<p>Does Princeton have an honors program or can you only take honors classes within your department?</p>
<p>Princeton IS an honors program, haha.</p>
<p>Yeah, there's no honors program. There are like "honors" classes in some of the math and science departments, but there's no special program since, like anonymou5 said, Princeton is the ultimate honors program, haha.</p>
<p>But you can graduate with honors, right? How does that work?</p>
<p>i THINK its a GPA requirement. 3.7+ = summa cum laude, 3.4+ = magna cum laude, 3.0+ = cum laude, etc... i think.</p>
<p>Yeah. And that's totally a departmental thing, too. So do well, guys!</p>
<p>Sigh...And I thought my overacheiver days were over once HS ended...and it's just SO MUCH HARDER to do well in college, you know?</p>
<p><em>intimidated</em></p>
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<p>I think we all are, zante</p>
<p>Especially at Princeton. With quintiles. <em>shudders</em></p>
<p>[eats cocoa beans]
[walks through a parade]</p>
<p>It will be kind of weird... 94% of Princetonians were in the top 10% of their high school class. Now 50% of us will be in the bottom half.</p>
<p><em>bawls</em> :(</p>
<p>Eating cocoa beans? That reminds me of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Have you seen it yet? I think it's a movie you would enjoy, Phil.</p>
<p>All of my friends have been telling me about it. I definitely want to go see it. This weekend perhaps? Yes, that will suffice. Make it so.</p>
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<p>But you can graduate with honors, right?</p>
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<p>You can also be elected to Phi Beta Kappa, which is at least as valuable a credential as cum laude/magna cum laude. It is limited to no more than 10% of each graduating class.</p>
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So honors at Princeton is more of an award/credential for being in the top of the class, rather than a series of courses you can take or doing any special independent work? </p>
<p>Interesting tid-bit: "90% of the students at Harvard graduate with honors." Between grade-inflation and the number of kids at Vard getting honors, I don't think they have the same "50% at the bottom of the class" thing there... ;)</p>
<p>A friend of mine was talking to a group of us going to college and he goes, <em>enthusiastically</em> "You guys can sign up for the honors programs at your schools, where you basically just have to write a thesis!" And I remember thinking, "Well, we already have to write a thesis at my school!" :D Gotta love Princeton!</p>
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What about in the economics, politics and sociology departments? Do you think they have an honors track in those too, phil?</p>
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i THINK its a GPA requirement. 3.7+ = summa cum laude, 3.4+ = magna cum laude, 3.0+ = cum laude, etc... i think
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Thanks anon. Do you know the weblink with this info for Princeton? I've tried looking under the main search page and nothing comes up :(</p>
<p>gianievve, honors are all done by department. there's generally no clear gpa cutoff. they generally use a combination of jr independent work, grades in departmentals, thesis, etc...</p>
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<p>So honors at Princeton is more of an award/credential for being in the top of the class, rather than a series of courses you can take or doing any special independent work? </p>
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<p>Phi Beta Kappa operates in a similar manner at all the schools where it has chapters, whether they have designated honors coursework or not. The details vary, but it is always limited to no more than 10% of the class, and it is always based purely on academics (i.e., not leadership, etc.).</p>
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<p>"90% of the students at Harvard graduate with honors."</p>
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<p>This was once true; the rules were changed for the class entering in 2001, and the number has been cut roughly in half.</p>
<p>lol, I know gianievve...that was one of the comforting things about the thesis..if you want to graduate with honors at other schools you have to write one, but since we all have to anyway, we're all in the same boat and you won't be the only one out of your friends being antisocial and scrambling to finish your thesis. And I forgot the exact stats, but most people do very well on their theses.</p>
<p>Phi Beta Kappa is the college version of the Cum Laude Society in high school, if you are familiar with that. I think Cum Laude takes 20% of the senior class though, and it's pretty much pure GPA-based.</p>
<p>actually princeton may not grant latin honors (the cum laude stuff). i just know that thats how the cum laudes work at schools that have em (like harvard).</p>
<p>Crap if I want to grad. Penn w/honors I gotta do a thesis? Nooooooo!!!</p>