<p>LEDad: Here’s the info from the website, which you’ve probably already seen; if not, this can tell you a little more about the honors program:
<a href=“http://www.honors.unc.edu/honors.html[/url]”>http://www.honors.unc.edu/honors.html</a></p>
<p>UNC chooses 200 freshman every year to go into honors; the classes are small, seminar-style, and cover a lot of discipines. They are fairly rigorous, I gather. Since they’re self-selective, the students who are in these classes really want to be in them, so–of course-- lots of engagement and discussion going on. I think the only downside (from my daughter’s perspective) is that she sometimes found it difficult to fit in the honors classes she wanted, simply because there were often other courses she needed, and the timing wasn’t always quite right to fit in the honors courses she preferred. It’s a great and worthwhile program, though. Again, I think the biggest advantages are the small class sizes, excellent faculty, and the quality of the student body within those classes. That said, many of the regular (non-honors) classes are equally impressive, in both quality of faculty and students as well–especially once a student gets into higher level classes. (Just relayed information here and second hand knowledge . . . hope it helps. )</p>