<p>I was recently accepted in the Michigan Honors Program (today actually). I'm trying to decide whether or not its a good idea. I am definitely a hard worker but I am afraid of overloading myself freshman year. Does anyone know about Classic Civ or the Great Books class? I'm not sure which to take. </p>
<p>Additionally, do you think I would sucessful? I got a 30 on the ACT both times (35 in reading, 33 in english, 29 in math, but science brought me down).</p>
<p>I also forgot to mention I got a 2090 on my SAT. The middle 50% of students get scores ranging from 27-31, something like that. So 30 is within the median range, not the mean. I think the reason my ACT came less into play is that I did well in the subject areas pertinent to my major, which is pre-law. Science is what lowered my score, but it is totally unrelated to what I want to do.</p>
<p>It also is more than ACT. I have 8 AP courses under my belt and earned A’s in them all, classes I took during the 1st 2 years of high school were all honors/advanced grade level, and GPA of 4.2. I also have leadership (President of a club, editor-in-chief of school’s newspaper, board member of another club even though I only started attending my current high school during junior year), membership in many clubs, sports and awards. </p>
<p>Essentially I think its about being more well-rounded and having decent ACT subscores in your area of interest. (For example, a science major would not be expected to have great english subscores, but would be looked favorably upon with high math/science scores). So for any of you interested in applying to the honor’s college, make sure you look at it from all angles because colleges really do look at the whole picture.</p>
<p>Anyways, I was wondering if someone in the program could give me their perspective? I have one friend in honors currently, but I would like to get more opinions.</p>
<p>You wouldn’t have been admitted into the honors program if they didn’t think you would be successful. I would recommend taking the Great Books class. You only need to take 2 honors classes so you can balance your schedule with something less demanding if you want. You would get to choose to live in honors housing which is in South Quad or live in Martha Cook if you are female.</p>
<p>Thanks. I forgot about that. I guess the addition of only 2 honors classes per semester won’t really break me or anything. That feels good to know. I’m just not sure which is better-Great Books or Classic Civ? I don’t know anyone that has taken civ but I’ve heard the books class is a lot of reading.</p>
<p>When do you get to choose the dorm? I know I want squad but I already sent in the application and it only allows us to check off something that we will be participating in honors, not which dorm we prefer</p>
<p>Hey I have a question for any current students…I am going to be in honors next year, living in honors housing and all that stuff, will I still be able to find people that aren’t living in the library and want to have somewhat of a work hard/play hard type of thing? I do realize that I will be living with a much more studious group than the average freshman, and that I can still go make other friends, but are there honors kids that like to have fun as well?</p>
<p>I also got into Honors and judging from the kids that got into Honors from my school, I’d say most of them are relatively “chill” people to hang out with.</p>
<p>EDIT: I don’t know if this true or not, but one of my buddies mentioned that Honors kids don’t have to do the online writing placement exam. Is this true?</p>
<p>I would advise taking Classic Civ, unless you’re a very strong writer. I took Great Books when Scodel taught it 2 years ago and it was a nightmare. Lecture was early in the morning and utterly useless, the first exam was supposed to be on CTools but half the class couldn’t access it, and my GSI was a dick to boot. She isn’t teaching it anymore though and the new prof is supposedly better, so go for it if you love reading Oedipus/Plato/Aristotle. </p>
<p>It is true that honors students can pass out of the writing placement.</p>
<p>Honors kids are for the most part just a more intelligent subset of the university population… sure there are a few weirdos/creeps like in any group but overall you should have no trouble finding likeminded friends who like to party in honors. In fact, if you’re smart enough to be in honors you should be able to study less than other kids for the same grades.</p>