<p>Hey everyone,
University of Washington is definitely up there on my colleges list for me, but I'm not sure if I should take it one step further and apply to the honors program. My counselor recommended that I apply, but I would love to get some information on how it is, is it worth taking, etc. I want to do pre-med, I have a 3.99 GPA and 2100 SAT and solid EC's and I wouldn't mind the small-class feel. But I also don't want to be in stressful, cutthroat situations either. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!</p>
<p>I personally don’t think the honors programs is worth it. They require you to take 45 credits of honors credits which are a lot harder, and some of the honors courses take you into theoretical side of the subject. The benefits (smaller class size, better professors, special advisers) are minimal and will most likely not be worth it in the long run.</p>
<p>everyone in honors is doing premed lol.
if you would be the throat cutter, then do it.</p>
<p>UWS honors is like getting an ivy league education for pennies.</p>
<p>if you have the option to do it… let me put it this way…
would you rather spend the rest of your life talking about how your college experience was unique because you went hard in the paint in UWS honors?</p>
<p>Or would you rather spend the rest of your life thinking about if you made the right decision.</p>
<p>To put it bluntly, how smart are you, and how committed are you.</p>
<p>If you think you want to do pre-med, but english is interesting, and science classes/tests arnt your thing, you cant spend 80+ hours a week in school/studying, and are going to college for the experience…
then I would do america a favor and drop out of college. Less loans, youll probably make more money going through a trade school and becoming a metal banger.</p>
<p>If you have always been the top 1-5% of your class, you get excited to not sleep for a few days and facerape a test/subject, why would you settle for anything less?</p>
<p>The fact that you’re asking the question suggests you are not prepared to do honors.</p>
<h2>You should defiantly apply and then make your decision if you are accepted or not.</h2>
<p>Your second part of your question.
From what i understand, honors science classes will destroy GPAs. Many people just arnt smart enough to pass the classes. You should probably read 9 chapters ahead of each science class during your break between quarters in order to insure you have enough time to effectively study and get grades above 3.5</p>
<p>On the other hand ive herd non science/math honors classes are EASIER. thats right, the professors normally want to teach some off topic IaS topic and wants the class to give a ****/discuss it, so they teach it honors.
If you’re doing pre-med might I ask which med school youre going to apply to?
it could answer your question right there.</p>
<p>From the perspective of a current UW Honors student, I’d thoroughly recommend it. Classes are harder, true, but you learn so much more! The atmosphere is far more collaborative than as cautioned above, and the teachers really do make all the difference. At any rate, it’s certainly worth your while to at least apply for honors. Applying for it is in now way committing to it, if that makes sense. There’s not much additional involved to turn your regular application into an honors- just two approx. one page essays and a letter of rec. I heard about the program very late in the game and did both of mine literally in the eleventh hour, with stats similar to yours ( lower GPA, similar SATs, but with a couple of ethnicity and National Merit bells and whistles) and made it in. Just be very honest, and think through what you really want to get out of college. Having the option to chose is far better than shutting of that door. The honors website outlines it all very clearly on there website, but sometimes its nice to not have to ferret out all the information yourself. Should you earn acceptance to both, you can always chose to decline Honors but commit to UW, accept both, or botch the whole package. Also, if down the road, Honors still isn’t working out for you, than just don’t do it anymore, and you won’t have lost anything for having tried to begin with.
Honors housing has been fantastic, as have had the advisers, peers and study abroad opportunities.
If you’re still unsure, or have questions regarding UW or Honors in general, PM me and I’ll do my best.</p>