<p>Can some people name a few please? Thanks</p>
<p>We just went to the SAS Honors accepted students day last Friday.</p>
<p>They offer smaller sections of intro classes, Honors Interdisciplinary Symposia, being paired with a faculty mentor based on interests, Honors advising (where you are more than a number and sometimes they can help you get into a “closed” class), Honors housing with your peers, student mentoring, trips to NY/Phila, funding to do special projects, and Junior/senior Thesis. They do their own orientation also. </p>
<p>The Dean of the program used to be a professor and Dean at Harvard, and she has done a lot to incorporate some really good stuff. It really felt like they are doing their best to attract and keep the brightest students in NJ.</p>
<p>I went to Rutgers many years ago and it sounds like the Honors program fixes just about everything that I didn’t like about the school. (not sure I would have gotten in like my son did, but…)</p>
<p>That said, my son does not want to go to Rutgers… too close to home.</p>
<p>agreed. the honors program does have its perks. Housing is also different for us as well. there’s still a lottery, but there’s a much higher chance of getting what you want housing-wise. and you get special permission numbers, close attention by honors faculty, and more intellectually stimulating honors seminars/classes, among other things.</p>
<p>Honestly, if it weren’t for the SASHP, I wouldn’t be at Rutgers. It makes an enormous school that much smaller and more intimate while still allowing its students to take advantage of everything that Rutgers has to offer. </p>
<p>I live 15 minutes from Rutgers and feel like I’m 2 hours from home… any potential student who says that he/she “doesn’t want to be too close to home” needs to stay on campus to see what’s really going on. It’s another world. Many students would be more than willing to host a potential student for the night. </p>
<p>The SASHP is just too good of an option to pass up for the price, in my opinion.</p>