<p>Could someone in the know detail the strengths and/or weaknesses of this progam? How would you characterize the dorm life, quality of instruction and professor contact. </p>
<p>For a kid who's primarily interested in science and math and business but loves the theater and music would this program be a good fit. </p>
<p>After reading everything on the website re: the program it reminded us of the residential program at Yale. </p>
<p>Lastly, how do graduates of the program fare with regard to graduate or professional school admissions?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>anybody? </p>
<p>Our son just "unofficially" heard something.</p>
<p>I just heard that I was accepted, and here's what I've learned so far: </p>
<p>You can't be in both Honors Humanities and Gemstone.
It's a small program, about 100 students.
It's basically another subset of the Honors program - Honors Humanities students can take Honors classes, but not vice-versa.
You still do a research/keystone project.</p>
<p>Here are a few links for you:
<a href="http://www.honorshumanities.umd.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.honorshumanities.umd.edu/</a>
<a href="http://www.honorshumanities.umd.edu/Courses.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.honorshumanities.umd.edu/Courses.html</a>
<a href="http://www.honorshumanities.umd.edu/FAQ.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.honorshumanities.umd.edu/FAQ.html</a></p>
<p>Those are probably the three most useful pages... On one of those pages there's a comparison of the three programs (honors, honors humanities, and gemstone), which is nice. </p>
<p>Hope that helps!</p>
<p>Thanks for the links. My son was invited to University Honors and Honors Humanities, too.</p>