Doing an Honors Project - worth it?

ticklemepink
Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:09:51 +0000

You MUST do a honors thesis project for grad schools. They need to see that you’re capable of research and self-intitative to go above and beyond. I was going to drop it in the middle of the year because it was getting overwhelming (and I had just applied!) but my advisor put her foot down and said NO. You want to go to grad school? You need to finish this project with me and we’ll treat this like grad school.

Loved. Every. Minute. Of. It.

If anything, it’s made me very well-prepared so far. My MA thesis advisor couldn’t seem to believe that I was slightly ahead of the game when I proposed my topic to her.

As for topics, just go abroad and maybe your experience will guide you a little. I went abroad in the spring of my junior year and it did do me some good on how I chose my topic even though I didn’t do the actual research until fall.