<p>I was accepted to Northeastern and was offered to take part in the Honors program, but I'm still on the fence about accepting the Honors part or not, so I have a few questions on it:</p>
<p>First of all, is it much harder compared to not being in Honors? I know certain courses have sections for Honors, but are these sections more advanced of just a smaller group? And besides these sections, is there anything else that would make being in Honors more difficult than not? I have many friends who say they would never do an honors program at college, so that's what got me thinking.</p>
<p>Second, do freshmen in the Honors program have a dedicated building in the International Village, or are they mixed with upperclassmen as well? And does the IV serve as housing for international students, or is it just a name?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>The short answer on Honors: no, it is not harder. Mostly it’s smaller classes or perhaps an extr lab report. I’ve never run into more than that.
You do have to take an honors seminar and the Enhancin Honors class, but they’re pretty easy and actuall kind of fun.<br>
As for the housing: the honors freshman are pretty well grouped together on the lower floors of IV, with the upperclassmen on the upper floors. The issue of whether or not that’s where the international students are housed is a matter I debate, and after two years here, I’m still not sure. However, it does have good international food in the dining hall there.</p>
<p>Seconding the above! The honors program is less of a program than it sounds – basically you have to take a certain number of honors classes (6 over your 4-5 years, and the 1-credit “Enhancing Honors” counts), which only honors kids can take, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re harder or smaller (one of my largest, easiest classes last semester was honors). You also meet with an honors advisor a couple of times a year. The main difference is the housing freshman year, and you can also opt to live in honors-only housing after that if you choose. There’s a junior/senior year project you can complete too, but that’s sort of vague and not (I don’t think) required. Basically I’d go with honors if you’re offered it – it’s really not that different and since the hardest part would probably be keeping a GPA of 3.4 to stay in it, there really are no downsides.
And yeah, the freshman are in the first 9 floors of IV, and there’s no mixing with upperclassmen, and also no correlation to international student housing. The dining hall ([International</a> Village | Northeastern University Dining Services](<a href=“Dine On Campus”>Dine On Campus)) has sushi and an Indian food section… mostly the name just seems random.</p>
<p>Hi, I am an accepted student to Northeastern for 2016 and I was also wondering about the honors program. Would you say that the dorms for those involved in the Honors program are any different than those not in the honors program? Also, are there different co-op expectations in the honors program?</p>
<p>First year honors housing is in International Village. You have (most likely) a double with one roommate connected to another double (so two “suitemates”) by a bathroom. Normal first year students tend it live more in the regular double or triple rooms with communal bathrooms, although it depends on the dorm. Search for honors housing on this forum and you should find crazy detailed explanations about it.</p>
<p>No, honors has nothing to do with co-op. Although sometimes having “Honors Program” can help get you an interview first your first co-op, when most people have zero experience so the selections are based more off of GPA and classes.</p>