Honors College Nonsense

VBCMom
Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:21:48 +0000

Rmldad,
Well, I assume you are referring to my post, as someone who had a child who was accepted to the honors program with a 30 ACT. I am sorry you are disappointed. We had a disappointment ourselves, as my child was wait listed for the honors program at another school!

In terms of her academic stats, I’m sure they may not be as strong as your child. I will say, on the other hand, that she is an exceptional writer. I am also quite confident that her EC’s are pretty unique.

I am also pretty sure that the honors program looks at many things beyond grades, since all these kids have strong academics. Who know? I would guess they look for diversity in location (and we come from a school and state that doesn’t send a lot of kids to Kentucky) and major and probably diversity in EC’s and volunteering.

Again I am sorry for your disappointment. The college app process is just as hard on the parents as it is on the kids, it seems to me!!!