My kid is in an honors college. Perks are (1) early registration (2) a nicer dorm closer to classrooms (3) honors seminars on topics of interest to professors; (4) a faculty mentor, in addition to an advisor. Negatives are (1) the honors kids have to take a certain number of honors classes, which means that their electives are limited; (2) kids in the honors dorm aren't invited to parties, and my kid complains that the other freshman honors students keep talking about their high school accomplishments and are extremely competitive to the point of insanity. He's doing great academically, but says that he doesn't get the point of an honors diploma. He wants to quit the honors program and use his electives to pick up a double major. His scholarship wouldn't be affected if he dropped honors. What do you think?
2007-10-06
06:52:26
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Neonzeus
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Higher Education (University +)