College Discussion - View Single Post - Another applicant rejected from all Ivies.

MidwestMom2Kids_ · 04-23-2008, 07:20 AM

At Texas, Plan II is both a major and an honors program. My recent understanding is that if you are applying for a job or to graduate school in Texas, it is considered to be prestigious to say "I majored in Plan II Honors at the University of Texas."

All of the honors programs at Texas (business honors, deans scholars/honors for natural science program, turing scholars/computer science honors, liberal arts honors, Plan II honors) have essay requirements; some also require interviews. My theory is that he did not particularly _want_ to major in Plan II Honors (a humanities/liberal arts type major) at the University of Texas and that this somehow came through on his UT Plan II Honors application.

I think Cal Tech sounds like a better fit for him, with his interest in engineering. But a kid who loves math and loves learning would probably love being a Plan II Honors and Math double major at Texas, for example. And UT gives money to national merit scholars.

All of the honors programs at UT offer special classes and special programs and help the kids find their way in a college of 50,000

04-23-2008, 07:20 AM	#71
MidwestMom2Kids_ Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Threads: 103 Posts: 1,261	At Texas, Plan II is both a major and an honors program. My recent understanding is that if you are applying for a job or to graduate school in Texas, it is considered to be prestigious to say "I majored in Plan II Honors at the University of Texas." All of the honors programs at Texas (business honors, deans scholars/honors for natural science program, turing scholars/computer science honors, liberal arts honors, Plan II honors) have essay requirements; some also require interviews. My theory is that he did not particularly _want_ to major in Plan II Honors (a humanities/liberal arts type major) at the University of Texas and that this somehow came through on his UT Plan II Honors application. I think Cal Tech sounds like a better fit for him, with his interest in engineering. But a kid who loves math and loves learning would probably love being a Plan II Honors and Math double major at Texas, for example. And UT gives money to national merit scholars. All of the honors programs at UT offer special classes and special programs and help the kids find their way in a college of 50,000 Last edited by MidwestMom2Kids_ : 04-23-2008 at 07:27 AM.