<p>Congrats to all those accepted to UHC!!!</p>
<p>Right now, the program is in its first year of existence. I, along with many of my friends, really love it, but it is important to realize that it is not the best for everyone. </p>
<p>If you have any questions about UHC, ask them here! I’ll do my best to answer right away. </p>
<p>I know many of you have been accepted to some awesome schools, but BU is more awesome than you think :)</p>
<p>How are you notified of UHC?</p>
<p>UHC mailed out a letter to all accepted applicants on Tuesday. Also, when checking your acceptance status on applicant link, there will be a selection for UHC on the side, along with your decision, financial aid, etc.</p>
<p>There is no UHC tab. Does that mean not accepted into UHC? Already accepted into Schreyer Honors College PSU and Boston College Honors College.</p>
<p>Unless the system has changed from last year, that means you were not accepted to UHC. It is important to realize that the program is extremely selective; the class size this year is roughly 70 out of the 4,400 freshmen.</p>
<p>Okay, so I heard people in that other thread talking about how there is some overlap between CAS classes and UHC ones, or something to the effect that UHC classes took up too much time and prevented CAS students from having flexibility in choosing courses.</p>
<p>I’m going to be in the college of engineering; do you know (perhaps through friends in UHC) how this would be for me? Specifically I’m doing biomedical engineering. I’ll probably be busy because I’d like to try to get an internship in a lab as soon as i get the chance, but I did a lot of reading about UHC before/after I applied and it sounds like the seminar courses would be awesome to be a part of.</p>
<p>Michael,</p>
<p>I’m actually an engineer myself! I’m doing mechanical engineering. Some people in CAS who want to double major or dual degree have a hard time with UHC, since it can add an extra class to the schedule each semester. For engineering, however, it has really worked well for me. Instead of having a writing class requirement, UHC has something called studio, which is a lot more fun and less work. We also have to take a seminar course in place of the usual humanities requirement for engineering. Last semester I took Middle East, which was really awesome and had an amazing professor (and it was nice to have one non-ENG class). This semester I’m taking a class in Energy with a Nobel Laureate, which is absolutely amazing! </p>
<p>If you plan on doing pre-med and biomedical, you’ll probably have to take one class over the summer to fit it all in. However, UHC is completely worth it! We have opportunities to take courses with the best faculty, and in the future do funded research.</p>
<p>^Sheldon Glashow! Lol I read about that, and I’m planning on taking it! The Middle East one was my second choice! hahahahaha</p>
<p>Wow that’s awesome. I’m actually not planning to do pre med, so that course setup sounds pretty perfect. I’d love to take those seminar classes in place of the humanities req. Could you tell me more about studio?</p>
<p>Glashow is probably the coolest person you will ever meet. And Bacevich’s ME class is really great too.</p>
<p>The studio - UHC basically assumes you already know how to write. First semester, you do blog entries, build a portfolio, and maybe do some small writing assignments. No large papers. Second semester first half, there is a quantitative reasoning component (which was very bad this year, but we all complained and it will be fixed next year). Second half, we are blogging again and learning to write a short, five page research paper. I recommend taking Eubanks if possible.</p>
<p>Studio is so much better than the writing classes everyone else has to take - they have to write huge papers often!</p>
<p>If you are accepted to the University Honors College, could you expect to get the University Scholarship? Are we notified of that at admission? because i don’t see a link on the portal for scholarships of any kind.</p>
<p>Scholarships and UHC are completely separate. If you get into UHC, it does not necessarily mean you receive any scholarship from the University. Most of us in UHC, however, have received some kind of scholarship. If it’s not in the portal, you probably did not receive one. You’ll have to talk to the Office of Financial Assistance.</p>
<p>I’ll do that, thank you.</p>
<p>On a sidenote, how does the program of the UHC allow for double majors? </p>
<p>Better question, what do you think you got from the UHC that you didn’t from “regular” BU courses?</p>
<p>UHC will fill your GenEd requirements, which means that you wont be able to use AP scores to get out of them. Many people who hope to double major or dual degree use AP scores to get out of the GenEd requirements so they have more room for classes that will count toward the major. However, many double majors have overlap between classes, so it can vary on a case-by-case basis. I would definitely accept UHC, and our special advisors can help plan out your coursework and you’ll be able to see if it’s possible. Worse case: you drop it!</p>
<p>UHC isn’t meant to replace courses, but rather to supplement whatever major you are pursuing. In freshman year, you have access to really cool classes with amazing professors that most seniors can’t even get. You also don’t have to take the writing requirement. As you progress through your years at BU, UHC turns its focus to research, teaching you how to go about researching, exposing you to research in different fields, and even funding research ventures. Also, the UHC community is very close, and we are only 70 this year - out of over 4000. You make some pretty amazing connections, and will get opportunities that most do not.</p>
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<p>I’m sorry to hear that!</p>
<p>Hey, so i got in to the Honors College and that’s really exciting! however, on my financial aid tab, it said i was missing my CSS Profile, so the university could not award me any grants. Does this mean I won’t be recieving any sort of scholarships? what should I do? </p>
<p>also, for interests sake, how many students applied to BU this year, and how many were admitted to the Honor’s College?</p>
<p>~42,000 applied to BU
~70 admitted to UHC</p>
<p>@UHCstudent: As a UHC engineer, do you know if it would be difficult to work in a study abroad? And if so, are there any that you’ve heard good feedback about?</p>
<p>I believe there is supposed to be around 70 students actually enrolling in the UHC, so BU would have to accept more than that, depending on how many UHC accepted they think will actually enroll.</p>
<p>But even still, that’s something around the lines of ~42,000 applied to ~100-300 (just a guess) accepted to the honors college</p>
<p>McGill - you will have to go through the Office of Financial Assistance.</p>
<p>A couple hundred are admitted to UHC. The class size the University is aiming for is around 70 people. This is still incredibly selective (congrats!).</p>
<p>Michael - study abroad for engineers is usually done second semester sophomore year, but with UHC, study abroad is done in junior year. There is one semester - you get to choose- where there are no UHC requirements, and you can study abroad. I’ve heard some pretty good things about engineering study abroad, but it personally doesn’t appeal to me (though a lot of people will do it). You will get more info throughout freshman year, but there is plenty of time to decide.</p>
<p>I am still confuzzled with what advantageous the UHC provides. i understand there are interesting/amazing classes. However, if you could, please tell me how accepting BU/UHC offer will give me an advantage over normal BU acceptees in the 4 years that I attend BU?</p>