<p>I'm sure this has been asked before, but I'm going to ask it again for a clear answer.</p>
<p>I'm going to be a first year at the University of Chicago this fall, and as of right now my ultimate goal is med school.
Here's the deal. Chicago has honors courses and I'm not totally sure if I'm cut out for them yet. So will it matter whether or not I took honors courses or the norm when applying to med school? </p>
<p>UChicago owns my soul :P</p>
<p>It won't matter in the sense that medical schools won't give you brownie points for that word "Honors." It may matter to your GPA if the Honors courses are actually easier to do well in than the regular ones.</p>
<p>I would advise against it. I took Honors Organic Chemistry at College and it was much more difficult then regular Organic Chemistry. Although I did well, I had to put in significantly more work. Moreover, my transcript did not even indicate "honors" on it. What BS! If you elect to take honors classes, makes sure you get your due credit on your transcript. </p>
<p>Also, my premed adviser told me that Medical Schools just want to make sure you have an aptitude for science. A high grade in a science class and a good MCAT score will do that. There is no need for honors.</p>
<p>Just my humble opinion</p>
<p>The best advice is to find out from upper classmen at your school how the honors classes break. Some times, the honors section of a course is vastly easier than the non-honors section, and other times it is most decidedly not.</p>