<p>hi, I'm admitted to honors with full tuition. How is the honors program? How is Ourso's Finance? Do you know anyone from LSU with internships in NYC or the big I-banks? Thanks.</p>
<p>I’m in LSU honors, but I’m not in the Ourso program so I don’t know anyone in that program.</p>
<p>But LSU honors is pretty good. In honors, you can schedule at the same time as the seniors. And the classes are generally smaller (anywhere between 10-80 people). Whether or not the honors classes are different than regular (in terms of academics) depends on the professor teaching. The people in the honors classes are generally higher-quality than those in regular.</p>
<p>Thanks Meresa, do u get the best professors of your major of LSU? What is the average class size between the 10-80?</p>
<p>So far the professors I’ve gotten are good, though some better than others. I’m not in the business college though; I’m in the engineering college. But if you’re not sure, you can always go to [url=<a href=“http://universitytools.com%5DUniversityTools.com%5B/url”>http://universitytools.com]UniversityTools.com[/url</a>] (LSU course/professor ratings site) to find out.</p>
<p>My calculus II honors class is composed of 10 people. My honors 2000 course (social sciences/humanities course) is about 20 people. My honors chemistry course is about 80 people. So basically, it varies a lot, depending on the course.</p>
<p>But most regular introductory classes (Biology I, Art I…) are huge (200-500 people), and then, classes are held in auditoriums. But as long as you don’t sit in the far back, you can still ask the professor questions.</p>
<p>It varies. If you are taking a non-honors general education class (which are mostly intro classes), then like Meresa said you can expect class sizes from 200-500 people. I actually prefer it like that just because I’m not particularly interested in getting to know my professor in lower level gen ed classes (I would rather know my 3000/4000 level professor in my major). Classes that big have always seemed to have some easier course material, such as MC tests than other classes I’ve taken.</p>
<p>One of the good thing LSU tends to do is offer courses with one large section, which can enroll 100-200 students and then offer several smaller sections with class sizes from 40-100 people. Looking at courses in the Business College (Accounting, finance, economics, etc.), it seems that most class sizes are between 50-90 with a few sections of the courses have sizes of 100-200. Upper level classes tend to be 30-50 students.</p>
<p>If you take any honors courses to fulfill your gen. ed. humanities courses or other wise. You’ll most likely have a class of around 10-20 people. </p>
<p>There’s no way to tell who is the best professor. I’ve had some prof. that I’ve liked that my friends have hated and vice versa. Though Universitytools.com as Meresa suggested is a great resource.</p>
<p>Honors classes in the business college are limited to microeconomics, macroeconomics, and accounting. After that you’re stuck with the masses, and you will only be able to Honors option it, which means a written contract with a professor giving you extra work so it counts as honors.</p>
<p>It’s arbitrary if the “honors” professors are better. In some cases, the honors version of a course can be easier than the regular. (I heard this about microeconomics last semester, in which Roussel’s class completed 5 more chapters of material or so than the honors version)</p>
<p>And lastly, to be quite honest, Wall Street isn’t exactly considering LSU a hotbed for recruiting. That said, if you work hard, and take advantage of your opportunities, you will be in great shape to gather some work experience and get an MBA from a top institution that recruits. But in this economy, who knows what it will be like a decade from now, even the “elite” college graduates are having trouble finding jobs with I-banks.</p>
<p>thanks all for the input, especially lsu2012 on the ourso honors.
I’ve decided not to attend LSU. I’m going to Milan instead. Uni Bocconi also gave me a full tuition (and even better than LSU, +Dorm).
I’m gonna have lang problems with the community, but the Uni is a target uni for the I-banks in London. Thanks anyways. :)</p>
<p>Good luck. My advice to you is don’t get too caught up with trying to impress the “I-Banks” and make the most of your education.</p>