Benefits
Small Class Sizes
Our honors classes are small, even for freshmen.
A Small Community
Our small enrollment- about 40 new students are added per year- builds
a supportive yet stimulating environment.
Space in the Honors Dorms
The University's three honors dorms- Andrews, Blanton, and Carothers-
provide the opportunity to interact with and form ties with students from
other honors programs. Collectively, these students represent some of
the best students in the University.
Priority Registration for CS Courses
Honors students are given priority registration for computer science
courses.
Direct Admission to the CS Program.
Turing Scholars are admitted directly to the CS program, bypassing the
Pre-CS major that is required of others.
Special Scholarship Opportunities
Turing Scholars are eligible for scholarships specifically targeted for
honors students. In addition, our honors students fare very well in the
larger pool of departmental and University-affiliated scholarships. A
recent poll of 60 Turing Scholars shows that 60% received at least one
scholarship in the last academic year, with each recipient averaging two
scholarships.
Excellent Summer Job Opportunities
The University's location in Austin, the national reputation of the CS
department, and the excellence of the Turing Scholars program attracts
recruiters from across the country. Students completing their freshman
year often participate in paid summer internships at companies such as
IBM, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, National Instruments, Intel, and Dell.
A recent poll of 60 freshmen and sophomore Turing Scholars indicated that
37 of had obtained summer employment in the high tech industry, paying
$18-$28 an hour.
Excellent Off-Campus Experiences
Our program positions students for off-campus success. Here are just a
few examples from students who had just completed their freshman or
sophomore years:
- Interned at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
- Interned at the University of Minnesota's Bioinformatics Center
- Interned at the University of Colorado to study computer security
- Conducted research at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico
- Conducted research in numerical analysis at the Royal Institute of
Technology in Stockholm, Sweden
- Earned patents for work at IBM
Close Interaction with Our World Class Faculty
Whether in the classroom, in a research setting, or in a student-faculty
dodgeball game, the program strives to build close interactions between
students and our department's world class faculty. |
