Is there much difference?

[BillyMc]

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I think it’s a misconception to assume that every single course at a top 15 (why 15? not 20 or more?) is going to be oh-so-much harder than its counterpart at a “lesser” university.

When I took a bunch of classes at a community college, a professor I had who had taught at the Air Force Academy told us that there wasn’t any secret knowledge we had to pay more for; he taught the same intro to psych course at the CC as he did at the Air Force Academy (though, since the CC was more recent for him, he used better technology there).</p>

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Between graduating through an Honors course and graduating through the regular course at a top 15 university, what is the difference?</p>

<p>What if you have a higher GPA because non-honors is easier (supposing 3.8+ for non-honors)?

If it was a choice between a 3.6 or 3.7 in honors and a 3.8 in non-honors, I’d go with the former. If it was like 3.1 or 3.2 in honors against a 3.8 in non-honors, I’d go with the latter. Honors can be important, but won’t make up for a big GPA difference.</p>

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You haven’t asked, but if you were to choose between Honors Program or Semester Abroad, I’d suggest the Semester Abroad.

That seems like it would be a pretty clear choice to me.</p>