To Honors or not

janesmom1
Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:17:43 +0000

Just checking over the acceptances thus far and D has been accepted to all but one honors programs so far at the colleges she chose. We are waiting to see if this last acceptance will garner her an invite. In the meantime, upon graduation she will have 8 AP classes under her belt. She has taken three of the exams and have received 5’s on all three. She is receiving A’s in all her classes so far and if she continues on the same course as last year will possibly receive 4’s or 5’s on those exams. Two of the colleges she has been admitted to are state schools. They give the most credits for her ap’s. If she attends either one of those colleges she may be able to attend with 30 or 32 credits.

My thoughts are is that if she attends either one of these state colleges she will most likely have completed her core requirements and can start taking upper level courses(we will check with the colleges). One of these colleges honors programs courses do complete the core requirements, since D has them under her belt wouldn’t this be a waste of her time? I’m thinking that she should just try to do a double major since there will be enough room in her schedule. I believe at one of these colleges there are no benefits except $$. Since this is a state school and she will most likely receive scholarship from H’s employer, we can bypass the offer.

Any thoughts.