Northeastern honors program?

<p>Does anyone know anything about the Northeastern honors program and what it is like to live in the honors dorm? I was just accepted into the program and I am not completely sold on the idea of only living with honors students, do you have to live in the honors dorm?
Thanks!</p>

<p>I know this doesnt have to do with your question, but wats ur stats?</p>

<p>im not sure what stats means but i got a 32 on act and i have a 104 gpa</p>

<p>Thanks, and yea I meant GPA, SAT, and ACT.
i also have 32 ACT, 4.45 GPA and 2130 SAT so I’m kinda wondering why i didnt get accepted into that propgram</p>

<p>Honors is determined by college. Communication majors in honors might have much lower statistics (stats= statistics) than Engineering majors, for example, because the application pool is much easier.</p>

<p>oh ok, that makes sense. thanks :)</p>

<p>I was sad I didn’t get in either, with a very high gpa and a 2160 SAT. I applied to engineering though, so I guess that’s why I didnt get invited into the Honors Program.</p>

<p>I’ve visited the dorm before and it’s absolutely beautiful. It’s NU’s newest building with modern architecture and clean rooms. I’d love to live there. I’ve also heard you get put into study groups with other honors students which would be beneficial come finals time. What are your concerns about it? Id love to take your spot if you choose not to live there, hehe :)</p>

<p>I got in and was wondering how difficult is the program? How hard are the honors classes, and do we have to write a thesis? Also do honors students live in IV all four years or just freshman year? Thanks.</p>

<p>Living in IV is just freshman honors. After that, there is honors apartment-style housing available in West Village, but it’s not required.
IV is really nice, though, and there’s no reason not to go for it. There are plenty of interesting people there, and don’t worry about getting stuck with just an honors crowd. You’ll have loads of chances to make friends other ways, like classes, clubs, etc. If you are in Honors, you will live in IV, and it’s awesome.</p>

<p>As for the program, for the most part honors classes are like regular classes but with smaller sections. For labs, there might be an extra assignment, but they’re usually not terribly difficult. (The one exception to differences between honors and nonhonors sections that I’ve run into is Computer Science Fundamentals.) You will have to take 6 honors classes total, including an honors seminar and Enhancing Honors, to get honors distinction. You can do an Honors thesis if you want to get Honors Project distinction, but it’s not required.</p>

<p>My D lives in IV and loves it. She doesnt ive with too many of kids in her major and that is the downside. But since she sees them in all her classes she thinks it opens her up to new people. Its not really a nerd dorm per se, there is lots of shenaigans going on there</p>

<p>Living in IV is great - I’m a honors freshman right now. However other than the perks of living in the newest dorm (the rooms are huge, and I have a single - it’s bigger than some of my friends’ doubles in other dorms), I find the honors program to be pretty pointless. We have to take “honors seminars” which are essentially regular classes with more unconventional, yet random topics in smaller class sizes. It’s a good academic experience but it’s generally harder than regular classes. Also you have to take a seminar about being in honors and write papers, go on Boston tours, etc which is, again, interesting but I felt like it was a waste of my time. NEU really prides itsself in its honors program but I think it’s only good in that the kids are definitely brighter? A more interesting (cough) community. Lots of screaming late at night. First few weeks, constantly smelled of booze on the weekends. Sometimes I wish I lived in a regular dorm.</p>

<p>Living in IV specifically, I find it hard to connect with other kids on campus because it’s so far away. For example, I have friends in Speare Hall which is somewhat central campus, and going and walking back takes a good twenty minutes. It’s also realy annoying at night when it’s really cold, especially in the winter, and if you’re coming back late from Snell (the library) and you’d rather just not go back because of the walk. You can definitely make friends outside of IV, but a lot of people I know in honors are friends with the honors kids - some people are fine with it, some people feel like its stifling and need to branch out.</p>

<p>The dorms in IV are the nicest ones you can get as a freshman, though you have the disadvantage of longer walks to classes (through Ruggles, which isn’t horrible, but not really somewhere I liked going through). You won’t be isolated; we went to other dorms at night, and people came to our dorms at night, too. The dorm experience is the dorm experience, and outside of air conditioning for the small part of the year when it’s useful (the heat will be cranked most of the semester, but that’s universal, not just an IV thing), there’s nothing too different. You may as well take the honors program and if you don’t like it, you can leave the program. It provides interesting opportunities for some, but isn’t anything too special (likewise, not too rigorous, so it’s not a big commitment). You can even move your housing if you want to (you won’t once you’re in there).</p>

<p>Also, it’s worth nothing that honors students come in as many varieties as non-honors ones. There’s a wide range of people in honors, so you won’t be restricted even if you don’t connect with the others (but you will if you try).</p>