Call it whatever you want. D did not want a raging party school, has never taken a drink (not because we care one way or the other), it just does not appeal to her. If you are in an honors college of a large state school, you are still in a large state school and the predominant atmosphere will be NCAA or Greek or simply Party. She wanted to be in a place where she would be challenged, where chances are her randomly assigned roommate had a love of learning. She did not want to be cloistered in the honors college which often have their own dorms and programs.