<p>My son is entered AU in the honors program. At accepted students day, the dean of the Honors program gave the stats of the students they accepted. The average GPA of accepted students was a 3.85 (I think) and the average ACT score was 32.5. (Don’t remember the SAT score)</p>
<p>The students I met that day who were accepted into the honors program all had been also accepted into some great schools. For example, Barnard, Northwestern, Georgetown, William & Mary, were all from our lunch table.</p>
<p>The honors seminars/colliquia are interdisciplinary and very topical, and very interesting. We sat in on a simulated class on how to deal with the Economic crisis which will be taught in Sept. It was very good. </p>
<p>On the flip side, when my son stayed in the honors dorm, one of the students told him that the course work was easy. </p>
<p>The other part of the honors program is the scholarship. If you qualify for it, the Presidents award is $27,000 per year. Most honors students who choose American that I have heard talk say the scholarship played a large role in their decision.</p>