To Honors or not

ebeeeee
Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:49:03 +0000

janesmom, since no one has responded I’ll weigh in a bit here. I would check with each school and ask what the honors program advantages are. My son is in the honors program at a University. What that means is: better dorm for freshman, academic advising both from his departmental major and from honors advisors. When he had a problem registering for spring classes online he was able to walk into the honors office and receive immediate help from an advisor.
He also had a lot of credit coming in. He was able to take upper level courses and to take honors sections. The honors sections typically have fewer students. For instance, he took a Sociology 101 honors class Fall semester and there were only 12 students. He is taking an upper level Philosophy honors class this semester with 30 students.
The money is not tied to the honors program at this school-it is a separate issue.
I would absolutely check with each school’s honors department and ask what the benefits are. They may also have a separate website that details that information.