<p>Do graduates of honors colleges put “honors college” on their resume next to the name of their school? If they do that right out of college, do they do that 10 or more years down the road?</p>
<p>By that point, no one cares where your undergrad was. At that point, what you’ve done during the LAST 10 YEARS is what matters …even if you went to Podunk U. </p>
<p>And, often, at that point, a person may have gotten a grad degree somewhere and that school’s name would be of more relevance.</p>
<p>But…yes…as a new grad applying for jobs, a student does put things like Honors College, etc. My son’s diploma says right on it…Summa Cum Laude, University Honors Program, Computer-Based Honors Program, so he would have put that on job applications if he hadn’t gone directly into a PhD program.</p>
<p>*But your undergraduate school will always be on your resume, and when people ask in casual conversation where you went to school, they’re not asking about graduate school. *</p>
<p>And only prestige hounds care about such things…so who cares what they think.</p>
<p>So going through many many many graduate surveys, they all seemed basically the same. Between VTech, Alabama, and Dayton- all three of their surveys were pretty darn similar, especially engineers. About the same average salary for all, about the same career placement for all, about the same percentage of kids going to grad school. I honestly didn’t see much of a difference. So career placement wise they are all together, so really my only decision comes down to education quality and how much of a “fit” the school is. </p>
<p>Are there any apparent huge education quality differences between these schools? Or is the differences as minute as the career placement? Is it an accurate statement to say honors program will improve the education quality? Would you say it leaves an honors program at a place like dayton lower, equal, or higher in education quality in engineering to a more prestigious school like vandy or notre dame?
Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>You seem to favor Dayton, go with Dayton.</p>
<p>I’m not sold on Dayton by any means, it was just an example. Alabama falls under the same category as well, and they offer me a lot of money. So the question is still raised. Honors program at a less prestigious institution or the higher prestige with no honors program.</p>
<p>agree with above…some schools say honors colleges however they are really just students that meet certain criteria and they take a certain number of designated honors classes in various majors etc. Two of the schools that my son was accepted to with acceptance into the honors college didnt even require a student to take an honors class! He liked that his college has a cohesive honors college, where the students work together , all take a class together each semester, special seminars etc, very specific courses they are expected to take like “public speaking for scientific presentations”…and his honors college expects a honors thesis based on a 2 year research project. Within the honors college they have peer mentors, an academic advisor, and an honors college director…a designated building, as well as all the usual perks of priority registration etc. </p>
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