<p>I'm an incoming freshman, and I'm trying to decide if I should take regular classes or honors classes for math and chemistry. I've already taken the AP test for calculus and chemistry in high school and received decent marks, but I want to retake them to meet med school requirements. I'm not sure how hard the honors courses would be, and I'm worried that I would get lower grades in these classes than if I would if I took a regular class. Are honors classes at UCR significantly harder than regular courses?</p>
<p>You have to be in the honors program in order to take honors classes.</p>
<p>For many honors classes, it’s the same as the regular lecture, but you have discussion with your professor instead of a TA (usually a grad student). Your discussion leader does a lot of the grading, so your professor would be grading you instead of a TA. </p>
<p>Honors seminars are smaller classes led by the professor.</p>
<p>Honestly, in my experience, honors classes actually turn out to be EASIER than regular classes. I’ve taken two honors classes, and both professors graded easier than i felt the majority of my TAs did. Kind of ironic, but that’s how i felt. And they teach you better than a grad student can…</p>
<p>Wow, I didn’t know that the Honors program allowed you to interact with your professors more - that’s great! Thanks!</p>
<p>BTw, you have to retake General Chemistry anyways regardless of AP credits, I got a 5 on the test itself and I can tell you now that jumping directly into Organic Chem as a freshman would be something along the lines of suicide</p>
<p>Honors professor’s curve the class a LOT more in order to keep people in the class because to progress to the next series in say HPChem you need a B or higher.</p>