Thanks for that insight. For my daughter’s major (applied math) there were no honor sections according to the math chair. In her situation there did not seem to be any real advantages. The first 2 years of the program had big lecture classes and the only offering was the honor contracts. We were informed other majors had some honor sections for majors with around 30 students, but not math.
I wonder if Purdue is moving away from what they were offering for the honors college since it has such a high reputation for STEM. They now have so many applicants that they can start to turn away highly qualified applicants. I also wonder how many high stat people don’t pick Purdue due to not getting into Honors. If it is very low, maybe the original purpose of having the honors college isn’t as necessary as before.