Accepted To Honors College!

Zoeinnj
Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:49:16 +0000

My S. attends a well-regarded PA suburban HS, and also expected to be accepted, based upon his leadership, course selection, etc. Dean Brady even confirmed that test results weren’t considered, which made Schreyer very appealing for in-state, bright, high-acheivers who didn’t rely on standardized tests to get it.
Here is the irony, and I suspect that there is nothing an admissions committee can do about this: the three kids accepted from our HS DON’T EVEN WANT TO GO TO SCHREYER, and never did. They are going to wait for their ivy league letters to come, and applied to Schreyer because we live in PA and that’s what everyone does who is in the AP track.
As a parent, I wish there were some way that the Schreyer staff could discern the difference.
Also, as a response to toneranger: for kids who have only been in honors classes and AP classes for 4 years, to be in the general population of Penn State with all the kids from their HS that took one or two or NO honors classes, had no leadership positions, and really didn’t have to work nearly as hard to get there, is a step down, lets at least be honest about it. These kids that are really involved, work really hard, and do really well see Schreyer as the prize, not Penn State.