Should you transfer schools if it's too "easy"?

QuantMech
Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:33:56 +0000

Can you take honors courses without being in the Honors College? At least at some large schools, this is possible. The honors courses tend to be very different in difficulty from the regular courses. If you can do this, it would probably increase the challenge level quite a lot, without requiring two theses.

Alternatively, if you cannot take honors courses without being in the Honors College, perhaps you should join the Honors College now, for the more challenging courses, and reconsider membership when you become a senior. Your major plans might change quite a lot in the intervening time frame.

If you can find adequately challenging courses where you are, there are some advantages to being a “stand out” student at a reasonably good school.