<p>i got accepted to the honors program a few days ago, and I have many of questions about it, things like: How much heavier is the workload? Are honors program students in any way segregated socially? How much of an advantage is it on a job/graduate school app?
Pretty much, i would appreciate it if anyone knowledgeable about the program could answer my questions and/or provide general insight I couldnt find on the website.</p>
<p>bump…I got accepted too and am wondering the same things.</p>
<p>My daughter (RD) received her Glynn Family Honors letter today via email, have you received a Financial aid package yet? She is also a Reilly Scholar… I didn’t know if this would hold up her FA, we have yet to receive it.</p>
<p>i didn’t apply for FA, so i cant help you, sorry…</p>
<p>I’ve got the same questions. About FA, I got my package today, and from the looks of it, it didn’t really make a big difference. Then again, I don’t qualify for much in the first place, so I just got unsubsidized loans and campus employment.</p>
<p>I am a current student in the Glynn Family Honors Program. (I hosted a kid for the first Reilly Weekend, so I remembered what this time of the year was like, and I figured I’d come here and quell any concerns.)</p>
<p>I don’t see any reason not to join the honors program. The professors are definitely not any tougher grade-wise (sometimes easier because they know you’re honors), and the workload is not any different from a normal class. You have a bunch of smart kids around you, but a professor teaching an honors class is happy to give a bunch of A’s to deserving students, and everybody helps each other out (studying together, sharing notes, books, etc).</p>
<p>Honors students are distributed across all the dorms, and do different activities, etc, so no social segregation. In fact, I think you may gain something socially. One of the two big advantages of the honors program (in my mind) is the first year experience. Most of the honors classes are for your first year, so you’ll have different classes with a lot of the same people. These are small classes with the best professors teaching your university requirements. You do take non-honors classes as a freshman, so you’re not segregated – you will see new faces. In terms of social circles, you have your circle of dorm friends, maybe a band/sport/club circle, and if you’re in the honors program, you may also have an honors circle. As a sophomore, junior or senior, these circles change and their distinctions blur. So while some of your classes are just honors kids, you’re not socially segregated – as a freshman you’ll just have an easier time making friends in classes (because they’re in more than one class with you).</p>
<p>The second big advantage I see is the set of resources: easy access to funding for research, and Professors Hahn and Delaney (the program directors) are very willing to help with anything. So, I don’t know how much employers or grad schools care about an honors program, but they care about the research you’ve done, or your honors thesis, so I see the honors program as more of an enabler to achievement, not actually an achievement in itself.</p>
<p>Other questions?</p>
<p>thanks very much, that answers all the questions about it i can think of…however, i keep on hearing about “Reilly Scholars” or “Reilly Weekends”. Im currently a couple hundred miles away from the huge stack of literature i’ve received from ND, so i dont know if i got anything about it, what exactly is it?</p>
<p>Can anyone comment about the honors curriculum and how it fits with AP credit?</p>
<p>what are the general parameters for getting into HONORS program?</p>