Honors program

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<p>To UCLA students in the Honors Program:</p>

<p>Are the College Honors Program and the Honors Collegium TWO DIFFERENT programs? Does being in one require being enrolled in the other, or are they independent?</p>

<p>What is honors like? How rigorous is it, and what exactly are the differences between honors courses and regular courses? How much time do you spend doing schoolwork--is it a manageable balance between the program and student organizations/socializing? </p>

<p>Would you say, overall, that it is worth the effort being an honors student?</p>

<p>Thank you for your feedback.</p>

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<p>Bumping–anybody?</p>

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<p>Does no one here do honors, then?</p>

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<p>If no one responds, you could try asking UCLA reddit or people on tumblr… haha.</p>

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<p>I was thinking of applying for that program, but I’m afraid that it might be too much for me. I’m curious on this as well.</p>

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<p>You can take Honors Collegium courses without being in the College Honors Program.</p>

<p>The Program itself holds little prestige or value by students on campus. Hardly spoken about, but students who want to add something to their resume probably apply to be in it. Perks are nothing to get excited about. I personally know 1 person (who actually mentions it) in the Program. 1. I’ve never heard anybody brag about it.</p>

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<p>I’m curious - do members of the Honors Program get higher priority for class registration? Thanks!</p>

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<p>It seems like students from Schools of Engineering and Applied Science are not eligible for this program, am I right? Thank you for your replies!</p>

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<p>There is no priority enrollment for students in the Honors Program. Honestly, I don’t see any perks worth being in the program.</p>

<p>According to the Honors Program website, all College Honors participants must be students in the College of Letters and Science (HSSEAS engineering students not eligible).</p>

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<p>Interesting. Thanks for the feedback! I’m glad that you don’t need to be in Honors to take the Collegium courses, since some of those sound appealing.</p>

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<p>The honors collegium courses are part of the honors program. The honors master list includes “honors” courses in nearly every major, but every honors student will need to take at least one honors collegium course. The specific requirements are listed on the honors department website.</p>

<p>In short Physics 1AH, Math 115AH, 110AH, 131AH, 170A, Econ 170A, Hist 191A, etc fulfill honors requirements, but each student will need at least one honors collegium course (in addition to the required number of honors credits) to complete the honors requirements.</p>

<p>It’s a thin program imo, often satisfied with only a few extra courses, but I like the library and counseling privileges. Some of the more comprehensive programs are here: <a href=“http://publicuniversityhonors.com/[/url]”>http://publicuniversityhonors.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;