<p>Could anyone currently in the honors program give me some pros and cons? I'm looking to major in actuarial science/financial mathematics and I have a 4.0 UW GPA and a 34 ACT if any of that makes a difference.</p>
<p>I’m also majoring in actuarial science/financial mathematics and I’m curious about this. I’m definitely going to submit an application for it but I’m still trying to figure out if it’s worthwhile. So yeah, I second this post.</p>
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<p>You’d get in, you just have to write another 500-1000 word essay. I actually had the same stats (4.0/34) and I got in pretty quickly after I applied. Not to mention I know many people in Honors with me now with less stellar stats. Unless your essay flat out sucks or your stats are below the 25th percentile (less than 3.8 and 29 ish), everyone gets in.</p>
<p>Honestly, there are no cons. There are pros, but they aren’t hugely significant. In the end Honors isn’t a huge deal. You get much better guaranteed housing on central campus; this may sound like it’s not a big deal, but trust me central campus is 1000% better. Academically, Honors is as much as you want it to be. They have Lunch with Honors events once a month or so where they give you free food and bring in a speaker/author/professor to give a talk. These are totally optional, as are the many honors social events held by Honors RAs. So you can participate if you want, if not, nobody cares whatsoever. The thing I love about Honors is that it’s not a separate school; you’re mixed in with everyone else for almost all classes and then you’ll either have a discussion with only honors kids or have to do an extra assignment to get honors credit for some smaller seminar classes. You only need two honors classes a semester so it’s not too burdensome. Honestly, first semester Great Books (the class all honors students have to take [except for a few who take Classic Civ] and it’s limited to only honors) was a great bonding experience among honors kids. Yeah, it was difficult, but if you work hard it’s totally possible to get an A (I did). Honestly most people (probably 2/3s) get either A-'s/B+'s and then the rest get mostly A’s, I’ve only met one person who got a B and nobody who got any lower so don’t listen to people who will say it’s impossible. Overall, Honors provides a slightly more close knit and rigorous, although emphasis on the slightly, academic experience, and looks good on a grad school transcript. With the nice housing, IDK why anyone wouldn’t do it.</p>
<p>Congratulations on being admitted and GO BLUE!</p>
<p>I attended the Honors program when I went to Michigan. As Stewta mentioned it is really hard not to get A’s in Honors classes, the professors expect to give them to most students so you really have to do poor work to get lower than an A-. I lived in Honors housing and I would NOT recommend it if you are looking for a quiet environment. You get to live on central campus, which is nice, but Honors halls are the party halls. Everybody figures out pretty quickly that they don’t have to work hard to get good grades, so the hall is one giant frat party all week long. </p>
<p>My RA once told me that he thought the Honor’s program was just to separate the most obnoxious students from the rest of the student body, and looking back I think he was correct.</p>
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Having lived in honors housing and being in a fraternity…lets just say you must not have been to many frat parties haha. Honors housing is alright, definitely worth it to do if you get in for the location.</p>
<p>umm yeah im in honors housing and south quad is not a “party” dorm. as a matter of fact its pretty low key. you have the atheletes who go out during the week and a few others in greek life who go out.</p>
<p>Wow, is it really that easy to get accepted? 29ish ACT and 3.8 GPA and a decent essay? sounds a little too good to be true.</p>
<p>i got into honors with a 29 ACT and 3.5 gap</p>
<p>I lived in South Quad Hunt House and our RA threw keg parties every Thursday-Sat night. And yes, you are correct in that the parties were not really as big as a frat party. A frat party wouldn’t even fit in a dorm hall.</p>
<p>South Quad does have some pretty big parties though. If you want a low key, quiet dorm then you should aim for East Quad residential college. You still get central campus location, and if you want to go to a party you are half a block from Hill street (frat party central).</p>
<p>Glory be thy Hunt House!</p>