Reconstructing "A Great Alternative - Tech's Honors College"

lonestardad
Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:00:58 +0000

The College Confidential database lost the last three days of posts including the post, “A Great Alternative - Tech’s Honors College”. I “cut and pasted” my original post. If interested in reading more of this thread (including others comments and information about the Honors College), use the CC Search function inputting “Texas Tech Honors College”.



As a parent of a rising sophomore at Texas Tech’s Honors College who has had a wonderful experience there, I believe Tech’s Honors College can be an excellent choice for many very good students (top 20 percent of class or higher and SAT’s of 1200 or higher). There are approximately 1,000 students in the Honors College which includes among its offerings: special admissions criteria to Tech’s Medical School (with minimum 1300 on old SAT or 30 ACT) where no MEDCAT exam is required; a 3:3 program with the Law School; faculty whose only appointment is in the Honors College (one of only four universities nationally that do this); and bachelors programs designed only for honors students such as a general liberal arts major; Natural History/Humanities major; etc. The average SAT for entering Honors freshmen is 1325-1350 on the old scale, but those with lower scores are often admitted as well since the Honors Admissions Committee genuinely considers the “whole person” (EC’s, essays, grades, and scores) when making its admissions decisions. Again, this is from personal knowledge. If you’d like to know more or have specific questions, just pm me or post on this thread.