DD was accepted in the honors program, which is what is making Syracuse an interesting possibility for her. She will be in the neuroscience program, pre-med. Hoping to get up to see the campus again and learn about both programs to help her make her decision, but any info on either program would be very helpful. Thanks!
My daughter is a junior at Whitmam and Newhouse. The one big advantage of Honors is that your daughter can pick classes before juniors but after seniors. This is a nice perk. As you know, Syracuse recently built a new science building and three hospitals are within a block of the campus.
My daughter loves Cuse! Good luck to you and your daughter!
As the person above me said, class selection is a nice perk. In addition to this, honors kids also have special trips. And have special classes. This year I’ve taken American Diversity and Unity (which is offered to everyone else but in a large lecture rather than a class of about 10 people) and Arts Without Boarders, Honors classes are much smaller thus allowing for more discussion and less lecture. It’s also another support system in addition to a student’s home school.
What does it take to get admitted to Honors vs regular admission there?
My son was admitted to Syracuse and the honors program. Anyone know anything about how housing is different fro those kids in honors? It looks like there’s a special freshman dorm for them.
@upstateNYdad, we went to the admitted student event in /Boston and were told by a current honors student that many of the honors kids decide which dorms they want to live in and work back from there. For example, the girl we spoke with wanted a different dorm than the honors one, due to location and a few other factors, so decided to pick the one with the science/STEM oriented living learning group (I forget the name at the moment). She said that is pretty usual for honors kids if they have a preferred dorm or really a strong interest in one of the living learning centers. We also met a non-honors student who had a honors roommate for the past 3 years and had lived with him on the honors floor. Not exactly sure how that worked but he said he liked living there as it was quieter with fewer parties, so good for kids who didn’t want too many distractions during nights and weekends…
Hope this helps, it was just a small sample size but was interesting to hear.
Sadler Hall houses the Honors LC. However, Honors kids aren’t the only ones who live here. This year only the second floor is completely honors. I live on the 6th floor and my hall is honors but the other hall is not. For people who want to live in the honors LC but also want a specific person to be their roommate they can have both even if that person is not in honors because the building has a mix of people either way. There are several different LCs on campus for several different interests. I suggest that you both have your children check out the LCs and the dorms that each are in.
Do honors students need to choose a LC?
@katiejm971 Nope! But if you don’t select one you’ll automatically be placed in the Honors LC which is in Sadler Hall.