<p>@zdmw93 I think one of the main benefits FSH would have would be the interactions with the professors. It’s much easier to get to know a professor in these “honors” classes because class sizes are 1/3 of the size you would be in otherwise. I know what you mean; I had the same thought. Coming out of high school anything “honors” sounds great but honestly you won’t be at that much of an advantage with an “Advanced” designation. There’s also a mentor/mentee program that I forgot to mention, in which you get paired up with an upperclassman mentor who went through FSH. In terms of grad school, on campus you are given a bit of recognition for it–I know some honors societies that seem to be preferential towards FSH students. $58,000 is a really steep price though for a year of science honors! I highly recommend Thematic Option; it’s the GE ‘honors’ program and consists of far more classes with smaller students if the deadline for that hasn’t passed yet.</p>
<p>@twaih7 FSH is more of a Bio and Chem sort of thing, but I know a good number of Biomedical Engineers who took the Chem honors portion of FSH. Once you enter in fall, the spots for the class may be taken already, although I know there is a sort of waitlist for it. If you are more interested in Physics, there is an Honors Physics section that is pretty much the same thing as FSH but for physics–you would take Physics 161 and 162, as opposed to Physics 151 and 152 for normal physics and engineering majors. I’ve only heard good things about honors Physics–it’s difficult but if your professor is Bickers as it has been, he’s the best there is in the Physics department. After freshman year, everyone will be back on the same track in biology and chemistry, yes; if you are going to be a physics major, I’m not sure that requires you to take bio and chem as a freshman…you might want to check up on the major requirements for that. And no, I know a good number of people who are doing better than FSH students in the upper-div classes I’m in now, and vice-versa; it doesn’t seem to be that big of a difference in terms of course information. You’ll be fine :)</p>