Honors weekend in March

kreativekat
Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:33:39 +0000

My son had a great weekend, not only with his host and friends, but he was very taken with all of the activity on campus - not related to Honors Weekend. He loved seeing all the intramural games going on around campus. Everyone was having a great time which is different from just enjoying the great weather. All of the students we came across had a smile for us - not the oh look, there’s a potential newbie kind of smile - they just seemed friendly. One comment that my son did make was that it wasn’t as “fratty” as he had expected it to be. He said that in a very positive way which is particularly funny since I consider him to be pretty “fratty,” but in a laid back kind of way. The rush of kids up and down McAlister on Monday was kind of fun for him to see.

I am not sure about the registration process though. They have him signed up for Spanish at 8am four out of five days a week and that is never going to fly. Also, I have paid attention to the teacher recommendations that gabby and tulane14 have so graciously shared with us, and there were virtually no teachers listed for anything he had signed up for. I hope that it is easily changed. I am wondering when they will assign teachers to the different sections. He is not too concerned right now, but if he ends up there, and I think he will, he will be concerned in August when it might be too late! I think it is a lot to decide in one hour, even with a potential list of classes going into it. If I had any recommendation for the next group of Honors Program Invitees, it would be to look over the class schedule available on Gibson and make a somewhat flexible plan for the Fall.