAT than VCU</p>
<p>VCU undergrad is on the fourth tier of US News I think.</p>
<p>Honestly, there are many many many better guaranteed admission programs than VCU… And if you can’t get in those, I would take a higher ranked college than this guaranteed program and apply through regular admissions</p>
<p>this program just doesnt appeal to me… I went through normal admissions in college and got into med school… and i only did a year of general bio,chem,orgo, and physics
did well on MCAT
had good amount of EC’s</p>
<p>and did not have trouble getting into med school… and I had nowhere as good high school stats as you guys did, so if you get into say Brown/Brown Med GO!! Or any ranked medical school program say. But VCU/MCV… I would recommend going to a good 4 year college over this program and applying through regular admissions</p>
<p>I am saying this as a premed who has gone through college. I dont think high school seniors really know this, as they all just get attracted to this program because of all the horror stories they hear about how hard it is to get into medical school and this program gives you a guaranteed admission from day 1… if you do well people in college, and apply broadly, chances are you will get in…</p>
<p>And BTW, what is the GPA requirement to stay in this program? Because with your stats you can get into really get into great colleges, and if you get a 3.3 + GPA assuming you did well on MCAT, you can apply to just zillions of med schools…</p>
<p>that is my recommendation</p>
<p>thanks emirates 
i got into VCU a month ago and cant decide if i want to go there. Your comment made me feel better because like tons of other seniors i have to make a tough decsision where i want to go for college in fall and vcu was one of the top because of the medical graduate program i want to be part of… … but now i dont know if i want to go there now… tough tough decisions</p>
<p>Could someone please say more about the arts program at VCU? e.g., What makes it so great?</p>
<p>Hi - My daughter will be in the communication arts program this fall. I too would like to know more about the arts school in general. Also - - any recommendations on which are the better freshman dorms and which to avoid?? Thanks!</p>
<p>I know a kid in the arts and they tend to put them together in the dorms. I have not heard good things about the dorms–small, damp, cold. Unfortunately, they do have to stay in them freshman year. Nevertheless, most kids love their freshman year but are happy to move out for sophomore year. </p>
<p>I am also concerned but heard that the honors kids get better dorms…make son apply for honors is on top of the to do list.</p>
<p>excuse me applegum but VCU is the #1 public art school in the United States and #4 art school in the United States there admissions is very difficult when it comes to the art school sooooooooo no degrees from there are not a joke show a little respect and if it was such a joke why was it your second choice…not to be rude i just worked really hard to get into the art school and i was alittle offended by your comment</p>