<p>Sorry if this has been asked before :)</p>
<p>So I know that freshman honors students get to live in International Village, which is an awesome dorm, but what about classes? Are there a lot more requirements? Are class sizes any smaller or no? And on that note, what are the sizes of classes in general? Is there anything else that honors students get to do or are required to do??</p>
<p>Hey, I will also be an honors student at NEU next fall. Can’t wait!</p>
<p>I spoke to a representative here in Dubai and he said that a lot of classes have separate honors sections that are no bigger than 20 students. For example, my microeconomics class may have 50 students in total but only 15 or so in the honors section. This allows for more professor student interaction and for us to possibly move through the syllabus a bit faster. There are some other benefits i’m sure, but nothing else comes to mind. </p>
<p>Btw the facebook group discusses these matters a lot. Hope I helped!</p>
<p>Ahmed</p>
<p>thanks Ahmed, I hope to meet you next year if I decide to go 
I’ll check out the facebook group</p>
<p>Does anyone else know about the honors program? Any input is appreciated!</p>
<p>The class size thing is really all that comes to mind other than housing. Even then, the difference isn’t always such a big deal- I was in an Honors Psych class with 40 people, which really doesn’t work out to be that much of a difference from a 100 person section. </p>
<p>The Honors program does offer a few opportunities to get involved with various programs, but in my experience, most honors students don’t take advantage of this, and those that I’ve seen weren’t particularly appealing. </p>
<p>Mostly, I find Honors to be more of an inconvenience than anything. They simply don’t offer enough honors courses to make it easy to complete your honors requirements (its not impossible, but more likely than not there will be at least one semester where you’ll be doing back flips to try and fit an Honors course into your schedule). </p>
<p>I guess what I would say is, if you’re accepted into the Honors program, don’t decide to skip it (Honors Housing is a massive improvement over other Freshman housing), but I would not factor in the Honors program as a reason to attend Northeastern. The staff is enthusiastic, but the academic benefits aren’t particularly tangible. </p>
<p>On a final note, always make sure to check out Professors for any course you decide to take. There are a certain number of Honors courses they will advertise heavily each semester, but my experience this semester was relatively poor.</p>
<p>I actually like honors a lot… Sometimes it can be a slight pain when you realize a class you just took is now being offered with an honors section so you missed out, but its not really a big deal. Plus my favorite class so far was my honors seminar, and my favorite professors have been the one who taught my Inquiries (freshman) class and the one who taught my honors section of Advanced Writing.</p>
<p>But I’m in honors for the random other things you get, plus for the chance to put it on your resume. They give tickets to stuff, they have better funding for the honors dorms, they have receptions for students… And everyon in the office is super nice. They push honors courses a little too much (such as when you think you should really take an elective for your major or something), but they are always way more willing to talk than my other advisors have been. Plus you could also become a mentor or volunteer leader or help with welcome week…</p>
<p>I got into uconn honors, quinnipiac honors, and northeastern honors. </p>
<p>quinnipiac honors kids didnt even get housing (the “honors housing” is two honors students and two non-honors students in a quad in one of the buildings), and their honors lounge was essentially the size of a broom closet with six chairs and a fully-applianced kitchen - the poor director had exactly 6 square feet of space as her office!!! they talked about their retreats and event planning and emphasized the themes of their powerpoint - “food, friends, and fun.”</p>
<p>uconn honors kids get a whole dorm their freshman year of just honors freshman, with a dining hall and all the other things that dorm buildings have. but the most attractive thing is that you get priority class registration. thats really important at uconn since a lot of kids cant get the classes they need to graduate on time because the school is so big, ya know? plus, my friends say they pull the “honors card” all the time on profs who have full classes. just email and say “but im an honors student” and they let you in.</p>
<p>i had the same question as the OP: what does northeastern /have/ exactly? aside from all of the small classes, special seminars and receptions things that every honors program has? do the honors kids get special treatment, per se, or is it more of a club thing like quinnipiac?</p>