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 · 5 answers · asked by Neonzeus 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
I think he ought to look at the job opportunities that Honors students have compared to other students. The extra $20K+ that he will make might make up for a few missed parties.
At my university, honors students had more opportunities to take electives rather than fewer -- because there were plenty of honors courses available.
As for parties -- I don't believe that honors students aren't invited to parties. They certainly were where I went to school. If he isn't going to parties -- it is probably because he isn't meeting enough people -- and dropping out of this program isn't going to help him.
2007-10-06 07:30:04 · answer #1 · answered by Ranto 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The benefits of a college honors program are something to put on your resume or grad school app, and a generally better and more challenging education. If he doesn't want to be there, then he shouldn't, and he should go for the double major that he wants.
I was in a freshman honors program with our own dorm, seminars, and extra courses we had to take. A couple people ended up leaving the program because they didn't want to take the honors course instead of a course for their major. Overall, I am glad I stayed in the program, because the honors courses were very high quality and way beyond what a freshman normally takes.
However, my school in general, and my fellow honors students, were not that competitive. There was only one insanely competitive girl who transferred to Cornell because UCD wasn't hardcore enough for her. But most of us in the program could have gone to Berkeley, but didn't because of the insane competitiveness.
My advice is that he sticks with the program for at least one quarter/semester before he quits, to see if he changes his mind.
2007-10-06 07:30:01 · answer #2 · answered by jellybeanchick 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
If he isn't happy with the benefits than he should do what will make his college life more enjoyable. If by quiting the honors program doesn't affect his scholarships in any way, yeah he should get out of a situation he's miserable in.
2007-10-06 07:03:45 · answer #3 · answered by HotNurse71 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, do the honors college! i'm gonig to texas state and i'm going to be in the honors college there. it's a great opportunity and you get to take cooler classes and do more in-depth learning. it also looks really good to employers if you graduated with honors, because a lot of people can have 4.0 GPAs, but you will stand out if yout if you got a 4.0 while in the honors college.
2016-05-17 09:43:06 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
perks are only perks when the recipient enjoys, takes full advantage of, and benefits from them.
2007-10-06 06:57:48 · answer #5 · answered by Cassor 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋