<p>Does being in the honors programs like BHP and Plan II help you in registering for classes at all?</p>
<p>Dean's Scholars does...i'm not sure about those two (all though i bet they do get early registration)</p>
<p>you get to register for the honors courses instead of the other ones, I think that makes up for it</p>
<p>it doesn't give you priority registration; the number of credit hours does though.</p>
<p>there are specific honors classes you have to take with honors programs, and spots are reserved for you.</p>
<p>ie. plan2, freshman year, you have to take world lit and a freshman seminar, and those are specifically for p2 freshman only. E 603A and a TC (number varies).
in BHP, the only honors level course you take first semester freshman year is B A 101H (all the the BHP kids are in that one class with one professor).</p>
<p>in terms of advising, both help you out to determine what classes you need to register for. not all the classes you will be in are exclusive to honors kids only. </p>
<p>hope this helps!</p>
<p>Are grades skewed towards A's & B's in honors classes to take into consideration that those taking honors classes would have received A's & B's if they had taken the standard classes?</p>
<p>m1817,</p>
<p>It's hard to tell. Our son has taken honors business, Plan II, and non-honors courses. Overall, he thought he had to work harder for an A in most of his honors courses but he also noticed that there weren't many students who received Cs in those courses. On the other hand, most students in his honors courses were smart and hard-working. My guess is that there is a greater range of grades in non-honors courses but the reason for that is unclear - maybe it's due to grade distribution requirements (quotas) but it could also reflect a broader range of student performance.</p>
<p>Over time, our son learned more about the professors and in general he doesn't pick courses based on whether they are honors or non-honors courses anymore - unless it's a required course. Instead, he picks courses based on whether he thinks the professor is interesting, good, etc. In one course, he preferred the non-honors professor/course over the corresponding honors professor/course.</p>
<p>from my experience, quite a few times the nonhonors prof is better. this is definitly not the majority though.</p>