<p>Does anyone know if Scholars students can sign up for honors classes? Is there a way to petition to do this or get on a waiting list?
thanks!</p>
<p>My understanding is that, in short, honors classes are restricted to students in honors college. </p>
<p>However, there are two types of honors classes - those designated under “HONR” (so honors department/college) and honors versions of regular classes.</p>
<p>I’ve heard rumors you <em>try</em> to sign up for an h-version of a regular class (like math, for example has MATH241 and MATH241H)…don’t know if there’s any truth to that, but if so, I imagine preference is given to students in honors college… but this possibility does not apply to an HONR class. So, if interested in an h-version of a class, that is a good question for the advisers when you sign up for classes at orientation.</p>
<p>FYI, after completing freshman year, you can try to apply to honors as a current student [Honors</a> College University of Maryland](<a href=“http://honors.umd.edu/prospective-current.php]Honors”>http://honors.umd.edu/prospective-current.php) OR become part of honors college through department honors (some departments will qualify as early as sophomore year, but engineering department qualifies junior year) [Honors</a> College University of Maryland](<a href=“http://honors.umd.edu/departmentalhonors.php]Honors”>http://honors.umd.edu/departmentalhonors.php)</p>
<p>There is also a really cool honors program called QUEST that freshman can apply to in the spring… [QUEST</a> - Robert H. Smith School of Business - University of Maryland, College Park](<a href=“http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/quest/whatisquest/]QUEST”>http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/quest/whatisquest/)</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>