Disgraceful performance at accepted students day

thetransfercoach
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:43:44 +0000

As someone who attended the Honors College (though I ultimately transferred out of UMaine), I wanted to speak up because I hope prospective students won’t be scared away by this thread!

The Honors College at UMaine is small, personal, and offers a lot of great research and academic opportunities. The professors are definitely pretentious, but generally good. If you’re a high achiever and UMaine is the best school you can afford, the Honors College offers a wonderful opportunity to stand out and really make your mark. My honors classmates are now professors at Ivy League universities, medical doctors, biglaw lawyers, etc. Most went on to great graduate programs. My former RA and fellow Honors College classmate, Emily Cain, went on to Harvard, was the youngest woman to serve in the Maine legislature, and is now the executive director of a national political organization.

I would not agree that Honors classes “are actually easier;” I think the big difference is that they grade you only on a few major papers/projects and then the final, whereas in other classes you get your typical weekly assignments, quizzes, tests, etc. and your grades are based more on attendance and “participation.” They don’t micromanage you as much in Honors classes.

The Honors environment is a wonderful way to meet other smart, engaged students. I remember many winter nights where my classmates and I would sit in the lounge at Colvin Hall until 2 am in the morning, drinking hot cocoa and debating politics. I sincerely recommend this to any prospective student!