<p>You don’t need to be in the College Honors Program to do those things. In fact, some professors who teach honors versions of the courses are sometimes less desirable, as their teaching ability and empathy come into question, while their demand from students rise.</p>
<p>I don’t see the College Honors Program having any worthwhile assets, while departmental honors, from every source I’ve read regarding this topic at UCLA, is much more impressive. Although I’d question whether it matters if you apply to graduate school before you can actually say you graduated with departmental honors.</p>
<p>I don’t expect that being in the College Honors Program has any correlation with your GPA in college. Not sure about any GPA requirements for that, or whether you think honors versions of classes are suddenly harder than any other classes. But to graduate with departmental honors you should have to meet a GPA requirement.</p>
<p>Look at the following thread for discussion about the cons of the honors program: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/1480219-honors-program.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/1480219-honors-program.html</a></p>
<p>Also look at the following:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/1484673-honors-program-any-experience-insight.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/1484673-honors-program-any-experience-insight.html</a></p>
<p>Pros? None that matter in my opinion. You can actually search back for some discussions about the program. Nobody ever says great things about it because nothing in particular sticks out about it.</p>