Anyone familiar with Honor's Colleges at state schools?

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<p>I'm personally particularly interested in the ones at the University of Florida and also University of Texas at Austin or Texas A&M, although others reading this might be interested in your experiences at a different state university's honor college.<br>
Were you challenged by the honor's or other classes, did you get to participate in research or internships, and any other info you would like to share.</p>

<p>Thanks for responding.</p>

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<p>At the public universities that have established honors colleges, it typically means that you are a member of a group of students that are guaranteed the smallest sections of your major and other courses; you get to register and are guaranteed a spot before the rest of the student body; there may be special (i.e. really nice) housing set aside for honors college members; Etc. etc.</p>

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<p>You probably already know this but I think at UT Austin the most well-known are by far the Plan II and Business Honors. I'm interested in Plan II and this is what I know about it- it lets you explore several options and you can actually major in it (and it is creditable?). Also apparently creates kind of a LAC feel although UT Austin is such a huge school.
^ mostly from word of mouth (Texan here) and a little from their website.
I know Plan II has an Early Action type option as well although UT Austin itself is not listed on the college board site as one of those schools. Business Honors apparently said that it was going to get its results out the same time as Plan II (my brother applied [and got in :D] to both) but got its results out awhile later according to him. <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/236284-best-honors-programs-public-universities.html?highlight=honors+programs%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/236284-best-honors-programs-public-universities.html?highlight=honors+programs&lt;/a>
is a thread with a lot of interesting info about honors programs at public universities (obviously) with a couple of in depth posts about Plan II.</p>