How is the honors program in UF? Is it a lot more rigorous than the normal classes? Also, how hard is it to get accepted into the honors program?
Personally I’m not all that impressed. The only real benefits I’ve heard about it is: smaller class sizes for honor classes (roughly the same rigor), Hume hall (little bit more pricey than the other halls but it’s supposed to be one of the nicer dorms), and early registration for classes. I’ve been contemplating going for lateral admission (Didn’t even know honors program was a thing when applying to UF, I knew nothing about college at that time :S), but I don’t want to end up retaking honors courses to double down on credits I’ve already gotten from AP. Plus it’s not needed to join them in order to graduate with honors.
From what I’ve gathered, (correct me if I’m wrong) it’s not really looked up for academic purposes but it’s mainly a program that has some personal conveniences. I don’t know if those conveniences are worth the requirements in my specific case. I don’t really see the point in taking 4 honors classes if I already have credits that these honor classes offer.
These are just some things to consider.
They accept about half of the applicants who apply, and 38% of lateral admissions.
@JackBurg Does that mean if I took the AP class, for example calculus, I’m still going to have to take honors calculus? I won’t get the credit for the AP exam?
You will get credit. It’s just that there’s a huge list of Honors courses. You need to take a certain amount to achieve the required Academic points. Personally, I’m a computer engineer major so I don’t have a lot of “freeby” classes I can take and still get my major requirements without being set back. The only classes that would make sense are Honors classes that offer gordon rules and gen ed requirements. I don’t really need either one of those. One 6k words I’m getting from a class required by my major, and the other 6k words I will be getting along with my last H+N credit needed to complete my gen ed requirement. Your particular case may be different.
Sorry for the double post. But I believe if you’re able to satisfy these courses that also finish up your gen ed requirements, then there’s really no reason not to join. None that I can see at least.