<p>My D was admitted to the honors college at one of the UCs. @ucbalumnus or anyone else - can you tell me how big of a deal is this in the grand scheme of things - specifically, should being admitted to the honors college trump a regular acceptance at a more prestigious university. Expectation (or hope) is that she will go to grad school - does being in honors help with grad school admissions and / or placements. Seems like it will alleviate the other budget related concerns that we have in the UCs - through priority registration, guaranteed housing and such. Thanks in advance for your responses</p>
<p>It depends on the school. Some honors colleges at certain colleges/universities are very good. Which UC? </p>
<p>What kind of “grad school”?</p>
<p>PhD program admissions is about undergraduate research, faculty recommendations, and relevant courses and grades.</p>
<p>Medical and law school admissions have a lot to do with GPA and MCAT or LSAT scores.</p>
<p>Honors programs do vary considerably.</p>
<p>@jibler - UCI</p>
<p>You’d probably have to ask on the UCI forum whether the benefits listed are a significant improvement over what is normally available at UCI. E.g. guaranteed housing may be valuable if dorms are overflowing and off-campus housing is expensive or undesirable, but not much of a perk if dorm space is readily available anyway, and off-campus options are good and reasonably priced.</p>
<p>The honors program curriculum here:
<a href=“http://www.honors.uci.edu/curriculum/”>http://www.honors.uci.edu/curriculum/</a>
can be compared with normal UCI general education requirements to see if it fits the student better.</p>
<p>@CUPKSDAD
ucbalumnus offers some great advice there^</p>