<p>If you are in the honors program at OSU, how many honors classes do you have to take?</p>
<p>Have you ever heard of someone who was very burnt out after high school being told they were accepted to the honors program and the student telling OSU he really wants to be in the scholars program instead? What do you think of this idea?</p>
<p>Yes, some people do decide to be in the scholars program instead. There is nothing wrong with that if you really want to be in that particular scholars program.</p>
<p>You have to take an average of one honors class per quarter, and I'm pretty sure upper-division courses count.</p>
<p>Thank you for that answer.</p>
<p>Be in Honors for the priority scheduling!</p>
<p>Really.</p>
<p>In my opinion, the Honors program is only as difficult as you want it to be for yourself. It does not wear one out as much as taking an all Honors/AP course load in high school; while it's not necessarily easier, there is less pressure than high school.</p>
<p>I calculated that you come into OSU with a high-achiever load of AP classes (like everyone on this board has!) and one or two actual college classes taken over the summer that you can transfer, you could come in your first year at OSU with sophomore status, credit wise - sophomores register before freshmen anyway, right? And "scholars" sophomores register before the other sophomores? Does the honors scheduling help that much? getting the classes you need when you need them would be good. What do you all think?</p>
<p>Honors students schedule about 3 weeks before scholars, so it definitely helps. Regular freshmen schedule the very last, and I have to say it would be hard to get the ideal schedule. I am only blocked out of my classes if I switch at the last minute (like I have done every quarter so far), and I can even pick and choose my time slot to fit my other activities. Priority scheduling cannot be underestimated.</p>
<p>It's true, JJG. I took eight AP exams in high school and one college course, and arrived at OSU with sophomore+one quarter status. After this quarter I will be a junior. I scheduled the evening of the very first day that scheduling opened.</p>
<p>Sorry, I remembered something else. About honors being only as hard as you want it to be - the difficulty level reminds me of high school. It is much harder than high school, but it reminds me of my AP courses in the sense that AP English was not as hard as AP Chemistry or Physics. I don't know if all high schools are this way, but I feel that Honors Math or any science is just masochistic (unless it is your major), and Honors humanities are usually more interesting than the regular courses.</p>
<p>Honors freshmen schedule before Scholars seniors...</p>
<p>It does make a difference. I know a lot of people in scholars who are blocked out of what they want to take and wish they were in honors, and these are not just freshmen. Just last week I was talking to a scholars kid who, after his first year here, will be eligible to move up to honors. "Just do it for the scheduling priority," someone said. And it's true. In most of my classes last quarter, i was the first or second person to sign up for them. This is much more fun than having to have ten alternatives for every class because you know you'll get blocked out.</p>
<p>Honors freshmen register before scholars seniors? Is the order of who registers when on the web site somewhere?</p>
<p>JJG, it goes Honors everything (senior-freshman), Scholars Everything (senior-freshman), Regular (senior to freshman)</p>
<p>Freshman year, first quarter, I think that Fresh Honors only schedule before Fresh scholors, then regular, though.</p>