<p>ISP is for science lovers who aren’t satisified with traditional science curriculum. The benefit comes from the integrated and advanced curriculum. All ISP courses are honors courses and research opportunity is pretty much a given. Benifit is in the eyes of the beholders; I would find it hellish as things would just be way over my head. You may love it on the other hand. You should take it because you are truly interested in the curriculum and have pretty strong quantitative skills. </p>
<p>I am sure the grad schools know about ISP since the program has been around for 30 years and they’ve seen the quality of ISP grads.</p>