Cabrillo Honors Transfer Program Spring, 2013 HSAC update.

Cabrillo Honors Transfer Program

Spring, 2013 HSAC update

Finishing our 5th year . . .

• 225 current students in the program• Increasing our offerings to 5 honors courses per

semester• 204 students havetransferred • Almost twice as many to UCB and UCLAas to UCSC

Honors Research Symposium

10 students submitted proposals

9 Presented at Stanford

Honors Graduates and Scholars

• 60 students transferring/graduating

• UCLA TAP certified Students – – 14 for Fall, 2013 – 85% admit rate– 10 for Fall, 2012 – 89% admit rate

• Honors Scholars – 29 this year! – Noting increase in number of honors units

students complete in the program

Current Application cycle:

• Fall, 2013 Admission – 100 applications – 20% increase over a year ago at this time– 69 new admits for Fall, 2013– Admitted 20 students for Spring, 2013 – current

Cabrillo students

• Diversity rate: – 40% Underr. Student applicants– 37% Underr. Student admits

Fall, 2014 Application Window

• Shorter application period next Spring

• Deadline – March 15th, 2014

• Processing and Counseling prior to Running Start registration – As of today – all incoming students have met with

a counselor to plan their Fall classes.

Outreach Efforts

• Noche de Padres

• Ceiba Academy in Watsonville

• Focusing our outreach to Juniors

South County h.s. applications:# applicants21 Fall, 20133 Fall, 201213 Fall, 20115 Fall, 20107 Fall, 20094 Fall, 2008

What’s New for Honors:

• Mandatory Orientation – May 31st

– Meet instructors and each other– What is means to be an Honors Student– Being Wrong, Kathryn Schultz

• CG 51 College Success – Honors Section

• Space for Honors Students to meet

Questions?