Should I apply for the Kellogs honor program at Cal Poly? What is the difference of being in the honors program vs not being in it?
Here are the benefits of being part of the Honors college:
- Belonging to a community of highly motivated students
- Individualized mentoring and advising
- Specific research opportunities from professors seeking Honors students
- Honors classes capped at 20 students max
- Singular access to professors teaching in Honors
- Special scholarly, cultural and social events
- Civic engagement opportunities
- Substantial scholarship awards available for top Honors students
- Grant support for presenting at or attending professional conferences
- Funds for academic and cultural enrichment
- Assistance for study abroad
- Honors citation on Diploma
- The “Honors Commons” available for study, socializing and relaxing
Computers, printer, refrigerator, microwave in the Honors Commons - Honors floor in residence hall
- Priority registration
- Special academic and career opportunities
- Graduate school recruiter visits
- Mentoring for national fellowships
- Internship opportunities
Seconding all of the above. If you can qualify, do apply. (a worst, if you don’t like it, you can quit after a year. But you’ll still have benefited from all the advantages for your first year.)
Priority registration is HUGE.