Michigan honors

[Anonymous]

DS was lucky enough to be accepted OOS but I would like him to apply for honors. There are 3 deadlines: 2/14, 3/6, and 4/9. He has not started writing the essay yet. Should I push him to complete today/tomorrow or give him more time to work on it for the next deadline? Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

I'd say aim for 2nd deadline. A strong essay is better than one submitted too early

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd say aim for 2nd deadline. A strong essay is better than one submitted too early

+1 He should take the time to submit something he's proud of

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd say aim for 2nd deadline. A strong essay is better than one submitted too early

+1 He should take the time to submit something he's proud of

-1 Disagree. He could start now and get a solid draft by the end of the day. Lazy, pretentious fool

[Anonymous]

The biggest benefit to honors that I saw was housing in the middle of Central Campus. If your kid is doing tech and engineering though many classes may be on North(?) campus. Some small discussion sections also offered at honors campus. So a nice benefit but not overwhelming.

Srill, seems like a nice park for honors program.

[Anonymous]

*You* would like him to? Does he want to? My daughter was also admitted OOS and we've let her decide this for herself, and she's leaning against it. It's a 10% admission rate after already beating impressive odds to get in in the first place. Seem to be some legitimate pros and cons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS was lucky enough to be accepted OOS but I would like him to apply for honors. There are 3 deadlines: 2/14, 3/6, and 4/9. He has not started writing the essay yet. Should I push him to complete today/tomorrow or give him more time to work on it for the next deadline? Thoughts?

Good lord, your kid just got into Michigan. Let him decide whether to apply and when. Take a big step back - hopefully in a few months when he's there you won't be micromanaging these things for him anymore.

[Anonymous]

Why? What would be the advantage to this? Do employers or graduate schools care about “honours” status, vs just taking your classes and getting good grades?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why? What would be the advantage to this? Do employers or graduate schools care about “honours” status, vs just taking your classes and getting good grades?

Exactly. If your kid wasn't already going to such a great school where the vast majority of kids were already coming from a rigorous academic background and the classes are already at an "honors" level, there's something to an honors college.

[Anonymous]

Honors college, which admitted students can now apply for, has nothing to do with getting honors on your degree. That's separate.

[Anonymous]

I wonder if this is any indication of when they plan to release regular decisions. If the first deadline was 2.5 weeks after EA, then can we expect the last deadline to be 2 weeks after RD? that would put RD much earlier than I expected (website says early April)

[Anonymous]

I graduated from honors college when I went and I don't think a single employer paid attention to it. I did it because the re

[Anonymous]

^^Oops I did it because the required curriculum sounded so interesting to me, but I was an English major. Make sure the core classes sound appealing first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why? What would be the advantage to this? Do employers or graduate schools care about “honours” status, vs just taking your classes and getting good grades?

My understanding is that most honor programs provide more favorable time slots for course registration, which at a big school can be totally worth it. And as a pp mentioned they might get preferred housing options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why? What would be the advantage to this? Do employers or graduate schools care about “honours” status, vs just taking your classes and getting good grades?

There are well located housing at West, and some better options for classes/discussion sections as well as some targeted social opportunities. One need not stay with the Honors Program after freshman year and as a PP noted, if the student is tending towards more STEM type stuff, they may prefer to live in North Campus anyhow.