<p>Hey guys, I was in Freshman Science Honors 09-10. It’s a great program (very tough, but it curves well and you get labs of 8 students) and I’m glad you all are applying.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how competitive it was my year, but I was also a scholarship applicant who applied back in February my time. That said, I know a good number of non-scholarship students who were in FSH with me, so you guys shouldn’t worry about being disadvantaged because of that.</p>
<p>I was speaking to Judy Haw (the FSH leader) just last week and was asking her about the competitiveness of another program she is advising. She said she couldn’t answer that because it was the first year that program existed, but as an example she said “If you asked me how competitive this incoming FSH applicant pool is, I’d say pretty competitive.” Sorry I don’t have numbers for you guys, but that’s just what I heard from Judy 
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<p>I do think a lot of the admissions is based off of your AP scores; I don’t think I know anyone who didn’t score a 4 or 5 (leaning strongly towards the 5s) on their AP Bio/Chem courses; also, if you didn’t take either or scored below, you’re definitely going to be at a disadvantage if you do get in compared to the rest of the class. </p>
<p>Anyway, good luck and I hope you guys make it and do well!</p>