Accepted To Honors College!

icy9ff8
Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:07:36 +0000

Sandyrun of Post #4 above: With your stats, financial concerns should be a moot point as many colleges and universities will offer full tuition scholarships. You just need to look beyond Penn State which offers very little in merit scholarship money. To what other colleges & universities did you apply? Also, if finances are a major concern, the best colleges & universities offer the most generous financial aid typically (e.g., Stanford is tuition free for families earning less than $100,000 per year & offers free tuition, room & board to accepted students from families earning less than $60,000 per year). In reviewing earlier posts regarding your chances thread, it appears that you are weak in the areas of leadership & ECs. Although you look a bit like a serial joiner, you have no accomplishments that show true leadership or passion, and this is probably why you were not offered a spot in the honors college. P.S. Many students do not understand fully what “leadership” means in the context of admission to the most competitive universities. Leadership is evidence of effecting significant change or accomplishment with a passion, project or organization; leadership is not simply joining a school group and getting elected as an officer–that is “popularity”.