<p>hey guys, about the UMich honors program
what is it? do u apply for the honors program or do u choose to go or not go after being admitted? im confused ... HELP!!</p>
<p>yeah i have a question too.</p>
<p>I dont really care about prestige that much, but I'm curious: how "presigious" is the mich honors program? would it look better if you graduate from the honors program than a regular program at a school like, say, Wash U (and other top 20ish schools)?</p>
<p>and just another random question, I thought Tufts was considered a much better school than mich, but mich is ranked higher by USWeekly. what's the deal?</p>
<p>You apply to UMich, they accept you, then they send you a letter saying you are being looked at for the honors program and you may send an additional essay (their topic) if you wish. You can choose to decline honors if you want.</p>
<p>The biggest perk of honors is you get housing in the South Quad which is right on the central campus so you wont get stuck on north campus with all the other freshman. On top of that you get first dibs on honors classes and professors may be more inclined to help out (idk i havent started yet)</p>
<p>US News is pretty much crap. Stanford sends a letter to USNews every year telling them they suck and i believe they used UMich as an example of a school that was too low on the list. The only thing that is worth while with USNews is the Peer Evaluation scores...which michigan has a 4.6/5.0. Its basically on par with dartmouth and cornell. Tufts will not have the big research university perks but is very good in Internation Relations and some other subjects (i dont know that much about it but i have a couple friends going there). Michigan is CERTAINLY on tufts level if not higher.</p>
<p>Hope that helped...and correct me if i got anything wrong.</p>
<p>cool, thanks man ...</p>
<p>Everybody here sounds really confused, so I'm going to try to clear things up.</p>
<p>lala: most people don't "apply" for the honors program, they tell you if you're qualified, and then you tell them if you'd like to be considered or not. If you're borderline I think they ask you to write an essay or two.</p>
<p>mattm: if you don't care about prestige, you would probably never ask the question, haha. The "honors program" is only freshman and sophomore year, so no, no grad school or employer really cares about it. However, if you're referring to getting an honors degree in some area, yes, that looks good because it shows you've done research and independent study to get it (in most cases), and that's what a lot of grad schools are looking for. Also, as far as I know, US news publishes college rankings, but us weekly does not. I could be wrong on that though.</p>
<p>jazzman: You first bash USnews as being a terrible ranking and then you side with its placement of umich above tufts...perhaps you misunderstood matt's assessment? </p>
<p>And to Matt, no, you were terribly mistaken when you thought Tufts was considered a much better university than Michigan. I guess a select few people in this world might think it's better but only the very ignorant or disillusioned think it's "much better". Most consider Michigan a better, if not "much better" school than Tufts.</p>
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<p>Would other undergrad schools care about it if you ever decided to transfer?</p>
<p>Most likely.</p>
<p>Haha, I didnt really "side" with USNews about Mich being higher than Tufts. If USnews happens to agree with then so be it. It a totally different experience. Big research university vs smaller liberal arts-esque university.</p>
<p>Anyways, i choose to participate in the honors program because i couldnt think of anything real negatives besides not being with most of the other freshman on north campus, but from what i hear south quad is pretty social anyways.</p>
<p>Honors isn't just for freshmen or sophomores, though that's when you do lots of stuff for it. If you meet all of these requirements your first two years, you get some shiny award that nobody in Honors really cares about. But you also do an Honors version of your major, which generally requires an extra class or two and a senior thesis (with the exceptions of math and comp sci), and you get the "Honors" label on your degree. I know at least for math you can do an Honors major and not be in Honors college, but it may not be true for the rest.</p>
<p>As far as "applying", even if you don't get a letter saying that you're qualified for Honors college, you can still get in. You just have to send an e-mail to someone at the Honors college saying that you'd like to be considered, and I'm pretty sure it doesn't require an essay, though it can't hurt.</p>
<p>yea you don't need to send an essay if you want to be considered for honors but haven't been asked...just the email thing that dilksy said</p>