@SKOVIKES how did your friend find out about honors Carolina?
Personal email my guess is they haven’t sent all out, but that may just be wishful thinking.
Son got into the Honors program (which is roughly 10% of the incoming class according to the Daily Tar Heel). He was notified by an email to his personal account.
first off congrats!! I’m a little confused here…how did you make your connect carolina account?? when i log into mine it doesnt really show anything
Congratulations! Do you know around what time your son got the email?
Honors Carolina email was to email used for Common App and went to junk folder. So, look there too.
Has everyone only heard back about Honors? Any word on assured acceptance programs or study abroad fellowship?
Gotta be honest but surprised zero academic merit. Accepted to Harvard early action, 1550+sat National AP scholar, varsity athlete letter winner. Zero merit, zero aid…I guess we will be mailing care packages to Cambridge not Chapel Hill in the fall… dissapointed, really liked the school and community.
@UNCclassof2024 His email (forwarded to me) has a timestamp of 4:58pm.
@PAdude Insofar as I know, my OOS kid with similar stats, didn’t receive any merit aid either. Congrats to all that did.
@ridingthewave thanks for sharing that info! I hope you get something. Having an HYP acceptance makes attending UNC at full cost unlikely. He only applied due to fact they offer non need based merit. …of concern to me is that on Saturday (the day after acceptance) he received an email from financial aid the asked if his FAFSA was correct because it seemed to them the parental income was " unusually high" and that he should notify them of it was a mistake. I am just concerned that non need based merit is in fact influenced to a degree by financials. I just find the questioning financial aid email a bit unusual.
Similar stats. Same ridiculous email. 0 merit. Congrats on Harvard!
Ditto on the email. It was my understanding that you had to do the FAFSA and CSS to be considered for merit and then they LOL in your face because you filled out the FAFSA for need based aid. We always knew we didn’t qualify for need, but definitely would have liked some merit.
Daughter received invitation to Honors Carolina. Email came just before 5pm EST.
DD (in-state) got the “Congratulations: You have been selected to join Honros Carolina” just before 5pm today. Not much details in the email other than “Formal invitation will arrive soon, in the meantime check out website”
You can apply Honors Carolina. Every student who is accepted for admission to Carolina has the opportunity to be considered for Honors Carolina (more details available here). Students who are invited to join Honors Carolina typically receive an invitation within two weeks of being admitted to the University. Students who do not receive an invitation from us within two weeks of admission to the University may apply to the program after completing one or two semesters at UNC Chapel Hill as indicated below.
First Year Students
Students who are not invited to join Honors Carolina as incoming students in Fall 2020 may apply to join the program in January 2021 by completing an online application. The application must include a recommendation for admission from a UNC faculty member with whom you have studied.
Online Application Form (available on Friday, January 8, 2021)
Faculty Recommendation Form
Deadline: All materials must be received by Friday, January 22, 2021 at 4:00 pm
Second Year Students
Students may apply to join the program by completing an online application at the beginning of their second year. The application must include a recommendation from a UNC faculty member with whom you have studied.
Online Application Form (available on Friday, August 28, 2020)
Faculty Recommendation Form
Deadline: All materials must be received by Friday, September 11, 2020 at 4:00 pm
Transfer Students
Second year transfer students may apply to join Honors Carolina by completing an online application and submitting an official transcript from your previous place of study.
In addition to the application, you must also have a recommendation letter from a faculty member with whom you have studied. Letters from faculty at other colleges and universities must be written on official university letterhead and should be sent to the address below.
Online Application Form (available on Friday, August 28, 2020)
Deadline: All materials — including faculty recommendation letter and official transcript — must be received by Friday, September 11, 2020 at 4:00 pm
Additional Opportunities to Get Involved in Honors Carolina
Honors Carolina Courses
If space is available, students with a 3.0 GPA may enroll in Honors Carolina courses. More than 200 students each year are introduced to Honors Carolina courses this way. View courses.
Senior Honors Thesis
Students with a 3.3 GPA at the completion of their junior year may elect to complete a Senior Honors Thesis and graduate with Honors or Highest Honors. Students do not have to be a member of Honors Carolina to complete a Senior Honors Thesis. Learn more.
My daughter got accepted to honors Carolina, OOS, no scholarship. SAT: 1550, GPA: 4.45 (UW), great essays, national and state award winner…,
I got accepted into their honors program, selected as a finalist for Chancellor’s Science Scholars, and received a renewable merit scholarship of $3000!
Selected to Accelerated Research Program. Did anyone hear back from Kenan Flagler?
is anyone else unable to login to MyCarolina? I was accepted, I set up my onyen and ConnectCarolina but cannot login to MyCarolina anymore and can’t find where to accept offer of admission.
My portal did this for a few days, and it switched over to my school email instead of the email that I used for Common App and college stuff in general. Give it a few tries/days and it will get back to normal.