Honors programs at big universities

Niquii77
Fri, 06 Jun 2014 23:09:47 +0000

What I am getting from my honors college is a better education than what I would have gotten if I stayed with the engineering department’s flow chart. It’s provided me a balanced education that I otherwise wouldn’t have dabbled in. For that, I am grateful. Although I do feel as if I’m being pulled in all directions, my honors classes have helped push forward my emotional development, my outlook on the world, and cultural perspective.

I’m an engineering student and I almost feel it’s even more important for engineering students to be involved in programs like this because some engineering department push their core work so hard and leave no room for development outside of “practicalities”.

The small college experience while also having a large college experience has really helped me. I’m able to sort of get “lost in the masses” and meet numerous amounts of people and then get back to that specialized niche of people when needed.

The small class sizes is one thing that I really appreciate. I never thought that I would have some of the talks that I had with my professors and classmates when coming into college. When you have 15 people in a classroom, your professor is able to step back more and become more personalized with work.

I know this is all anecdotal, but this is my experience. My university has a phenomenal program with honest and compassionate professors, advisors, and staff. It’s shown through the programs available and the students that come out of the program.