@momofsenior1 Thanks for the excellent feedback. And you are right… The amount of info on the website on the honors program is thin at best. The only downsides he sees are the forced dorm choices and the GPA requirement for his intended major. On the one hand, it appears that his first year courses in engineering will be identical, at least on paper, to his senior year courseload, which he is kind of yawning through. And he is a little afraid of being bored next year (might learn mighty fast that was a silly fear). I need to hunt down a current freshmen from his HS who is in the honors engineering courses now to see what the dealio is in relation to his HS courses. He is very anxious to roll up his sleeves and will go nuts if next year is a close repeat of this year. Because of hockey he couldn’t take any of the cool course options at the local uni, unfortunately; that would have helped with this whole thing a lot.
It seems like a no-brainer to take the honors options if offered. But if he is the only one of his friends…he might balk at that. Since he is a man of almost no words…I do worry that he’ll really struggle if isolated from ALL of his friends. Yes, he will make new ones, but tOSU is a gigantic place. And he will want to spend time with his existing friends. tOSU has 3 honors dorms, one in north, west or south campus. So his friends could be waaaaaaaay over the other end of campus. He’d be bummed.
Premature of me to wring my hands over this, but the kids will all be back for the break and surely someone knows a kid in honors engineering I can pepper with questions. That’s why it is on my mind right now. Need to grab the returning students while I can.
Thanks again for your thoughtful response.