Wisconsin or Ohio State?

silmaril
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 20:53:39 +0000

@gradclass2022 There are 2 main types of honors: Honors in liberal arts and Honors in the major (or both, which is comprehensive). Honors in the major (which is what I’m doing) does not require entry into the Honors College and mainly focuses on completing honors classes within the purview of your major, in addition to completing a senior thesis. I personally decided not to try for comprehensive because I wanted to have more freedom beyond my major required courses.

Then, there are several different types of honors classes - some are only comprised of honors students, and others are honors optional (eg. you do some extra work outside of regular class). Honors optional isn’t that difficult; you can basically think of it as extra credit work. Honors only sections can be markedly more challenging than regular sections, and tend to have a small class size. I’ve essentially only taken honors only sections so far, and I’ll say right off the bat that they can be significantly more time consuming (but imo, quite rewarding).

Overall the professors are really good. It’s definitely an amazing feeling to be taught by absolutely brilliant scientists. In particular, I think chem 115-116, and the ochem and biochemistry sequences are taught very well. Biocore is an honors only biology sequence, and while the professors can range from great to mediocre and the lab component will steal your sleep, you’re not going to get a more in-depth instruction of biology anywhere else in the university.

The student community is great, both within my major and outside! In general I think you’ll find that everyone is very hard working and committed to their education. In addition, honors classes are also a great way to shrink down the campus - I’m still in touch with people I took Chem 115 with back in freshmen year.