<p>Hi,</p>
<p>What is the difference between the "Campus Honors Program" (Campus</a> Honors Program at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |), and the James Scholars Honors Program (<a href="http://www.las.uiuc.edu/students/honors/types/%5B/url%5D">http://www.las.uiuc.edu/students/honors/types/</a>) ????</p>
<p>I got a letter saying I was accepted into the James Scholars one...</p>
<p>James Scholar is college specific, each college has their own</p>
<p>i think the requirements to get into campus honors are more stringent; chp is more selective.
james honors is easier to get into, with 10-15% from each college getting in. the advantage with james scholar is you register for classes earlier, but i think campus honors probably has a lot more advantages (idk what they are tho)</p>
<p>James Scholars: each college has its own and is based mainly on test scores but some of the colleges may also consider rank. Designed to capture about top 15%. No merit aid involved.</p>
<p>Campus honors: Designed to capture about 120 total who enroll and offered only to those who are the highest applicants based on rank, test scores, and file review. Generally need to be in about top 1% of all applicants. In past, if OOS, they have provided some merit aid consisting of coming close to having the OOS pay in-state tuition.</p>
<p>I didn’t want to start a new thread on a similar subject (I know those are hated around on CC) so here’s my question: How is Illinois’ honors program (Campus Honors, and even James Scholar) compare to other state university honor programs.</p>
<p>Son will be in both in the fall. The campus honors program sells itself as a small highly selective group. Students are required to take 4 classes from CHP in the 1st 2 years, and go to 4 events sponsored by CHP. This fall, he and classmates are invited to dinner at the home of the chancellor to discuss a book (the age of print, I think it’s called). The author of the book from IU will be there as well.</p>
<p>Other honors programs are different because usually they aren’t as selective. At MSU, You only need like a 30 and top 5% of your class to be in honors. At UIUC, those stats might get you admitted to the more selective programs (business, engineering). So the student body is likely to be extremely strong in CHP. Yes, these students get to register early for classes. There are some trips you can take with the group. However, you need to maintain a 3.3 to stay in CHP, which I think can be tough…most honors programs from other schools aren’t as stringent. </p>
<p>For engineering, you need a 33 on your ACT to be in James Scholars. These students get to register early for classes and have certain requirements as far as honors classes to take each semester. However, only CHP students are allowed to take CHP classes…small interesting classes taught by the most esteemed professor in that area. Son will be taking the history of language in the fall…Really nice way to round out an engineering student, I think.</p>
<p>For those already in or have experienced the CPH or James Scholar Program, was it worth the time and energy (besides early registration and smaller class size)? Were the professors engaging and involved in teaching? Did the assignments create a better understanding and appreciation of the subject being taught?</p>