<p>I have applied, been accepted to, and received a significant amount of money from UDel. I was also admitted into their honors program, which my guidance counselor has gushed is "like an Ivy education in a public school". </p>
<p>What is the strength of the Honors Program, as compared to highly competitive schools and the generally perceived prestige in today's job market?</p>
<p>I have also been accepted to Boston College, Fordham with money, and anticipate an acceptance from Lehigh. </p>
<p>So, is UDel Honors as competitive and strong as BC and Lehigh? Is it better to go to either BC or Lehigh (and graduate with debt) or UDel Honors?</p>
<p>First off: are you a competitive ice skater? UDel’s skating club is absolutely top-notch.</p>
<p>Wrt your actual question–the following is the opinion of an in-stater with MANY high school classmates attending UDel Honors. It’s not prestigious–no honors program is, really–but that doesn’t matter. BC has a bit more name recognition, perhaps.</p>
<p>UDel Honors is good, for an honors program, but it is still an honors program within a public university–recognize that the rest of the “regular” university exists and will constitute the majority of your experience. It’s not all terrible, either–publics have a ton of diversity–but it is different.</p>
<p>What do you want to study? UDel is very good for chemical engineering, chemistry, art conservation, music ed, and probably some others. The math/science courses are certainly rigorous; humanities and social sciences are more mixed and often considered “easier.”</p>
<p>It’s an unusual state flagship in that OOS students constitute 2/3 of the student body. In the university as a whole–this tends to be flipped in the Honors subset–OOS students are academically stronger than in-state, because the Commitment to Delawareans is essentially a minimal guarantee of admission.</p>