Presidential Honors Program

<body> <h1>Presidential Honors Program </h1> <h2>Introduction</h2> <p align="center"><br> (your browser does not read the frames version of this site) <left>The Presidential Honors Program is a full scholarship liberal arts based program for students who want a high quality and challenging college education. <br> Attending the Honors Program at SAC can be a positive experience for motivated students. Freshman at big universities are often overwhelmed by the large classes, and professors for freshman and sophomore classes are usually graduate students, part-time teachers or non-tenured professors. San Antonio College, with its small classes, generous support systems, and high percentage of tenure track professors, often can do a better job of preparing students academically for upper-division and graduate work than the big universities do. When the accelerated class work of the Honors program is added into the equation, SAC has one of the best lower-division programs in the state. Our graduates who transfer to upper division institutions maintain or improve the GPA they earned at SAC. <br> <br> A limited amount of students are selected for this program every fall and spring semester. High school applicants are evaluated on the basis of high school GPA and class rank, SAT and/or ACT test scores, teacher recommendations and weight of academic load (number of math, science, social science, and humanities courses). Selected students are given a full scholarship (tuition and books). Those entering the program then take a mix of <a HREF="http://www.honors%20courses">honors courses</a>, <a HREF="http://www.contract%20courses">contract courses</a>, and regular courses to fulfill the requirements of the Honors program and of the students' major. Graduates of the program can enter degree programs at universities in any field. The Honors program also helps place its students in universities and often can help students gain scholarship continuations into the Junior and Senior year. <br> Our graduates have been accepted to Boston College, Boston University, Columbia, SMU, UT in Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, and Denton, and the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas A & M, Rice, the College of Santa Fe, St. Mary's University, Our Lady of the Lake University, South West Texas State University, Trinity University, and Wabash College in Indiana. If you are a good student looking for a challenging first two years of college and help in getting into a strong upper-division university, you should look into the Presidential Honors Program at San Antonio College.</left><br> <br> <br> <br> For further information, please call, write, or email.<br> <a HREF="mailto:honors@accd.edu">Mike Burton</a><br> Coordinator/Presidential Honors Program<br> San Antonio College<br> San Antonio, Tx 78212<br> (tel. 210-733-2541)<br> <br> <a HREF="intro.htm">(Introduction)</a> <a HREF="mission.htm">(Mission Statement)</a> <a HREF="curric.htm">(Curriculum)</a> <a HREF="apply.htm">(Application Info)</a> <a HREF="idst.htm">(Publications)</a> <a HREF="alumni.htm">(Alumni)</a> <br> <br> <br> <br> </p> <hr align="center"> <p align="center">The San Antonio College Honors Program web site was developed by<br> <a href="mailto:darrinschroeder@imail.com">Darrin Schroeder</a> (formatting, graphics, and design).<br> Comments regarding this site are welcomed. </p> </body>