<p>My son was accepted to Rutgers (Math) and just got an admission offer for the School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program. He is an out of state student (PA) so our COA will be near 30K. Since we haven't heard a word about scholarships yet (just got accepted 2 weeks ago), can this Honors offer be a predictor that he will get a nice scholarship offer. His stats are; Math 790 verbal 740 writing 720 writing. I have no idea what his gpa is and since he's in a magnet school in Philadelphia (Central) he's nowhere near the top 5%. But virtually his whole school is the smart kids from philly who don't go to private school</p>
<p>As long as he applied by December 1, he should get some money, but they use a grid system (SAT and rank), so he may not get too much.</p>
<p>My daughter is from out of state and we did not recieve scholarship offer until march or april last year if you would like to know call the honors college or email them. I am so glad that she did the honors program it has been great for her. good luck</p>
<p>I've called admissions and financial aid, no info.
His friend who applied at the same time got her offer of admission (not sure if she applied or was recommended for the honors) school. She got the 10K per year award. </p>
<p>My son had 2250 sat (790 M, 740 V, 720 Writing), gpa is 3.9. His class rank is only 114 out of about 550. But he's in a magnet school with all smart kids so it's really hard to be in the top few percent. You'd have to have straight A's and be taking all AP classes.</p>
<p>I'm crossing my fingers. He's going to the Honors Open House on 2/23. I'm really hoping we hear something by then. I'm going to do backflips if he gets the presidential scholarship (17-19K) because that would assure me that we can afford college. We're out of state so our COA is about 30K</p>
<p>sueinphilly - Rutgers only automatically admit kids to honors if you are top 10% of class. It's all done by their computer program. If any of those fields (class rank, SAT score) is missing, then your app is kicked out. My daughter's school does not rank, therefore even though she has 4.0 UW GPA, she was not offered Honors Program. In speaking with the school, if you have a special circumstance, you could be nominated for the program by your CC or yourself. The deadline was Jan 28, but they have extended it to Feb 12th. It's not too late to fax your son's information over. Contact their Honors Program on their web.</p>
<p>Those qualifications must not be set in stone. They sent him a letter offering him admission to the honors. We didn't apply at all to be in Honors. Maybe his really good test scores and choice of major (math) helped.</p>
<p>The letter says "Congratulations on your acceptance to the School or Arts and Sciences Honor Program". All I have to do to assure his spot is send in the deposit. Now if only they would hurry up and tell us about scholarships!</p>
<p>sueinphilly,
I think your son should contact RU and speak with someone regarding the scholarship qualifications. In the past, RU has been very strict regarding rank. Your son does not meet that requirement (top 5% for Presidential, top 10% got less - SATs matter also but are just one component). To be honest, I think RU IS expecting Presidential Scholars to be taking all APs and getting As or close to it.</p>
<p>Your son should explain the academic standards of his school, in case RU is not familiar with his school (being OOS they may not understand how tough it is). Can't hurt to ask. You may need to back up your info with a note from the GC. If your son doesn't want to call, maybe his GC can call to see if he's being considered for a scholarship. </p>
<p>Good Luck. I know how you feel. My son is still hoping for some (any) merit $ from one of the OOS schools he was accepted at (and into its honors college). Sounds good but no $ despite 1560/1600 SATs, top 2% of class. Seems much harder to get $ if OOS.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how many students are in the honors program [for nthe school of Arts and Sciences] ? Also, is the work brutal or doable? Lastly, how is the honors housing. I see Brett hall is for honors students on CAC. Does anyone have any info on Brett? Any input from a current honons student/ parent would be great</p>
<p>You are automatically considered for the honors program by applying to Rutgers with a reading of 650 and total reading and math of 1350 with a top 10 percent. Anyone (guidance councilor, teacher, student) can nominate someone for the honors program.</p>
<p>I don't know exactly how many people are in the honors program, but the combination of the separate school into the singular School of Arts and Sciences has changed things up a lot. From the Rutgers website (my comments in (p))</p>
<pre><code>* special interdisciplinary honors seminars taught by leading faculty members (hard but very interesting. examples from this semester: Identity in Ancient Greece: Belonging and Otherness, Evolution and the language faculty, Math as Bio's new microscope, great american inventors and inventions, etc)
* honors sections of regular courses, many of which fulfill school distribution requirements (lots of available classes; hard, but good if in a class you like, you will need at least four of this and/or above)
* discipline-specific honors courses that fulfill major requirements (in your major = lots of fun. In Bio at least, professors like to ask brutal test questions, reward you if you can figure them out, but won't penalize you too much if you can't (huge curves). professors are really nice and always available for help)
* Honors Colloquia, 1-credit forums in which students attend lectures, film screenings, art exhibits, and other academic and cultural events on- and off-campus (new for school or arts and sciences, no comment; need 2)
* a Capstone Project typically completed in the senior year (doing this now, so can't say too much. I didn't know I would love research this much)
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<p>Can't say much about Brett, but I know some people who lived there. I lived in McCormick for two years, which combines honors students with upper classmen, on separate floors. The suites are situated as a box with two lounges on opposite sides. All our doors were usually open, and we spent almost as much time in that area between our suites as in them. Not to mention huge super smash brothers tournaments in the living rooms, which the dorms don't have. Oh, and private bathrooms. Of the 24 people on my floor, 22 stayed for our sophomore year. I still live with 3 others, with more living in the apartment across from us. If you consider yourself a very interesting and well rounded person, trust me, the rest of the honors students are even more so. Honors housing is one of the best parts of the honors program, whether it is in Brett or McCormick.</p>
<p>click here now:
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