UF honors program

GatorEng23
Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:16:36 +0000

I think the minimum requirements for the honors program are a 1380 and ~4.0 gpa. So there’s no doubt, you can be in the honors program if you want to be. You don’t apply to the honors program, you get invited. You should get something in the mail after you get accepted to UF in general admissions.

To be honest, the honors program isn’t really that advantageous. The pro’s to the program are its non-academic perks. As an honors student, you get to live in a newly built honors dorm, Hume. The set up is pretty nice. You have a roommate and then two suite mates connected through a door with a shared bathroom between the four of you (a lot better than sharing a bathroom with 30 other guys ). Across the hall, you have the girls’ rooms, which is nice, the hall is co-ed, unlike other dorms on campus. The location of the dorm is right on museum, so you are close to your classes and rec centers. It is also pretty clean, maintenance persons come every Saturday to clean your bathroom and the halls.

The other nice things is that you get your own advisers and an early registration, which is nice since you can get the exact schedule you want.

As for the program itself, it really isn’t that big of a deal. The program only last for your first two years where you have to complete a certain number of “honors” courses. After you complete the courses, you get an honors sticker on your diploma. I honestly don’t think grad schools would give a hoot about it because it is a program you did your first two years and therefore will not reflect the true work you did as an engineering major during your junior and senior years.