<p>Agreed that you can participate in the Honors program and study abroad. As suggested, it can certainly be done second semester sophomore year. It can also be done junior year as long as you arrange one semester where you aren’t taking any of your double credit seminars. I think that students choosing to pursue the Honors program or not really doesn’t have a lot to do with visions of grad school. My sense is that this really comes down to what kind of experience a student is looking for. As “intense” as Swat already is, there are those 33% or so each year who find it somewhat enthralling to ratchet up the “stress” a notch or two. But what my husband or I might consider to be stress, our S considers to be fun! That’s what makes a Swat student. His attitude is “bring it on!”</p>