DD is going into 11th grade this fall. She had a 1370 on PSAT last fall and that resulted in mail, email, t-shirts, etc. from several high end schools. After looking into all this I realized that she's rejection-fodder for admission stats at those schools (very cruel thing to do to a kid, imho, since they're so susceptible to advertising). She got a 30 on ACT in the winter/spring. I imagine these test scores will increase somewhat this year, say 1440 and 32, due to previous experience and maturity but that still won't meet the criteria for the high end schools. Anyway, the other day I was talking to my nephew and his girlfriend, who are a few years out of college, and it turns out his girlfriend was in the honors section of the state U. She loved it. Smaller classes, individualized attention, etc. yet still in a big university with ranked football, etc. Seems to me like you get the best of both worlds.
I can't find many stories on CC about honors programs at state universities, i.e. what they're like compared to high end schools. Anyone have a story about that?
FYI: no hooks, light ECs compared to most I read here, straight A's, AP Bio (4), etc. Refused to do any prep before the PSAT or ACT and won't "play the game" to get those scores up (so far, hopefully that'll change). Hasn't zeroed in on a major so far. Funding not an issue.
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