University Honors Supplement Essays

MommaJ
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 02:24:56 +0000

I have to wonder if those 5 essay topics–some of which are pretty tough as college essays go–are going to discourage a lot of people from applying for Honors. I can see many being unwilling to add that burden to the college application process when they don’t even know if they’ll be admitted to AU.

I also wonder how appealing the revised Honors program is–the prospect of taking four courses with the same cohort of 45 students sounds a little claustrophobic. I even wonder if students who usually grouse about having to pick from a menu of gen eds will be put off by having to take these four ultra specific classes. I’d also be wary of jumping into a new program in its first year or even second of operation–there are bound to be a lot of kinks to be worked out. I can guarantee that my D, who was accepted into the “old” Honors program, would have had zero interest in the new version, even without the five essay requirement.