<p>If I join the honors school at my uni, chances are the classes will be harder, and thus lower my gpa. I need to keep it high for grad school, though...</p>
<p>so, do you think being part of an Honors school is worth it - what are the benefits, really?</p>
<p>The benefits to some honors schools are that you can gain automatic admissions into their grad programs. There is a local university that if you go to their honors college for undergrad you are guranteed into their pharmacy school if you maintain a 3.0 gpa. I can't see much benefit in going if you don't get that kind of incentives. When applying to grad programs they mainly look at your GPA, the higher the gpa the stronger the applicant you are. Do whatever you have to do to get the highest possible gpa.</p>
<p>It depends on the school.</p>
<p>If you get priority scheduling it's definitely worth it. The classes might be harder, but it probably won't be the difference between a normal high school class and an AP one.</p>
<p>The benefits vary from school to school, so nobody here can really answer your question in full. However, dDon't go the honors route just to be in the honors school.</p>
<p>There is a difference between graduating w/ honors(3.5+ gpa at my school) and simply graduating from the Honors school, right?</p>
<p>yes (10 char)</p>
<p>Yes, there's a difference.</p>
<p>graduating with honors looks better than graduating from the honors college.</p>
<p>What about graduating with honors from the honors college? :)</p>
<p>As others have said, it depends on the school. If, like where I'm going, there are notable perks, it's worth it. Since it depends, not all the classes may be Honors... Anyways, because there normally are less people in Honors (than the rest), you're competing against a much smaller number than in normal classes.</p>
<p>In some schools, like my s's, the only way to graduate with honors is to attend the honors college. You might ck this out.</p>
<p>You need to keep in mind that courses in the honors program are not necessarily harder than regular courses. My daughter is in the "honors college" at her university. Generally, she tells me that her honors classes are much smaller, more focused and emphasize writing and discussion as opposed to her "regular" classes. She says that these differences make honors classes a lot more interesting, but not always more difficult.</p>
<p>There's an "honors" program at my school where you have to have a certain # of "honors" classes and maintain a certain GPA. There are exclusive events and whatnot...</p>
<p>Personally, I think there are less limiting ways to look good on a resume :)</p>
<p>you need to look into what your particular college provides. Generally honors programs give you a personal counselor or faculty advisor instead of being on your own at the large U, they have special lower-division classes where there are 20 or so kids in the class instead of hundreds, and best of all they provide early registration so you can be pretty sure of getting the classes you want.</p>