Honors Colleges that would make top 100..

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<p>Im trying to put together a list of the top honors programs/colleges.</p>

<p>heres a few that i have heard either the college or the honors college to be good.</p>

<p>UMD cp
U Michigan Ann Arbor
U Pittsburgh
U Arizona
Swarthmore
U Colorado Boulder
rutgers
U miami
UNC
PSU</p>

<p>others?</p>

<p>i understand theres only some 60-200 with honors programs/colleges so maybe a list of the top 20 of those would be really helpful. some of those are already extremely good even without the honors college. so im interested both in good schools with honors programs, and decent schools with excellent honors programs/colleges.</p>

<p>it would also be VERY helpful if people in the know could describe how beneficial it is to be in the honors program/college at these places. for instance, are there seperate dorms, smaller classes, first choice of classes, etc. and possible negatives such as less lively dorms, minimum gpa requirements that are very high, etc. And also admittance stats such as average gpa's and test scores.</p>

<p>and i guess "top honors programs" is actually 2 different questions. 1. overall how si the academic experience within the honors program compared to higher caliber schools and 2. how usefull specifically is the honors college in terms of smaller classes, better profs, etc.</p>

<p>im interested in both questions...</p>

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<p>Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University <a href="http://honors.asu.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://honors.asu.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>University of Washington Honors Program (brutal to get into -- average uw high school GPA 3.92) <a href="http://depts.washington.edu/uwhonors/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://depts.washington.edu/uwhonors/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>PSU honors has a avg SAT of 1420 and avg GPA of 3.9. Very hard to get into compared to PSU - only 300 freshman come in each year. Honors dorms are nice and a bit quieter than regular dorms (plus or minus depending on your perspective). Lots of honors classes availalble (over 200 classes). These classes are small and taught by top professors. Can be much harder than reg classes.Students take 2 or 3 per semester as freshman and sophomore, and then less as upperclassman since classes get smaller. Great way to avoid 800 person lecuture halls. Priority registration. Better advising. Travel abroad grants. $3500 per year scholarship plus many students get departmental scholarships. Great football -big party scene. Nice college town atmosphere. Good value option for those considering larger schools like Cornell (especially for top programs like Eng and Business - both ranked in top 20). Don't think it compares to a small liberal arts college though - although it helps to make the school feel a bit smaller.</p>

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<p>iu has an honors program but it's not very good and the classes are much harder</p>

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<p>toneranger - that was an excellent review thank you.</p>

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<p>Ohio University</p>

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<p>Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Delaware has an honors program with scholarship.</p>

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<p>The University of Florida has an honors program</p>

<p><a href="http://www.honors.ufl.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.honors.ufl.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Nearly every college has an honors program. I think whatismouse was wondering what schools have exceptional honors programs.</p>

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Nearly every college has an honors program. I think whatismouse was wondering what schools have exceptional honors programs.

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<p>I think whatismouse is getting a level of response proportional to the amount of work he/she did in the first post in this thread. I suggest whatismouse do some research and post results, otherwise this is just another "do my homework for me" thread.</p>

<p>Here's some starter information from right here on CC: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=236284%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=236284&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>"Reader's Digest" said:</p>

<p>"Best Honors Colleges
Penn State's Schreyer Honors College offers an Ivy League-style education minus the sticker shock. With average SAT scores as high as Dartmouth's, for example, 1,800 students study with top professors, in mostly small classes. Schreyer has a 100% advanced-degree placement rate for students who apply upon graduation. The price? About $11,000 a year for Pennsylvania residents. Other top picks: the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi and the Barrett Honors College at Arizona State. "</p>

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<p>you caught me...i tend to take an hour to start threads but accidentally pressed the post thread way too early. and i basically only had the 20 minute editing limit to change the topic of the thread several times and revise.</p>

<p>i honestly did do some searches and flipped through some of my college books. however the books are nearly useless when it comes to explaining the honors programs/colleges within the colleges. For instance my fiske guide said 0 words about the CU boulder honors program.</p>

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<p>Plan II at UT-Austin is one of the oldest (~1930s) and most respected. It has been used as the model for many programs at other universities.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.utexas.edu/cola/progs/plan2/?path%5B0%5D=plan2%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.utexas.edu/cola/progs/plan2/?path%5B0%5D=plan2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Basically you have access to the world-class faculty, resources, top-ranked academic programs, libraries, and museums at UT, but with peers of the same caliber of the most selective universities.</p>

<p>Separately from Plan II, UT also has strong honors programs in engineering, business, and liberal arts.</p>

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<p>uconn honors program- requires 1400 SAT and/or high class rank (not exactly sure what the percentile is). most people in it have turned down elite schools to attend</p>