While I think this is true about the honors, we were also confused, just as teachermom2834 was about Foundation Fellows. Do you automatically get considered if you apply EA, or are there additional essays involved to apply to the Fellows? Nov. 1 is a very tight turnaround from October 15 if there is more to write.
No reason to apply to honors yet. The UGA honors program accepts people directly without application from the EA pool. If she is accepted to honors this way, it will mention it in her acceptance letter and will also be available on her acceptance portal. If she is not auto admitted into honors, there would then be a separate application. If her regular application is ready to go I would go ahead and send that in if she wants to go to UGA. Honors acceptance makes virtually no impact in outcome as far as job availability. The major perk is early registration. Also the ability to live in Meyers, which many honor students opt out of. There is also a benefit if she is applying to the business school, theoretically, to be guaranteed her first choice major if sheâs in good standing with the honors college, but this really doesnât make a difference. If your GPA is high enough to be in good standing with the honors college - I think thatâs 3.5 or higher - youâre probably going to get your first choice anyway.
Foundation fellowship is a separate application. She should be able to view the requirements of the application online. looks like to apply for the foundation fellowship. she will also have to complete the honors college application. Burnout is real!
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There is a separate foundation fellowship application, which also requires you to complete the honors college application. Apparently you cannot access either until you have already submitted your UGA application. So I would count on several more essays.
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