<p>Speaking as an Honors Fellow(I was one of the college day panelists this week, too). I have to say that its not just about priority enrollment. I had such an amazing experience in Honors–the Collegium classes are very small and the professor knows your name, your strengths and weaknesses, and pays attention to you. One of the best things is the fact that honors contracts and research force you to interact with professors–with great results. One of my professors, with whom i did an honors contract, was so impressed by my work that she wrote me letters of rec and put me in touch with her old college friends, who are national security lawyers, one of whom is legal counsel for the NSA. Without Honors, I would have been just another student, and I wouldn’t have made that connection. I’ve even managed to become sort of friends with some of professors this way. If you want to get something out of it, you have to put something into it.</p>