<p>My son did Scholars and a friend’s son did Virtus. My friend’s son really liked Virtus a lot - all the bells and whistles to make the transition to college and engineering go smoothly, and then some. There are a lot of similarities in that both programs do address job prep (resumes and other career prep), and have some organized study sessions. </p>
<p>Virtus, however, is more centered on additional support specifically for engineers such as taking classes together but instead of having an additional topic (like science, discovery and the universe or business, society and economy for example) the themed learning that augments their education is directly related to engineering. </p>
<p>FYI, there are lots of students that are invited to Scholars or Honors that are NOT directly admitted to Clark and start out in Letters and Sciences, so the direct admit to Clark is actually tougher to get. I think Virtus (and Flexus) are awesome programs (LLC’s) for engineering students.</p>
<p>Here are some discussion threads that might help clarify.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-maryland-college-park/1455365-attn-engineers-special-living-learning-program-for.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-maryland-college-park/1455365-attn-engineers-special-living-learning-program-for.html#latest</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-maryland-college-park/1456628-scholars-vs-virtus-for-engineering-students.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-maryland-college-park/1456628-scholars-vs-virtus-for-engineering-students.html</a> </p>