<p>My daughter is so excited to attend CU (my alma mater). She has been offered the Honors program, which is great. My question is - is living in the Kittredge Honors dorm/RAP worth it? She is a Biochemistry major and wants to live in Baker RAP.</p>
<p>I can’t honestly tell you about the benefits of the Honors program, as my kids elected not to do it. Daughter graduated with highest honors and juniior son is doing very well, so I know that you can succeed at CU without it. Neither of my kids liked the Kittridge dorms you’re required to live in, so that may have had something to do with it - they looked fine to me as a parent. If your daughter wants to do the Baker RAP, I think that would be a fine way to go. Make sure you put in the housing request as soon as you can - the Main Campus dorms are the most desired and fill up quickly!!! Good luck, I hope your daughter enjoys CU.</p>
<p>Thanks. That was my thought as well. She wants to be close to “the action” and can still take an honors course without living in Kittridge. We sent in her housing application the day after we decided CU was where she was going (in December)!</p>
<p>Glad she got that housing app in right away. We did the same thing with our son because he wanted to be in Farrand for the same reasons your D wants to be in Baker. Our D had some other out-of-state options and took longer deciding where she was going. She ended up in Darley South at Williams Village. It was “okay”, but clearly not the dorm that she would have preferred because it wasn’t on the Main Campus. In the end it all worked out fine.</p>
<p>My son is a freshman in Baker this year and really enjoying it. Loves the location. He would have hated living in Kittredge. He also could have applied for Honors Engineering but didn’t as he did not want to live just with all engineering students. He has done extremely well academically without it…I hope your daughter enjoys CU.</p>
<p>My D was in non-resident Honors but did not take much advantage of it. I think its less useful for science majors as most of their courses do not have an honors section. Its always good to have access to more advising, and she may get the occasional interesting elective course out of it, but it may also be little utilized.</p>
<p>Which is no biggie. I think many anxious parents (myself included) see the Honors program as a way of segregating our bright motivated kids from the great slacker/stoner unwashed. My D had no problem finding many like-minded friends, whether they were in classes and were homework buddies, or simply lived down the hall.</p>
<p>just to clarify, if i decide not to do honors rap, i can still participate in the honors college right? bc i dont think i want to do the rap but i want to still be able to do the honors college (and by that i mean i dont want to pay a $200 deposit to live in a dorm i dont like when i still havent heard from 3 schools, one of which is one of my top choices…)</p>
<p>I don’t know the answer to that question; you should probably ask the Admissions Office about that one.</p>
<p>Yes, you can participate in honors without being in the residential college, that is what my D did. But waiting on that $200 deposit may put you in a less desirable dorm, the preferred choices (around Farrand field and Sewell) go fast.</p>
<p>i just want to know what choices i have before i rush into one is all…thanks!</p>
<p>Sigh. I guess I"m showing my age because I would LOVE to live in the Kittredge Commons area. Pond, trees, ducks, benches, and a short walk away from main campus but without the bus ride to WillVille. Some if not all of the buildings have been renovated, and they’re just across the street from the C4C (Center for Community) building with a great new cafeteria. (Our family has eaten there and we don’t have a student at CU yet. (Well, S took a class there last semester as a senior in h.s. but he’s not a “real” college student yet.))</p>