<p>Are there any perks or solid benefits to being in this, or just recognition on your diploma?</p>
<p>I heard there were no real perks, but I chose to do it anyway. It can’t hurt. <em>shrugs</em></p>
<p>Phi Beta Cappa looks better.</p>
<p>^It’s Kappa not Cappa, better brush up on your Greek before you get to college 
In my opinion it’s not worth it. I was in it my Freshmen year, but got kicked out for not taking any Honors Collegium classes. It’s a very limiting program in terms of what you can get honors credit for. Also, it’s pretty much useless i.e. it gives you essentially no benefit while in college and only a slight benefit upon graduating. I would just work on getting a great GPA in regular classes instead of being pigeonholed into the honors collegium classes.</p>
<p>College honors are a waste of time. Departmental honors are much more meaningful and will be extremely helpful if you are planning on going to graduate school.</p>
<p>Pretty much has no use whatsoever. Only real reason I think it exists is so that more top acceptances choose to go to ucla thinking that “Honors” is more prestigious than “regular” ucla. You always hear of those stupid kids that declare “I am in the honors program at x”. Too bad they are making it harder on themselves for no benefit.</p>
<p>I was accepted to the Honors Program (as a freshman), but after going to a workshop at orientation, I think I’m going to drop out. The program just seems so limiting.</p>
<p>I’m a second year now. The only reason I am still in the honors program is because i took the ge cluster which gave me 18 honors units; however, I’ve been trying to decide whether or not continue with the program. After weighing my options, I think it is pointless because you have to take a certain amount of honors collegium courses and a certain amount of upper div honors courses not including honors contracts. I think it will just be a needless hassle and add to the stress of trying to graduate on time. There are no direct benefits like earlier enrollment, so I think it is just a complete waste of time…</p>
<p>I’m in the same situation as the previous poster and definitely agree…not really worth the extra effort. One plus is the honors unit counseling…separate from the general…no other benefit</p>
<p>I looked at the honors collegium courses, though I don’t know about you guys, but I found them interesting…</p>
<p>If you find them interesting and can fit them all into your schedule…go ahead. I don’t think we are saying the honor college is a bad thing. However, for most students, it simply isn’t possible or attractive. Many of the classes you would take (besides the ge clusters) don’t count for any requirements. This makes its difficult or impossible to fit in the classes especially if your major is a large one (one with many required classes). </p>
<p>I would recommend taking a cluster if at all possible (that way you get credit for honors classes…this will give you more time to decide whether or not honors is for you). I myself have not taken any honors courses except the clusters and two fiat luxes (they count both clusters and fiat luxes as honors), but I still meet the required minimum progress. This allows me to still take advantage of the honors counseling. Also idk if this is true but they did say something about being able to check out books longer at the library (not sure if this is still offered because I’ve never had the need to take advantage of this).</p>
<p>No doubt, that the honors collegium courses are very interesting. That being said, most of them only contribute honors credits and nothing else. Some do offer GE credit, but from my experience the ones that do fill up quite quickly. After weighing the options, I’ve realized that it would just be a waste of time for me. My units could be better spent in classes that will actually help me graduate. The honors counseling is a nice little perk, but I’ve only used it once throughout the year. They were very quick and helpful though. Plus since I took the ge cluster, I think I may be able to use the honors counseling next year and possibly junior year</p>
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<p>Students in College Honors have graduate student lending privileges. Very useful if you take advantage of it.</p>
<p>[UCLA</a> Library | Borrowing | Loan Periods](<a href=“http://www.library.ucla.edu/service/163.cfm]UCLA”>http://www.library.ucla.edu/service/163.cfm)</p>
<p>For some majors, it’s incredibly easy to fill the honors unit requirements. If you do Math with a Statistics minor, for instance, there are 41 available upper div honors units. Graduate classes all count for honors units too, and they’re usually very good to have on your transcript for graduate school applications. </p>
<p>There are a few subjects where you can use collegium classes for major requirements, but with careful planning you can use them to knock out GE’s as well.</p>
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<p>Since i’ll be majoring in math, will the honors upper div courses count for honors requirements?</p>
<p>The honors program REQUIRES you to complete 44 Honors credits. Out of these 44, 8 have to be HONORS COLLEGIUM courses and 12 have to be UPPER DIVISION HONORS COURSES.</p>
<p>^^^So the math upper div honors courses will help you fulfill your honors requirements.</p>
<p>There are classes without an ‘H’ in the number that count for honors too.</p>
<p>[master</a> list of honors credit courses at ucla](<a href=“http://www.college.ucla.edu/hcc/master.asp]master”>http://www.college.ucla.edu/hcc/master.asp)</p>