<p>I was just wondering if either a parent of an honors student or an honors student (or any Marquette student) could comment on the Honors college. is it anything all that different than the other classes? At some of the other schools that i've looked at, the honors students were just assigned an extra essay at the end of the class or extra problems on the homework. is that how Marquette's is, or is it something special?</p>
<p>Hi, I’d like to bump this post. As we’re nearing the end of junior year, starting to consider honors programs at potential colleges.</p>
<p>Can anyone comment on Marquette’s Honors Program?</p>
<p>Is it recommended to do honors while majoring in biomedical engineering, or any engineering, for that matter?</p>
<p>Is it necessary to be in honors to get a coop or internship?</p>
<p>Specifically interested in the Les Aspin internship, and wondering if you have to be in honors to be admitted into that program.</p>
<p>Thanks for any help, and looking forward to applying in the fall!</p>
<p>My D was offered Honors when she first enrolled and decided not to do it but I think it’s a personal thing. There are special Honors sections primarily of liberal arts classes. The sections are separate and smaller - a distinct difference in introductory classes like Bio 1. The curriculum is also different, more indepth, often has different books. My D chose not to do it because she didn’t want to end up in classes with the same people all the time. She wanted to have the big group experiences and meet as many students as possible. That was just her preference at the time. I was a little surprised as she is a very critical and analytic thinker but she said she got plenty of intellectual stimulation in her major classes (philosophy and English). </p>
<p>You don’t have to be in Honors to get coops or internships. My nephew who graduated last year in Finance had a great internship and also chose not to do Honors. Back in the day my brother also decided not to do Honors and had a fantastic engineering coop. </p>
<p>I think it’s a matter of what kind of an experience you want especially in freshman and sophomore year classes.</p>