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<p>Agreed. Strict to your question, it has been answered. I’m sorry for others that didn’t make that mental leap, even after you posted this.</p>
<p>Back on topic and for those wandering in:</p>
<p>As some great schools do not have an honors programs (because they consider all their students high qualified) or may not have honors dorms or may not have honors dorms that are better choices than alternatives - the end result is that the issue of honor dorms is the cart before the horse where all attention should be on finding great candidate schools for your kid … period. </p>
<p>If after finding where a kid has been accepted and the financial factors weighed - for some kids getting merit money, declining an honors program is not an option as it ties to the financial factors already weighed. For students accepted into an honors program not tied to financial considerations, some kids will accept the honors program but decline an honors dorm (if even available) for a host of reasons (including a preference to a special interest floor/dorm). Net, net, picking a dorm merely becomes a factor to be decided on based on the available options after admissions.</p>
<p>Now, the doesn’t diminish the valid thought of trying to promote an honors program for a kid that may enjoy the academic benefits of a program. However, may I suggest that arranging for a conversation with a college kid that took honors classes and found that his or her favorite classes were honors classes and favorite professors were teaching those classes would be more beneficial than any ‘hook’ that may backfire on you.</p>