<p>Is there such a thing? How hard is it? Could someone possibly compare it to a high school course such as Calc or Physics? What are the requirements? And are there any other benefits of getting into Honors Engineering? Thank You!</p>
<p>Yes, it is difficult, but I couldn’t compare it to regular classes much because I’ve only taken the honors courses.</p>
<p>In an honors calculus section, I know that the students definitely have to do workshops every week. Workshops are basically some tougher problems requiring application of the math learned and then a writeup explaining how you came to your answer. (Some regular calc professors will require workshops of their students as well.)
I’m probably not a good person to compare it to high school calculus, though, because I thought high school calculus was difficult, somehow AP-ed out of calc 1, and am now in calc 2. (It’s tough, but you really just need to put in the work.)</p>
<p>The honors physics courses would be similar to a high school AP Physics class, I believe. It is calculus-based, but depending on how your professor teaches it, it may have more or less. The professor right now, Gershtein, doesn’t teach us how to apply calculus all that much. (I mean, he goes through slides with tons of integrals and such, but unless you’ve learned it already, it’s very hard to understand what’s going on.) I’ve ended up using fairly little calculus. It does help with derivations of formulas and such, though.</p>
<p>The classes are only impossible if you don’t put in enough work that you personally need to succeed. You’ll know for yourself how much work that entails.</p>
<p>[Welcome</a> to the Office of Academic Affairs](<a href=“http://coewww.rutgers.edu/oaa/honors.php]Welcome”>http://coewww.rutgers.edu/oaa/honors.php)
The Office of Academic Affairs will send out applications in the summer to those that meet criteria (or are close to meeting it). I believe there is no way to apply if you don’t receive this application, unless you meet with Dean Rankin and ask him? (The application comes pretty late, so don’t freak out.)</p>
<p>Honors housing is available in Barr as a freshman and in McCormick Suites as an upperclassman. There isn’t a guarantee for the suites especially if you’re only a sophomore, but at least you have a leg up on the housing lottery.</p>
<p>Other benefits are just small things like having the honors intro to engineering class with the dean, being able to do research credits as a junior/senior if you stay in the program, and graduating with honors.</p>