<p>I'm thinking about doing honors in college. I've taken as many honors and AP classes as I could in high school and made A's but I don't want to have so much work in college that I cant have any fun. Is honors ridiculously hard?</p>
<p>I think it would depend mostly on the specific honors program/your area of interest.</p>
<p>I’m also facing dilemma’s on whether I would like to “attempt” to join honors. The only benefits that I’ve been told about are staying in closer-knit dorms and the overall prestige. </p>
<p>Every year I tell myself, “No more AP” yet I keep taking more and more and more. I’m going to check in on this thread every now and then to see if anyone dispelled these myths I’ve been hearing.</p>
<p>From what I’ve been reading about the UT Honors program, it just gives you access to more resources (library, professors, looks good because it’s “Honors”). I saw on one thread that for Chem. Eng. the classes were pretty much the same. </p>
<p>Apparently there’s a decent amount of grade inflation for Honors students as well, although I’m not sure how that works out if most of the classes are the same…</p>
<p>^ The students in honors basically have the same courses as students who aren’t in honors, but their classes are designated for honor students only. Non-honor students can’t get into these classes, for example, BA324’H’.</p>
<p>Can I apply to be in the honors program after my freshman year? I’m here now doing school in the summer - and so…I just never got a chance to finish the application. :s</p>
<p>Liberal Arts Honors and Plan II are two programs you need to start at the beginning of freshman year. Dean’s Scholars too. I don’t know about the others.</p>
<p>You can definitely do a departmental honors program in your major :)</p>
<p>Ah, I’m in Liberal Arts. 
Oh well…</p>
<p>I think you can apply for DS after freshman year.</p>
<p>There are two types of Liberak Arts Honors, one is a freshman honors and the other is the upper division honors. You do not have to be in the freshman honors to be in the upper division honors later on.</p>
<p>not sure about other engineering majors, but the CHE honors students do exactly the same stuff (same classes) as the rest of CHE students</p>
<p>From the college of liberal arts honors page</p>
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<p>Check with your department about honors. For example, you can join economics’ honors program once you have a certain number of hours in economics and a 3.0 in those classes. From that point you can take honors sections and your senior year you write a thesis.</p>