<p>Has anyone been accepted into Honors Program? Any comments from present or past Honors Program students?</p>
<p>My daughter just received today her invitation for the College of Arts & Sciences Honors Program.</p>
<p>There is a residential honors program and a non-residential. My D is in the latter, which is pretty loosely structured. The main advantage is smaller classes, a good student cohort and additional advising. All helpful, but nothing life-changing. As a science kid my D has not taken much advantage of it, it probably is better for non-science majors. I don’t know anything about the residential honors program.</p>
<p>I called and found out more about the Residential program. If you want the residential, they all live in the same dorms, so that is probably good. It is just about $765 more per year but that pays for additional activities. We are out of state and other than the Chancellor Scholarship $15K over 4 years - since Boulder was not her top choice not sure if she will choose to attend. She wants UC Santa Barbara or San Diego State - however, myself I would prefer her to go to Boulder or DU.</p>
<p>My kids are a CU senior and sophomore. Neither one did the honors program and have done fine at CU. D is Phi Beta Kappa and will graduate with honors this spring, and S is doing very well also. As far as honors programs go, I’m sure it’s fine, but from our family’s experiences, you don’t need it to succeed at CU. Good luck!!!</p>
<p>Thanks so much for honors info…we are going see how much her final aid package may be as we are out of state! I think Boulder would be great. Any comments about DU? that is another one she is thinking, but again we need to consider cost.</p>
<p>DU is a good school, but it is VERY expensive. The kids that I know that went there though, really had (and hare having) a good experience, so that’s a good thing. There are lots of things to do in Denver and in the mountains.</p>
<p>My older son is a junior and loves Boulder. I love Boulder also. He is not in the honors program. My youngest just got accepted to the Norlin Scholars program yesterday and he also received a Chancellor’s scholarship. I hope he takes a serious look at CU b/c it is a great school, but he is leaning towards USC…NO scholarship money.</p>