International Studies major?

ilk07
Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:12:28 +0000

I don’t have any numbers, no. I am not in honors, nor have I ever wanted to be in honors, although I probably had a high enough GPA to be admitted after freshman year. But I live in honors housing and essentially all of my closest friends minus a couple are in the honors program. I know most of the rising seniors that have lived in honors housing (at least the boys), and I can say that they are a very intelligent group. I was also selected as a Dean’s Scholar this past year and can attest to the fact that the majority of Dean’s Scholars are in the honors program.

Research opportunities do often go to honors students (I’m assuming you are referring to Advanced Study Grants). But, leaving aside questions whether honors students are intelligent, this also seems related to the strengths of the honors program. All freshman in honors have a professor who knows them very well and who most likely has connections to other departments. This undoubtedly assists in finding research opportunities and procuring funding for them. I have been rejected for two ASGs, yet I did receive an undergraduate research fellowship this summer so I most definitely have not been shunned from research opportunities despite not being an honors student. Furthermore, I know of several presidential scholars who have been denied ASG funding; it’s a competitive grant.