<p>Is there an advantage in applying for the honors program? Is your GPA weighted in college when you take honors courses, like in high school?</p>
<p>I just want to know.
Thanks</p>
<p>In my opinion, there isn’t really that big a difference between being an honors and non-honors student. The advantages I can think of are:
- You have a better chance at being put in Cromwell (only if you prefer it)
- You have more FSP options as some are “honor” ones.
- You have more choices in profs, as some of the popular ones teach only honors classes.
- It <em>might</em> look better to med schools, but I doubt it makes much of a difference.</p>
<p>Disadvantages are:
- You’ll probably be placed in Cromwell (if you wanted to live in the towers.
- You have to take at least 5 (I think) honors classes before you graduate (could be annoying to work your schedule around taking them)
- You don’t get priority housing or scheduling over non-honor students.</p>
<p>Pretty sure GPA’s aren’t weighted so an A in chem is equal to an A in honors chem.</p>
<p>I got invited but decided not to do it, so maybe I’ve missed some things.</p>
<p>That’s pretty much it. No, the classes aren’t weighted. If you aren’t able to fit in the 5 courses then it’s no big deal (it’s a little easier for bio/chem majors to complete them because honors gen chem I and II are offered). I applied because I couldn’t see a reason not to. Being in the honors program was more important to me than living in the towers and I knew I’d be able to complete all the classes.</p>
<p>i’m a freshman in the honors program, and as far as housing goes, it turns out that this year was a big change from previous years. i expected to be in cromwell, but a lot of non-honors people were surprised to receive cromwell assignments too. it looks like it’s a pretty mixed group because i can’t find anyone in my FSP on my floor yet. i know there used to be floors for transfers, but now cromwell is 100% freshman housing on all 6 floors.</p>
<p>I don’t know about previous years but last year Cromwell was not 100% honors as well. The only differences this year are that the 6th floor is freshmen (last year it was transfers) and there are triples. I think a lot of people are “surprised” to get Cromwell because they either thought it was ALL honors or they just figured such a small percent of non honors kids was going to end up in Cromwell that there was no way they would ever be part of that minority.</p>
<p>I’m part of the ‘figured since I wasn’t honors I wouldn’t be put in Cromwell’ crowd. TCNJ apparently let in a lot more freshmen that needed housing than usual, and because of that they pushed back when we even found out our assignments. I think they pretty much have every possible space filled up.</p>
<p>^^ Exactly. </p>
<p>I think they actually told us we would get our housing assignments in early August last year but then we ended up getting them in mid/late July. I guess sometimes they’re early and sometimes they’re late lol.</p>