<p>Just checking over the acceptances thus far and D has been accepted to all but one honors programs so far at the colleges she chose. We are waiting to see if this last acceptance will garner her an invite. In the meantime, upon graduation she will have 8 AP classes under her belt. She has taken three of the exams and have received 5's on all three. She is receiving A's in all her classes so far and if she continues on the same course as last year will possibly receive 4's or 5's on those exams. Two of the colleges she has been admitted to are state schools. They give the most credits for her ap's. If she attends either one of those colleges she may be able to attend with 30 or 32 credits. </p>
<p>My thoughts are is that if she attends either one of these state colleges she will most likely have completed her core requirements and can start taking upper level courses(we will check with the colleges). One of these colleges honors programs courses do complete the core requirements, since D has them under her belt wouldn't this be a waste of her time? I'm thinking that she should just try to do a double major since there will be enough room in her schedule. I believe at one of these colleges there are no benefits except $$. Since this is a state school and she will most likely receive scholarship from H's employer, we can bypass the offer.</p>
<p>Any thoughts.</p>
<p>What are her thoughts? It seems like she is on a very fast track - and has been through HS. I may be interpreting your post wrong (and I apologize if I am) but I get the feeling she/you are on a race to see who can get to the finish line first. </p>
<p>I'm just curious, what does your D think?</p>
<p>janesmom, since no one has responded I'll weigh in a bit here. I would check with each school and ask what the honors program advantages are. My son is in the honors program at a University. What that means is: better dorm for freshman, academic advising both from his departmental major and from honors advisors. When he had a problem registering for spring classes online he was able to walk into the honors office and receive immediate help from an advisor.<br>
He also had a lot of credit coming in. He was able to take upper level courses and to take honors sections. The honors sections typically have fewer students. For instance, he took a Sociology 101 honors class Fall semester and there were only 12 students. He is taking an upper level Philosophy honors class this semester with 30 students.
The money is not tied to the honors program at this school-it is a separate issue.<br>
I would absolutely check with each school's honors department and ask what the benefits are. They may also have a separate website that details that information.</p>
<p>abasket and I cross posted. That would be another question: does your Daughter want to double major? Does a double major make sense for her in terms of her career goals?</p>
<p>Thanks for your replies.</p>
<p>abasket--D has been on this track since middle school. Teachers have recommended her for all her classes. She just progressed from Honors to AP normally. It is not uncommon for her school to have this many AP classes since most of them are in her senior year. It just seems that the AP classes that she chose to take esp in the sciences ap physics b and c and calculus are worth a lot of credits. </p>
<p>D wants to attend all four years of undergrad and is interested in English and a few other subjects. I guess the extra room will allow her to explore.</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>