Anyone interested in Honors Program for 2010?

Mashedtaders
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:37:27 +0000

You should be aware that the Honors Program changed just this year. Instead of choosing classes from a list to take for your Honors Requirement, the new Honors students have to develop a portfolio over the entirety of their time here at Miami. This frees you from having to follow the Miami plan, but is developed to provide you with a liberal education. Essentially, the requirements as far as I can tell are not very clear, but what is clear is that you have to graduate with a 3.5 GPA to get University Honors and at no point can you have a GPA lower than 3.3 is any given semester. You can’t really slack off. When it comes to this “portfolio” it is really hard to tell what exactly needs to be done. There are really no time requirements for completing the “tiers” of a liberal education, but I have a feeling they will clarify that in the future.

If you have any questions about the Honors Program I am a part of the changed program, so be free to message me with any question you have.

-Debrockman: If your son is accepted into the Honors Program he is automatically accepted into the FSB. If he wants to get into FSB Honors (A completely different program from general Honors), He would have had to apply early. I got placed on a waiting list for FSB Honors likely due to sending in a late application. If he applied early though, he will likely get in. Also, your son’s GPA is good if it is unweighted or lightly weighted. Just make sure he gets good grades on the standardized test because he’s competing with a lot of 4.0 applicants.