honors vs not.

MiamiDAP
Thu, 09 Jan 2014 12:59:23 +0000

the advantages of Honors depends on your specific situation. In my D’s case the biggest advantage was priority registration. It saved her lots of headache. She had to complete pre-med requirements and she had 2 minors. Another big advantage is that Honors classes are smaller, prof. is more available so some consider them easier since help is readily available.
When D/ was at Miami, I believe that honors dorms were available for non-honors students also. But dorms are mostly for the first 2 years. Most people are moving out for junior year. D’s Honors dorms had piano, which was great for her Music minor.
Not sure about Honors requirements, D. was primarily concerned with pre-med requirements and making sure that her junior/senior years have much ligher schedule becuase of preparation fro the MCAT during junior year and Med. Schools interviews during Senior year. She had to load pretty heavily in the first 2 years and I am not sure if she would be able to schedule all her major 2 minors classes in correct sequence without priority reqistration. Another “tiny” benefit was small Merit Scholarship as part of Honors, I said small becuase D. was on full tuition Merit, and Honors was just small portion of it. D. did not do any others like clubs, study abroad, parts of Honors because her schedule was very loaded, since pre-meds also require Med. Research internships, volunteering. But Miami is great if you want to go abroad. They have campus in Europe. D. went to New Zeland for 6 weeks (was not connected to Honors) which was her dream since the Lord of the Rings.