Honors Program

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<p>Are there any honors program in the schools at cornell?</p>

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<p>not really.</p>

<p>ilr students can graduate with honors with a few recomendations from profs, a ranking in the top 10 or 20%. I will take this option, though I will have to do a thesis project in order to graduate with honors.</p>

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<p>cornell is a frickin honors university...there are a few honors style courses that are just more advanced than other ones. It's not a big deal though. Going to cornell pretty much says "honors" on your degree because, well, it's cornell... :)</p>

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<p>Most majors have options for students to attain an honors distinction. Then in CAS there's the College Scholar program, which you apply to at the end of freshman year I believe. University-wide, there is the Presidential Research Scholar program for which students are selected during the admissions process. I also think you can apply for this at some point, I forget when though.</p>

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<p>sparticus is right. </p>

<p>also, the only thing different about the 'honors' diploma from ilr is the thesis thing. same courses otherwise.</p>

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<p>there is the dean's list....in architecture...you have to make top 10% in your class</p>

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<p>dean's list is university wide (as well as pretty much every school in the country). Just means high gpa, no special courses are needed or anything</p>

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<p>many colleges have honors program that u can qualify for with sat scores and gpa, i just wanted to know if cornell had a similar program</p>

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<p>And my point is that if you get into cornell or one of its peer institutions you probably would have qualified for the honors program at the majority of other colleges. If you're in the Honors Program at MSU that's one thing, because it says I went to an average school (for whatever reasons) but was a distinguished student. Going to Cornell already says that one is a distinguished student, so there's no need for an honors college within cornell.</p>

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<p>There is no honors program that I know of, but you can graduate with 'honors'. See Uncle Ezra post below:</p>

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<p>Dear Uncle Ezra,
What are the criteria in the arts school for cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude? Is it dependent on your major? What if you double major???
Dear Latin-Honors,</p>

<p>The requirements for graduating with honors do vary by college and major. Not every college within Cornell offers honors distinctions (either Latin or other), and those colleges and majors that do offer them, compute them in different ways. In the College of Arts and Sciences, in order to graduate with Latin honors (Cum Laude, Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude), you must complete the honors requirement for your specific major; this is typically an honors thesis. To find out the specific requirements for your particular major, or if you wish to pursue honors in a dual-major, you can look in the department’s section of the Courses of Study book (for starters) and then speak with the department office for additional details.</p>

<p>Information about honors requirements (both Latin and regular) for all colleges at Cornell can be found in front of each college’s section in the Courses of Study book, or by contacting your college registrar. For a college-by-college comparison of students graduating with honors at Cornell, check out Q13 from 3/20/01 in the Ezra Archives.</p>

<p>Carpe Diem!</p>

<p>Uncle Ezra</p>

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<p>no hnrs..bah!</p>