<p>Today I got a letter saying I was invited to the James Scholar Honors Program at Illinois. I don't think I'm going to U of I, but if I do I definitely want to be in the program. My question is, I'm in engineering right now, but I honestly have no idea what I want to do. Am I just in the general honors program, or is it a specific engineering thing that if I transfer to business or ACES I will no longer be in honors?</p>
<p>The James Scholars honors program is college specific and each college has it. You are thus in the program for engineering. It is a program that generally depends on your test score or combo of test score and rank in high school, and then once you are there continuation depends on meeting any course requirements and remaining in top 15% (or some other percentage) of your college program. If you decide later to switch from engineering, you can likely switch to the other college's James Scholar program as long as you are in its range for being in it. Note, the James Scholar program is not a scholarship program and thus does not mean you will be entitled to any merit awards toward tuition.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. Yeah I am aware that the honors program is not any sort of scholarship thing, I just thought it sounded good with early registration, grad library use, special programs etc. and I would assume if you stay in the program all four years you graduate "with honors?"</p>
<p>I was an Engineering James Scholar for 2 years before the GPA requirement caught up with me and they kicked me out. Honestly, the only thing its good for is early registration for classes.</p>