Honors college for theater majors?

lesoso
Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:54:47 +0000

My D was accepted into the honors college and is thinking of turning it down. At first I thought this was a bad idea but now I’m not sure.

She’s going for a BFA in theater, which is a pretty time consuming major, and not many theater kids do the honors college. There’s one current freshman in it this year (out of a freshman class of about 50 I think). This girl told my D during her visit that she does feel a little bit isolated from the rest of the class because she has to stay in the honors dorm and has had some scheduling challenges as well.

Since D’s career after graduation is going to be more based on auditions and not so much on academics I’m thinking its probably ok to decline this. If she were studying anything else though, I’d definitely want her to do it.

Is anyone else considering declining the honors college? Is it crazy for my D to do this or does it make sense based on her major?