<p>My mom is convinced that because I’m in honors, I will receive treatment comparable to the football team. Obviously, that’s not true, but I was wondering…do honors kids get special treatment?</p>
<p>(I don’t care either way, I have a lot of resources available to me because of Plan II.)</p>
<p>Honors has its own housing (which is better quality-wise), more resources provided, smaller and more in-depth classes, and the best teachers on campus. You aren’t going to wake up with a butler waiting hand and foot on you, but you’ll have more available to you than regular students.</p>
<p>Haha no one will ever be treated like football players. They make money for the university.</p>
<p>Honors has its own housing (which is better quality-wise), more resources provided, smaller and more in-depth classes, and the best teachers on campus. You aren’t going to wake up with a butler waiting hand and foot on you, but you’ll have more available to you than regular students.</p>
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<p>That’s exactly what I expected! I’m glad.</p>
<p>I hope I didn’t come off as pretentious or desiring special treatment, I just wanted to know what to expect when actually attending UT.</p>
<p>Honors housing isn’t really better than the other dorms, to be honest. And it’s laughable to think that someone would suggest that we got treatment comparable to the football players… in fact, LOL. </p>
<p>Your mom has nothing to worry about. There are some special privileges you’ll receive. For example, I’m in LAH and my advisors were the directors of the program and were very knowledgeable about classes and scheduling. Also, there are often honors-only class sections and that sort of thing. And you get the privilege of living in the Quad, which is a good community. But those are all just benefits of being in an honors program, not special or preferential treatment.</p>
<p>Don’t expect too much better than a regular student. They have their own housing but I honestly prefer to be at the other end of campus near Jester. Also, as far as honors classes go, a lot of classes don’t have an honors version and of the honors classes that I’ve taken, they didn’t feel a whole lot different from a regular class. Honors is great but don’t get your hopes up for too much of a difference.</p>
<p>One thing I hadn’t thought of when I accepted engineering honors was the caliber of the students in my honors physics class. Oh, my goodness, they were smart! There was not much of a curve on tests. I had been a straight A+ student in high school, and I really struggled in honors physics. If I could have done it over again, I would have taken regular physics. Oh, and I was NOT impressed with the profs in honors physics, but that was long ago so things could have changed.</p>
<p>Being in honors made it a bit easier for my D to get through her core requirements efficiently. There was an honors sections for “Intro to Western Music,” for example.</p>
<p>The honors dorms are not the fanciest dorms but they are a fun place to live. There is other great on-campus housing at UT, too - for example, the residential FIGs.</p>
<p>just out of curiosity, how do the football players get treated?</p>
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They get the nicest rooms for housing (always private or connecting bath). They have a private elevator in Jester.</p>
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<p>Well, Vince Young graduated a hero, despite his ■■■■■■-level IQ. Seriously.</p>
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Vince Young did not get a degree from UT. This same argument can be made of rich people at the Ivy. Bush graduated from Yale UG and Harvard MBA, despite his ■■■■■■■■ level IQ and drug use.</p>
<p>They get free specialized tutoring and people who takes notes for them in classes for the team. They get dieticians and free supplements.</p>
<p>^That and if you get caught for a minor crime or crash your car into an apartment complex while texting (e.g. Sergio Kindle) you can get away with it (or maybe only if you’re important to the team).</p>
<p>They get special tutoring where your tutor basically does the work for you and you get crazy extensions on assignments. But, its not like these guys major in engineering or anything :)</p>
<p>What about the concept of “Student/Athletes”? Oh, wait, that was Rice’s thing.</p>
<p>It’s not like I really like it…but I like the football players! I wouldn’t want my school to be last in that.</p>
<p>Maybe I’m not explaining it properly, but to me, it’s not the worst thing.</p>
<p>I don’t see the problem with athletes getting preferential treatment. It’s not like they’re at the school for an education anyway. They’re still brilliant-just (in most cases) in a physical way as opposed to mental.</p>
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<p>I didn’t say wealthy people don’t get preferential treatment; but football players sure as hell do at UT :)</p>
<p>There was a kid named Raul Allegre who was a civil engineering major when I was at UT. He was indudcted into the civil engineering honor society the same year I was. There was another football player in my electrical engineering class. He sat right in front of me. I have never seen a huger neck my entire life!</p>
<p>Because athletes have to travel (and miss class) so often, they really do need the academic support. My S is not an athlete, but is part of the Longhorn Marching and pep bands. Due to the Big 12 tournament and He missed the entire week of class before spring break and just arrived in Austin early this morning after the NCAA Playoffs. Fortunately, he was able to study during the trips, and trades off playing at home games with other members of his section. If he has a big test or project, someone else can take his place. The basketball team members did not have a much free time to study during the trips and can’t decide to skip a game because of a test or project. It is only reasonable that those students receive additional help.</p>