請教USC的RHP Program

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今天收到USC Dornsife 的 RHP PROGRAM, 因為不是加州居民, 對這學校相當陌生, 這學校的BIO SCIENCE 強嗎?
若申請, 寄來的傳單表示,在JUNIOR 的十二月一日申請,若錄取, 不用上SENIOR,

若跳級, 是否會影響對主修嗎?一跳會層度加深, 把成績下拉的乭能性,
這間學校的出路如何?
而要求的AP需要幾科?有無必要拿到的科別, 
獎學金和助學金, 學費是居民算還是外州居民??

最近收到不少學校的信, 這些大學從那兒拿到個人資料的?高中目前還沒考SAT,考過SAT2和幾科AP而己, 只考過PSAT在十年級, 會是高中把成績傳出去嗎??

有些州大信上說有很大機會拿到全額, 總覺得好奇怪, 才升十一而己, 他們怎麼評估學生?怎麼能知道學生層度可以或不可以?

最奇怪是我們自己州的大學除了收到一間外, 其他都沒沒寄信,來, 是否因為本州學費低, 不如收外州的學費多, 那樣, 加州的大學, 會給外州居民費用嗎 ?

大學少念比較好還是高中少念比較好?高中不用錢, 大學很貴, RHP的優缺, 念過或了解的能否多說點意見看法?

? · Accepted Answer

1. Usually no - usually these "honor" students are practically wasting their time in taking honor courses or AP.

Their education level has exceeded high school. It is simply that they don't have enough credit to graduate.

2. USC is one of the best private school in Southern California, but not strong in Biological Science (given that no major biology related companies are within Los Angeles Area).

3. As many as possible - bottom line it is a race for the best.

4. Private schools do not have such terms of in-state or out-of-state.

5. Schools gather the information from the College Board, per your authorization.

(When signing the exam, you will be allowed to op-in/out for the information sharing).

6. Schools use the information you reported to the College Board.

7. It is school and program dependent. The simpliest way to explain is since the student is still a junior, what's the point of "soliciting" candidates?

8. I think it is the decision that the student has to make (not the parents).

Of course - early start is a great opportunity. But education is only portion of our life. And students have other things else, like relationship, experience, etc.

I am not here to judge a person how to spend his or her life. But you know everything is a process. So skipping Senior year is a good choice? Maybe - as there is no way to know what has been missed.

If I were the student, I would apply anyway (as there was no way to know if I could make it). But if I did get it, I would evaluate what that 1 year could do to my life.

? · Answer

如果實力夠
考慮加州heavy mud college
http://www.hmc.edu/academicsclinicresearch/academicdepartments/biology1.html

2012-09-18 13:26:13 補充：
讀該校所有高中AP學分全部不承認
該校難進也難出

匿名使用者 · Answer

Hi,

我剛把RHP的application form看了一下，跟你share一些資訊。

1).申請者最遲必須報考今年12月的SAT/ ACT，成績必須至少在2050，或者ACT 32。但在某一部分的敘述中有提到，通常被錄取的candidate SAT至少2200 ACT 33，GPA 4.0。不需要SAT II

2).RHP students必須在USC完成大學學業，如果真的一定要離開，則是以transfer student的身分去申請其他學校。

2012-09-18 10:09:14 補充：
3). 這一年必須付USC的學雜費，約六萬美金。每位學生可以獲得學費1/4的補助，大約$10,000。其後幾年若是成績維持維持在標準以上的話，也可以獲得同等金額的獎學金。其餘的部分就必須靠學生自己透過不同管道想辦法申請。加州居民若是成績很好，還可以多獲得一筆$9,000多的獎學金

USC是私立的，學費無所謂本州外州...

2012-09-18 10:33:21 補充：
進到RHP之後實際的身分就是college freshman，USC不保證你一定能從原本就讀的高中拿到畢業證書，所以你必須與學校商量。有些學校會同意給，如果學校不同意的話學生必須去考GED。

USC的Bio Science不特別傑出。

優缺點...換了是我，我不會讓孩子去，提早一年入學對高中生的衝擊應該蠻大的，尤其你家孩子要從東岸跑到南加州，大環境完全不一樣。南加州這裡，喜歡的人很喜歡，痛恨的人很痛恨，反應相當兩極。

USC整體排名不錯，是南加州的名牌大學，但我禁止我女兒申請，因為學校周遭的環境不好，幾個月前有兩名大陸學生在距學校不遠處的深夜被槍殺。我不想讓我的孩子冒這種險

2012-09-18 11:42:57 補充：
我也搞不懂，既然你們focus在Biological Science上，USC在這一方面不是強項，除了Stanford, Cal Tech, UC Berkelry, UCLA之外，連UC Davis, UC Irvie, UC San Diego等校在這一方面都比USC強。

加州有間研究室Scripps Research Institute，位在La Jolla，是很有名的實驗室，工作人員超過3,000人，在全世界也屬於大型的研究室。附設的Kellogg School of Science and Technology只有graduate program，你家女兒以後研究所可以考慮這裡

請教USC的RHP Program

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