Honors program?

[twentyfourhundo]

<p>how does the rigor of the honors program compare to regular coursework? What are the general stats of people in the program?
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[jessnic]

<p>I can’t answer all your questions, but I was admitted to honors as well and an honors student told me that the workload isn’t any more than regular work, it’s just different. For example, for a design/planning class (or something like that) he said in honors, instead of having to count how many steps it took to go to certain stores in the Great Mall, he had to analyze how the Mississippi affects the buildings around it.</p>

<p>Also, my stats were 3.70 UW GPA (which is rather low), 4.0 W GPA, top 15% of class (in public school that’s in the top 7% in the nation), 8 AP classes, 2000 SAT with 710 M 600 CR 690 W and 11 essay. I was admitted for architecture.
I was actually surprised I got in haha, I’m not very far above average… but then again I also got into Washington U in St. Louis… I have no idea how O__O</p>

[Kajon]

<p>This is from the Dec 2010 Board of Regents report. (I know that the stats went up for this years freshman class) Looks like the STEM group has the highest stats.</p>

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Honors Program
In a report to the Board of Regents Educational Planning and Policy Committee, provost Tom Sullivan and vice provost Bob McMaster gave an update on fall 2010 undergraduate education. Of particular note were the U’s honors program students. Sullivan reported that the fall 2010 freshman class in the University’s young campuswide honors program was one of the best in the nation. The class had an average ACT composite score of 31.6, putting it at the top of a distinguished group of peer liberal arts institutions. Among peer STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) universities, the U’s 33.5 average ACT composite tied with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and put it a half-point behind the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).</p>

<p>Much of this may be attributable to UMTC’s application rate. UMTC has doubled the number of applicants since 2004, from about 18,000 to 37,000, said Sullivan, while enrollment numbers have stayed relatively the same in that time, enabling the U to be more selective. More than 65 percent of UMTC freshmen were from Minnesota high schools.

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<p>My son is an Engineering student and he has honors physics, calc and econ. He says econ is not any harder, just a great prof and more reading, mocks and papers. For Calc and Physics he is doing fine,but has noticed that he is no longer the brightest kid in the class (like he was in high school) so he has to work harder. For both these courses he has top professors for his lectures. He has noticed that the non honors kids seem to have more free time. For Calc, physics and I think some of the other sciences, they have weekly study groups that meet right in the honors dorm. </p>

<p>In my opinion the benefits come from access to top professors, smaller classes, experienced (and accessible) advisors, dorm mates who take their studies seriously and a dorm community filled with very involved students.</p>

<p>Good luck with your decision. I am sure you have some fabulous options and whatever college you finally decide on will provide you with a wonderful experience.</p>

[twentyfourhundo]

<p>Thanks for all of your opinions!</p>

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