<p>My daughter has applied to both FSU and uf, she's hoping to get invited to each school's honors programs (she has a 4.0 (6.1 weighted) GPA and a 2170 SAT). What are the differences between the two? I believe the uf program is only 2 years, same for FSU? Hume Hall at Florida is much newer than Landis, any idea how they compare? Which program would you find preferable, and why?</p>
<p>Not much difference; both are lower division enrichment programs for talented students. My older daughter was also invited to each. She selected FSU due to a personal connection with a faculty member, personal preference and received the $9600 freshman scholarship. She just graduated med school and is now in residency. </p>
<p>Landis was completely renovated a few years ago and is centrally located in the old campus.</p>
<p>FSU just built the Johnston Annex. It will house the “Honors, Scholars, and Fellows.” On the lower level, they put in a Chick-fil-a, Rising Roll, and POD Market. Chick-fil-a is on the 5-Day All-Access Renegade meal plan. I live in Gilchrist, which is the roll-over honors hall, and I am required to have a meal plan. I’m pretty sure that’s the only real meal plan that will allow you to go to on-campus restaurants. (which are Chick-fil-a, Pollo Tropical, Papa John’s, and Subway Cafe)</p>
<p>Hope that helps!</p>
<p>Please help me to better understand the Honors Program. So, if my D gets invited, she will probably get to stay at Landis or Gilchrist and get to register for classes early. But what about the classes? How many of her classes are likely to be honors courses? Is she still going to be subjected to classes with the masses? I’m trying to get a feel for what honors life is like, is it more like a “college within a college” or just a few honors classes mixed in, but you’re still mostly in the FSU populous?</p>
<p>The Honors Program at FSU is not a college within a college. It is a lower division (this means, generally, freshman and sophomore basic studies classes which lead to the AA degree. A BS or BA degree is earned about two years later.) enrichment program for academically talented students. “Honors Colleges” typically occur where the university is academically weaker and does not have widespread quality. FSU or UF are higher quality schools where a separate “honors college” is unnecessary. </p>
<p>This is not trivial. An Honors student receives, generally:</p>
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<li><p>Priority registration when signing up classes. These students get the classes they want, when they want them as opposed to general lower division students.</p></li>
<li><p>Smaller Honors classes e.g. Calculus I, II or III with a full professor in a class of about 20 or fewer students. The profs get to know the students, which can lead to HUGE research opportunities and better recommendations when it comes to grad school or law school or med school or scholarships or fellowships.</p></li>
<li><p>Research opportunities - these students find out first, usually, about scarce opportunities for higher level academic work with faculty.</p></li>
<li><p>Honors Program membership leads commonly to upper division Honors in the Major participation, which lends itself to greater graduate academic opportunities.</p></li>
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