Emory v. Michigan Honors

goldenboy8784
Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:39:05 +0000

Michigan’s Honors Program is not really a “Honors College” in the traditional sense and is more of a small program that allows motivated students in the LSA schools take some special classes and write a thesis to graduate with distinction. Honors students get preferential housing choices in South Quad so lots of students actually just use it for that and later drop out of Honors.

My best friend started out in the Honors Program and dropped out after the first year and he says that the attrition rate is pretty high since people don’t really see the point in it after a little while. One of his close friends who I met recently stayed and seemed to like it well enough and is headed to Michigan Law in the Fall.

I would go with Emory if you can afford it. Atlanta is an awesome city, the weather is great, Emory’s campus is beautiful and the student body as a whole is going to be more accomplished.

I would give the slight edge to Michigan’s BBA program but I’d give the slight edge to Emory for premed.