<p>Does anyone know what the criteria is for getting accepted into the Honors College and how the decision is made? Any thoughts on the program?</p>
<p>“Top” 3% or so are selected upon acceptance. Over the next year or so, membership per class tops out at no more than 5%. In 2009, I think I saw about 130 of the undergrads were part of the honors program.</p>
<p>Question for others - how would the SU Honors program stack up against a regular acceptance to Brandeis University? Very specific question, but one that hits home.</p>
<p>Renee Crown - Does anyone have experience with this program? Is it worthwhile, or ?</p>
<p>bump! same question</p>
<p>I’m joining the honors program! I just got invited. </p>
<p>@BillysDad2014- My friend applied to Brandeis and as I said before I’m going to SU’s honors program. I’m not extremely qualified but in my opinion the big difference is the schools themselves. My friend that applied to/got accepted to Brandeis (and is probably going) is big on small elite liberal arts colleges and SU is obviously a big “classic college experience” university (which is what I wanted). I’m not really quite sure about the academic differences. But I hope I helped at least a little bit. Sorry if I didn’t =)</p>
<p>Shesthesummer,</p>
<p>Yes, that helped - all info helps.</p>
<p>What is your intended major?</p>
<p>With the honors program, are you planning on taking advantage of the co-location with other honor students in the dorms?</p>
<p>I’m currently in the honors program so I can give some information on it. </p>
<p>It doesn’t really require too much extra work outside of your regular classes for core/major. If you want to know exactly what the requirements are just look on the Renee Crown website under “Students” and then “Honors Curriculum.” There are honors versions of regular classes which is nice because these classes are usually MUCH smaller (around 20 people) and you can interact more with the professors. </p>
<p>A perk about being in honors is the extra advising. Since it’s a relatively small program you can get lots of help and attention if you have questions about scheduling, finding internships etc. Being in honors also allows you to schedule classes earlier than most people. </p>
<p>Freshman and sophomore year you basically take an honors course or two a semester along with your other classes and then in junior/senior year you work on completing your capstone project in addition to finishing major requirements. Some majors require a senior thesis or project and if you are in honors, you can use the same project with some additional work. </p>
<p>If there are any other questions please feel free to ask and I’ll do my best to answer them.</p>
<p>Cuuuse13,</p>
<p>That helped. I saw some info on the website, but didn’t catch the honors classes could be parallel but smaller class size. Is it possible to take more honors course than just the couple per year in order to bring down class size across the board?</p>
<p>Do you take part in the dorm co-location with other honors students? My son is feeling he doesn’t want to be separated. Pros/cons?</p>
<p>Internships - In Honors, do the advisors help? Do they give you a few leads, or work with you to nail down the opportunity?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Would it be feasible for an architecture major to be in the honors program? Are the classes that much more demanding?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>BillysDad2014: It would probably be possible to take more courses but not every class has an honors version. </p>
<p>I live on one of the honors floors and I have had a great experience. Not everyone on the floor is in honors and there is no big separation between the honors and non-honors kids. It’s nice because you will get to know some of the kids that will be in your first-year honors seminar and your other honors classes. As for separation, the dorms where honors students are housed (usually Sadler, Brockway, and Brewster) are a bit far from main campus but they house many other freshmen and some sophomores so you will meet lots of people. I would definitely suggest honors housing unless there is another learning community that interests you.</p>
<p>The advisors are incredibly helpful. They will give you information on specific internships, where to apply, who to talk to etc. If you find internships to apply to the advisors can then work with you on writing letters/essays and help you go over the application to make sure that it is up to par. </p>
<p>Archguy: I know a good number of architecture students that are doing honors and they are doing fine. It’s all about managing time. The good thing about honors is that you don’t necessarily have to take an honors class every semester. If you have a demanding arch semester you don’t have to take an honors course that semester, you can take two a different semester. Another way some students get their HNR requirements is through the 1-credit seminars. If you take three 1-credit seminars they count as one HNR course. The seminars can be taken in any semester and they are a good way to keep up with honors if you don’t have a lot of freedom one semester.</p>
<p>The honors versions of regular classes aren’t that much more demanding than the regular versions.</p>
<p>I’m going to be a Magazine/Undecided CAS major. I’m leaning towards either polisci or religion. </p>
<p>@Cuuuse13- If you wouldnt mind sharring what dorm are you in now? And how is it in general (walk to campus/rooms/food/etc)? Since I am going to be doing the Honors LC. Thanks! =)</p>
<p>We attended the Honors session
at Apr 9th’s admitted students
day. It had around 20 kids,
plus their parent(s).<br>
Prof G put on quite a good show.</p>
<p>also an honors student (finishing up my junior year) so I’d be happy to answer any other questions…
as for the distance of those res halls, they’re likely the ones that freshmen would end up in anyways–BBB has a ton of the LCs, although a few are in Shaw/Day. I wouldn’t worry about being isolated as it’s actually a good way to have work-life separation.</p>
<p>Seconding Cuuuse’s comments about advising–I’m applying for a Marshall Scholarship and would have to go the process alone w/o the help from honors…instead, they’re helping me put together my portfolio and are helping my rec letter writers know what to highlight.</p>
<p>also honors classes are just plain awesome. I took one that was a sci-fi film & debate class, probably one of my favorites ever. for the arch student, my freshman year roommate was an archi and is still doing fine in honors =D</p>
<p>I’m assuming that invites for the Honors program already went out. I’m in Newhouse (Graphic Design) and I was expecting to get invited… is it truly that competitive to get in? I have a 4.3 weighted gpa and got a 2110 on my SATs.</p>
<p>My son was also surprised that he wasn’t invited into the Honors program. His stats were similar to yours, and he was accepted into the Honors program at other schools - not sure how the decision is made at SU. He was accepted into the dual Newhouse/Whitman program (also graphic design) and I thought that might have had something to do with it, given the extra credits required to complete the dual. If you were not selected upon admission there was an app that you could complete but it was due on April 15. I believe you can apply at some point during the fall semester as well.</p>