I am a future Buckeye. I am in the University Honors Program, and I was accepted into the Engineering Learning Community, so I’m trying to decide if I want to live in the Eng LC dorm or in an Honors dorm.
Both appeal to me because I’d be with like-minded people (other engineers or other Honors students).
Honors appeals to me because I’d live with people from more than one academic area (i.e. not be surrounded only by fellow engineers and be able to meet people from a variety of different disciplines).
Engineering appeals to me because I’ll be with people in the same classes that I’m in, and that would be a super convenient resource.
Anyone wanna share their experiences or more pros and cons? I’d greatly appreciated it.
My daughter chose Scholars, she later (when she was a Junior) signed an Honors contract because she maintained a high GPA and will be graduating with both Honors and Scholars designation. I think the only way to get the Scholars designation is to start with it, but there seems to be way to add Honors later. She has no regrets about not taking the FEH (Fundamentals of Engineering Honors) class. As long as you complete the Scholars class and requirements freshman and for a couple programs I think there is something to do sophomore year as well, you’ve earned it and it appears on your diploma. Just be prepared the kids that do take the FEH class love to brag about it, forever.
I am wondering about the differences between LIVING in the Engineering LC or an Honors dorm as an Honors Engineering student. If you got the chance to ask your daughter about the differences, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you very much!
I will also be a freshman next year, and I was in a similar situation. I decided to live in a learning community because the honors dorms are pretty terrible compared to the brand new dorm where my learning community is. Even if you are in an engineering learning community, you will probably still be able to meet people from other majors and connect with other honors students. I personally think living with people in a similar major will help me make friends and succeed academically more so than living with other honors students would.
Sorry I misread the question. I wasn’t familiar with the learning communities - but glad I found out about them. My son applies next year and didn’t seem interested in honors or scholars, but I think he might like a learning community.
I asked my daughter what she thought/her friends experiences about different living spaces advantages/disadvantages. She only lived in a dorm for one semester and lives one block off campus now. She said because everybody group texts it’s important to be close and not have to drive onto campus because people get together spontaneously and commuters can miss out on those opportunities. She said the engineers are the friendliest group on campus, so you’ll meet them whether you live with them or not. And because there are a lot of engineers, you won’t necessarily have all your project partners in the same dorm anyway. Her advice to sum: anywhere is great, as long as it’s here.
I lived in a pharmacy LLC when I was a freshman and I was debating to live in the Honors dorms at the time. I loved living in the pharmacy house because the dorm had a lot of pharmacy specific events (pharmacists coming to give talks in the dorm, academic counselor hours in the dorm etc), and I liked making friends with similar interests. I also met a lot of people outside of pharmacy, since only one hallway of the dorm was considered pharmacy. So there were plenty of people of all majors and backgrounds in my dorm that I hung out with.
I think Honors and the Engineering house will be pretty similar and you can’t go wrong with one or the other. It helps to weed out crazy partiers to live in a LLC and meet people more similar to yourself. I’d consider other things such as location when deciding which one to go with since they’re probably so similar in terms of people you’d live with.
