<p>As far as I know, PsychoDad, the size of your son’s lectures won’t change, nor will the size of the sections that accompany his lectures. He’ll just be in with a group of fellow honors students for said sections, which should hopefully make for a better, more intellectually stimulating discussion.</p>
<p>He would not be in smaller classes, and honors would not give any substantial boost for med school, especially since he can choose to graduate with an honors degree regardless of whether or not he goes through the program.</p>
<p>^ Really? I didn’t know that! Are you sure?</p>
<p>@entenduintransit What do you mean by you can graduate with an honors degree regardless of whether or not you go through the honors program?</p>
<p>^^^ Its been written on some of these threads. You can opt to do a thesis and get an honors degree.</p>
<p>Even if you aren’t in the program, you can write an honors thesis and graduate with an honors degree. Being in the program does not exempt you from that. You have to write the thesis either way.</p>
<p>Do most theses get accepted? Are there stats?</p>
<p>Point of clarification: by opting to do an Honors thesis, you are in fact joining the Honors Program. I consider Honors at Michigan to be two separate programs (underclassmen and upperclassmen) with the same name and run by the same people.</p>
<p>Frankly, underclassmen Honors is only worth it for Honors housing and Honors activities with free food e.g. “Lunch With Honors” if you like that sort of thing. The Sophomore Honors Award exists, but as I’ve mentioned before, a lot of people who qualify forget to apply. That being said, medical schools appreciate course rigor and such, and some Honors courses/sections may require an override for those outside the Honors Program.</p>
<p>remember…south quad will be closed for renovations next year.</p>