<p>I heard all you get is 1. Priority scheduling 2. Smaller classes 3. and a stamp on your diploma.</p>
<p>So...it virtually means nothing?</p>
<p>It’s different at every school.</p>
<p>In some schools, being in honors just gives you priority scheduling and requires you to take particular honors humanities-ish classes.</p>
<p>In other schools, being in honors means you significantly nicer housing, you get access to honor-specific scholarships, you get access to honors faculty/advising, you get to participate in a honors thesis/ research project, you get involved in honors college social events, etc.</p>
<p>Again, really just depends on the school. At some schools, it means next to nothing, and at others, it means a better education, a close-knit social and intellectual environment, and more opportunities. Some honors programs are particularly prestigious (I’m not too informed but I’d name Penn State, Pitt, ASU, UT off the bat) whereas others are totally unknown.</p>
<p>Thank you for the response. </p>
<p>Well, I got into U of Delaware Honors.
While it sounds appealing, I realized It probably isn’t much at all.</p>
<p>Do you know anything about the honors program at U of D?</p>
<p>David</p>
<p>[Honors</a> Program, University of Delaware](<a href=“Honors College | Challenge. Enrichment. Community.”>Honors College | Challenge. Enrichment. Community.)</p>
<p>If you can’t find what you want to know about there, pick up the phone and give them a call.</p>
<p>helps when you apply for grad school. can also help if you decide to transfer to a different university</p>
<p>Not too sure about Honors at Delaware. </p>
<p>Are you just curious about the honors program at Delaware or are you trying to compare your Delaware&Honors offer with an offer from other schools?</p>
<p>I believe the consensus is that an honors college will not make your degree look more impressive, unless it’s one of the nation’s best honors colleges. Still, honors colleges can be a beneficial and useful experience, even if it doesn’t make you look better as a job/grad school applicant (though keep in mind, research that takes place through an honors college WOULD make you look better!). </p>
<p>In my opinion, the honors college system is often just an incentive to get highly qualified students to enroll rather than going to a more prestigious (and often more expensive) school. Not necessarily a bad thing, but not necessarily a good enough thing to make you turn down an offer from a significantly more prestigious school.</p>
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<p>Doesn’t sound like nothing to me.</p>
<p>Im debating between UT Austin and U of D honors.
Both for chemE…</p>
<p>If you are in state for U of D, then that should be your choice hands down. It will be much less expensive than UT Austin, and ChemE is pretty much ChemE where ever you go. With the DuPont headquarters in Delaware, I would expect the ChemE program to be more than just decent, and to offer lots of internship opportunities!</p>
<p>I am OOS but received scholarships and grants that i only have to pay 10K.
But UT is 45K…</p>
<p>A no brainer then. UD is great school for ChemE. The campus is nice too. How is UD only 10K, is that FA or did you get one of those 23K/yr merit scholarships?</p>
<p>Priority scheduling can be huge. If that allows you to register before the rest of your class, it can be the difference between getting exactly what you want or being stuck with crappy times or professors (or being shut out of needed classes).</p>
<p>Back in my day, I was kicked out of a class (long story). I had to take a summer class back home just to make up the credit so I wouldn’t be forced to register after the rest of my class. I met my wife in that summer class, so it wasn’t all bad, but you get the point. Anyone who has ever been shut out of a key class or stuck with 8am classes will tell you how important priority scheduling can be.</p>