<p>Hey guys, so, where to begin...
I've completed three semesters at a small, public liberal arts honors college in Florida. However, I've currently gone on medical leave, and I'm debating whether I should come back and continue working really hard, or transfer to a bigger state university with a far easier class load. I'm aiming to go to try and get my doctorate in history from a mid-tier state school (somewhere like FSU), preferably away from my home state of South Carolina. I'm wondering how difficult this will be if I transfer to Carolina but do not transfer into the honors program. Ideally, I would transfer into the honors program, but I'm afraid that because I have passed each semester but have failed classes (all of the classes at my school are pass/fail, therefore no GPA), I wouldn't be able to get into the honors college.</p>
<p>I'm wondering how much it'll screw up my chances of getting a Doctorate in history at somewhere like UGA or FSU if I transfer into Carolina but maintain a high GPA and perform well on the GRE. I'm thinking that having a much lighter course load would leave me a lot of free time to devote to history-related extracurriculars (ie museum volunteering) that might help on a grad school application (this has been difficult at my current school). I'm also thinking that because I'm used to small classes that are primarily discussion-based and because I'm used to honors-level work that I'll be able to impress my professors with my ability to participate in class discussions.</p>
<p>Does anybody have any input on this?If any of y'all know anything about the honors college, maybe you can help me out, too!</p>