<p>I notice that Elon has Fellows programs in many areas. What is the experience like for students who are not part of these special programs? My daughter is interested in communications, but she just misses the standardized test score cut off to be considered as a Fellow. I worry that she will feel like a second class student.</p>
<p>Her other stats (gpa, etc.) are strong - I don't know if those cut-offs are firm or if she should still complete an application.</p>
<p>bubmom: my daughter is a freshman and she has not found that there is much of a significant difference between comm fellows and others in the comm school…they have their own sections of intro courses, have a few special trips/meetings, but honestly, they only number about 40 kids/ year (not an exact number) while there are 10 or so sections of the intro courses for freshman/sophs so you can do the math…I don’t know if this changes as they move up to junior and seniors and whether there are other opportunities that “regular” students cannot participate in that fellows can…but it certainly didn’t influence my daughter to attend (she is absolutely in LOVE with the program)</p>
<p>Hopefully another upperclass parent or student can weigh in here though…</p>
<p>yes, she should complete the application…my daughter was encouraged to do so last year even though she was under the cut-offs but could not complete it by deadline due to a death in the family…</p>
<p>My daughter is a sophomore (not in the Comm school). She is not a Fellow and only knows a few people who are. It doesn’t seem to make much difference to her - she definitely does not feel like a “second class citizen.” </p>
<p>I suppose the OP’s daughter could go ahead and fill out the application, but the competition for Fellows positions is stiff. My daughter was invited to apply for Leadership Fellows. She did, but was not selected - a LOT of people apply and only a very small percentage actually get into the program. That doesn’t seem to have dampened my daughter’s experience at Elon or her enthusiasm for Elon at all! But with that much competition, I suspect those cutoff numbers are pretty firm.</p>
<p>There are sooo many opportunities in so many areas available to all Elon students the hard thing is to decide which you have the time to pursue. (Sometimes I think my son is doing too much and yet I know there are things he would like to be involved in but does not have the time.) And the opportunity to develop good relationships with your professors is available to all. It is true that you get out of it what you put in. If she seeks out these opportunities she will have a terrific experience whether she is a fellow or not.</p>
<p>A friend’s D is a junior at Elon. She applied for the Fellows program but was not accepted.
It has not hampered her in the least. She’s doing research w/ a prof. in her major this sem. and is looking forward to Spring semester abroad in Ireland. She did the short winter term trip to Greece last year. She loves Elon.</p>