International Business

ndabunka
Thu, 13 Mar 2014 22:08:39 +0000

Interestingly my son was also a direct admit Freshman into IB but we did not get any indication of being considered for any of the merit “McNair Finalist, Honors College or Capstone Scholar” programs…yet. But then again, we are out of state so perhaps they hold off on such notifications for OOS students until they make those awards (today and tomorrow according to the USC site)

We suspect that he could potentially get the Capstone but he got one of the “strong competition for the honor’s college” letters last month so hopefully atlkaw6’s guidance is on target and if so then that would mean that he would get the capstone. We are still waiting with fingers crossed to learn if he will get any merit award.

We did see the grade requirements for retaining the IB opportunity and I think I posted back in December that the minimum 1st year GPA had been raised to something like 3.65 (from 3.60 in prior years). We know how difficult it can be for a incoming freshman to sustain a good GPA so we plan on staying involved with him to make certain he is doing his best giving him the opportunity to continue into the IB school as planned