<p>Is it really worth the extra effort? Being a public U, will future employers really look upon the transcript, see the "Honors" designation and it will mean something more? Because if it won't, wouldn't the extra time be better spent on internships, research projects, social activities, etc. than taking a few harder (more reading-intensive?) courses and some extra honors-required projects?</p>
<p>I’m going to URI in the coming fall and from what I heard from people in the honors program the workload is not too bad and there are a bunch of perks (honors lounge, upperclassman get honors housing, etc). I don’t think that the honors program would interfere with internships or socially (might actually help socially). Also it can’t hurt on a resume.</p>
<p>I forgot to come update this thread after we visited URI again last week. We sat in an honors session and it’s not at all what we thought (like many others). Instead of just meaning more reading, harder material, etc., many honors courses have no course books, just much more interaction among students. And the courses aren’t just like Calc III; instead Computer Forensics serves as a Math gen. ed. </p>
<p>Our D will likely end up enrolling afterall. Thank you for your input.</p>