<p>Can anyone share their experience or opinions on the honors college at UD. What type of classes are offered? Benefits? Any info would be great.</p>
<p>They don't have an honors college. It's a program, I believe. And from what I've heard, it's an outstanding opportunity for students in it. Helps to diminish the traditional disadvantages of being at a large public institution.</p>
<p>Thanks Whistle pig, Do you have a S or D at UD? If you do how do they like it? How safe is it? There has been so much info on this site about this topic, that it has prompted me to ask. You seem to know quite a bit about the school. Any feed back would be appreciated.</p>
<p>Found this in AUAP (American Universities Admission Program) rankings for 2005 (Couldn't find more recent data):</p>
<p>Best Honor program (for public universities)
1) University of Delaware (DE)
2) University of Michigan-Arbor (MI)
3) University of Oklahoma (OK) </p>
<p>I do currently have a freshmen in the Honors Program. There are two types of honors classes. One, the entire class is honors. The class size is small. The other type is added into a regular class. With this you get extra support, maybe a special discussion group, separate type of assignment, etc. varying according to the professor. The freshmen honors students are housed together. Honors housing exists for the other years, but it is optional. Follow this link to see what courses were offered this spring: <a href="http://honors.udel.edu/courses/courses08S.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://honors.udel.edu/courses/courses08S.pdf</a></p>
<p>MattMooseMom, thank you for your response. How does your freshman like UD, what other college choices did S/D have? Is he or she satisfied with the honors college? It looks like there are some nice opportunities, my son got accepted with a good amount of merit money, so we are trying to figure this whole thing out. Also, did you get the ranking info of honors colleges on the web? How is the safety at the school? It seems to me from what I have read on college confidential, there is a lot of concern about this. Thank you for your feedback!</p>
<p>My son is very happy at UD. He felt at home right away. He enjoys his classes and his professors, who are very good at responding to e-mails and at being available for help. The freshmen honors dorms are in a central location and it is easy to walk to classes. He is also happy with the honors program. As far as safety is concerned, he feels comfortable. Comfortable enough to work for Public Safety. You just have to use common sense. </p>
<p>As far as his other choices of colleges, he narrowed down his list to UD, Boston University and the University of Maryland. </p>
<p>I can't remember what Google search I used to find that little tidbit of information, because I found it a while ago.</p>
<p>Good luck in making "the decision!"</p>
<p>Regarding safety: this is a perennial question for a lot of parents at many colleges, particularly those in cities (a lot of questions arise in Philadelphia, New Haven, New Orleans, to name a few). But crime can occur anywhere. That said, most campus security personnel take a very personal interest in protecting 'their kids.' </p>
<p>Best thing to do is visit the campus if you haven't done so, and talk to the security department - almost all campuses have monitors and call boxes, and late night escort services (not the Spitzer kind...) And engage your child in a discussion of common sense (adult that is, not teenage...) safety behaviors.</p>
<p>Zoom,
I'm a sophomore in Honors at UD. I totally love it here. I like having the Honors adviser to help you plan your academic life. I'm not sure if you weren't in Honors how much help you get. Could be the same, I just don't know. I've been in Honors classes that have just Honors students and big classes where it's just a section and you have more work to do. When you're a freshman you have Russell fellows which are upperclassmen in the Honors Program who live on your floor and help out with all kinds of stuff. One of the best pieces of advice mine gave me was to not overload yourself on classes. Just because you can take a ton of credits doesn't mean you should.<br>
I do NOT get how people think UD is unsafe. People who do stupid things, like walking alone drunk at 3am are asking for problems. I have never felt uncomfortable. When I study late with someone on another part of campus, I call for an escort. Sometimes it takes a long time, but they eventually come.
I'm OOS and not a superbrain. UD was the stingiest with merit money for me, so I'm going to end up with some loans to pay off, but I wouldn't want to be any other school.</p>
<p>Honors Program is really good. I didn't realize it until I transferred out of UD to a different school, but if you're into the sciences at all...AMAZING undergrad research opportunities. Hard to get them elsewhere.</p>