<p>Any current students have any thoughts to share on the Honor Residence Halls - Harper, Little, Broun and Teague?</p>
<p>What about going out to the new Village instead of staying on the Upper Quad?</p>
<p>I hate that I have to try and decide now, before I have even had a chance to get down to see the campus, but I am afraid if I don’t then it will be off campus housing for me and I want to be on campus.</p>
<p>Can out-of-staters get into the Honors residence halls? I have a 4.0 unweighted and 1410/2180 SAT scores, but am from Florida. I'd hope that my academics could get me into honors.</p>
<p>hilsa, doesn't matter if you are from out of state or not. After you have been accepted, you will get an application for the honors college. You fill that out and send it in. Not sure when we will hear if we are in the HC or not.</p>
<p>You will get an application for honors after you are accepted. They have already started sending them out if you have already been accepted. The deadline I believe is in January, and I think you hear back either Feb or March.
You should apply for housing and put down one of the honors dorms if that's where you want to live. They are not solely honors housing, there are non-honors people who live there too. But that location is where the honors college study lounge is, etc. So it is convenient for honors people.</p>
<p>The new Village will be very nice but also very expensive. (about $3000 a semester, compared to the Quad which will be $1900-2000 a semester next year) It's also not that close to main campus/Haley Center/student center where all your freshman classes and activities will most likely be.</p>
<p>Nevermind. I got the notification for honors today. =]</p>
<p>Can those in the Honors college share their experiences? What are some of the advantages as you see it?</p>
<p>I'm not in honors college, sorry! I was invited but decided not to do it for my own reasons (wanted an easier adjustment to college since I was 17 when I started, etc). </p>
<p>Benefits I think would be, obviously, smaller class size. Professors devote more time to the individual. More intense (thus perhaps more rewarding) material in the classes, compared to regular ones.
Honors college does require some time commitments (participation in colloquiums and seminars, honors college congress I think is optional but encouraged). Not to mention requirement of a major thesis to graduate.</p>
<p>Large advantage for those in honors college is that they get to register for classes ahead of the crowd, meaning they are more likely to get courses/teachers/times that they want.</p>
<p>This may be late for navarre1 who asked about advantages of the Honors College, but here goes...</p>
<p>Our daughter has been accepted as a Presidential Scholar and has been invited to apply (which she did) for an Elite scholarship. We went down to the Presidential Scholars day back in November.</p>
<p>Part of the Presidential Scholars day included a panel for parents. On the panel were the dean(?) of the Honors College, representives from financial aid, study abroad, residence halls, and, maybe the most interesting to me, was the guy in charge of "Prestigious Scholarships".</p>
<p>The prestigious scholarships guy's job is to help Auburn students (not just Honors College students) get "prestigious" scholarships to grad school (like Rhodes Scholar, Goldwater, etc). He really pushed living on campus and being in honors as increasing your chances at getting the top scholarships. Part of the thinking is that living on campus you will have a better chance at becoming involved in extracurricular activities and, maybe, leadership opportunities. Honors college is similar - more chances for ECs.</p>
<p>As with the undergrad application process (particularly for selective colleges and for highly selective scholarships), ECs can make a big difference. He made a big point about a recent student who had top-notch grades who was trying to get one of the prestigious scholarships. He has a pretty good chance, but if it comes down to recommending that guy over someone with equivalent grades, but that was also in the Honors College and/or lived on campus, he felt that the Honors College/on campus person would probably have an advantage. The assumption was that the Honors College/on campus person would have had more extracurriculars (the non-Honors College guy had zero ECs at Auburn).</p>
<p>So, for prestigious scholarships after graduation, Honors College and living on campus seem to be pluses.</p>
<p>As far as Honors College while at Auburn (and maybe you are not intersted in grad school, or don't know if you are), AUlostchick and Granny listed several.</p>
<p>Another point from the head of the Honors College is there is currently not a high retention rate for upper classmen in the Honors College. He said that they are trying to figure out exactly why and take steps to increase retention. It is not that people are failing out, rather, they are opting to not participate after sophomore year (maybe freshmen year too, but he seemed to distinguish between Fr/So and Ju/Sr). One major thought that is that students are leary of "extra" work that might be required in Honors classes while at the same time working on the upper level classes for the major. </p>
<p>He tried to emphasize that there should not be "more" work required in Honors classes, rather it should be "different" work. With top-notch professors (who supposedly chomp at the bit to be able to teach honors sections) I could imagine that they could certainly give much more in-depth information or maybe veer off into their own specialty areas. He also said that the Honors College keeps close tabs on the professors, particularly ones that might not have taught Honors before, to ensure that they do not go overboard with the amount of work required. I got the impression that the idea is that there should not be much more of a time commitment for an Honors section of a class than there would be for a "normal" section. An Honors section is probably supposed to be more of a challenge than a "normal" section (to make it more "interesting"), but, at the same time, if you are in Honors, you are apparently a high achiever anyway.</p>
<p>Enough with the classes... I guess that another potential advantage of the Honors College is the chance to be part of a "community" (cue the sappy music!) You will be part of a cohort of people that share some similarities and common interests/experiences. Maybe you will be able to connect more easily with all of the other "smart" kids that you will be having class and living with. If you are in a freshman honors history class with 20 other students, not only will you probably have a chance to interact more with a real professor, but you will be more likely to get to know a large percentage of the students in your class.</p>
<p>Yeah, I just applied, so I'm probably not going to get into the honors halls.. but i put down harper, teague, and braun (i think). Are you going there? When do acceptance letters come down. I applied like a month ago, they're due tomorrow right?</p>
<p>Thank You WAGEOGHE</p>
<p>I know people who went into the honors college and one who chose not to participate. The ones who did said that the only real difference besides registration preference is the fact that you are surrounded but other students who work hard and party less and that helps them to stay on track. The one who chose not to joined a big fraternity and became a part of the executive board and then part of the interfraternity council. He is VERY involved on campus and in his fraternity, my honors friends not so much. I don't think that living on campus has ANYTHING to do with your involvement on campus because most of the off campus housing may very well be considered on campus because it is so close to classes...closer than the dorms in some cases. I myself plan on pledging and getting involved with a fraternity rather than living in honors dorms. You may be surprised at some of the excellent students who are in fraternities....you just don't hear about them as much as you hear about the slackers.</p>
<p>There are a number of students who are in the Honors College and in sororities and fraternities.</p>
<p>I'm in the Honors College and here are what I consider the big perks:</p>
<p>Early registration. Honors students register several weeks before most of the student body. Later in your undergraduate career, this isn't as important, as classes tend not to fill up. Particularly early on, and especially if scheduling is tight, it's amazing.</p>
<p>Honors community. You meet people and have classes with them, normally more than one class. It fosters a real sense of community. Plus, most people in Honors are really... well, similar. It's easy to get along with each other, and I made some of my best friends in my first few semesters of Honors.</p>
<p>Honors opportunities. There are Honors scholarships, prestigious scholarships (which you don't technically have to be in the Honors college for, but I imagine this makes it a little easier), research fellowships, and the honors thesis.</p>
<p>All in all, it just gives you a sense of satisfaction. It's not anything too terribly different from the ordinary college experience, but it's pretty nice.</p>