What are the best Honors colleges at large schools

[Anonymous]

Pitt , Penn State, Delaware, Arizona, South Carolina

[Anonymous]

UGA is #1

https://honors.uga.edu/morehead-honors-college-named-no-1-in-the-nation/

[Anonymous]

We are in-state in Michigan and Michigan State University's Honors College offers quite a lot of amenities to its students. They have been giving big scholarships to our best grads to get them to pick MSU instead of Michigan. For people looking to stay in-region, MSU will provide many

Michigan State has all the rah rah Big 10 fun and also has academic subjects of particular strength vs. Michigan. For example, Journalism, Education, Advertising, and Veterinary Medicine (grad school).

There is a special admitted students day for Honors College students in January each year. It's worth going to if seriously considering the school.

I've also read that MSU and Michigan offer in-state tuition prices to veteran's children.

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Anonymous wrote:One of my kids started out in the Honors College at a large state university, but after the first year decided to drop it. It was really just a lot of extra busy work (required classes) that had nothing to do with her major but was mandatory for the HC. In addition, the diploma doesn't make any mention of HC, so she ultimately decided it wasn't worth her time and we agreed. She had a fantastic four years and took advantage of so many opportunities - but HC simply wasn't the advantage a lot of people paint it to be.

I had a similar experience - granted it was years ago. Biggest perks were getting early registration for classes my freshman and sophomore years. Should have dropped it after that.

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It would help the rest of us if you named the schools. This is exactly what we’re trying to figure out - which honors programs are real/worth it and which are not.

I mean, the concept is the same everywhere. Yes, you get early registration for classes, but even that isn't a big deal IMO. The extra busy work is the dealbreaker that I wish I had known about earlier.

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University of South Carolina

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Roll Tide

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Does anyone in the outside world care or give preference to a honors grad vs regular? I have not seen that. Seems then that it’s useful if there are enough perks or access to things but otherwise no?

[Anonymous]

Penn State

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Anonymous wrote:Pitt. Penn State.

This. Pitt if you want a city, Penn State if you want to be in the middle of nowhere

[Anonymous]

Notre Dame has the Glynn Family Honors Program which was a great experience. They have small classes and it gives you guaranteed funding for research. But it's not residential.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone in the outside world care or give preference to a honors grad vs regular? I have not seen that. Seems then that it’s useful if there are enough perks or access to things but otherwise no?

Why do it for outside world? Some of these students want and need Honors

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone in the outside world care or give preference to a honors grad vs regular? I have not seen that. Seems then that it’s useful if there are enough perks or access to things but otherwise no?

As an honors grad from 2006, no one cares. A few weeks into school we all knew not to bring it up with classmates either. It’s all about the perks while you are there. Priority scheduling and housing were the main ones for me. Some of the special honors classes were pretty good, too.

[Anonymous]

For people listing schools with good honors programs, what are the perks they offer? Or is it purely for the challenge of more rigorous/outside the box classes?

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Anonymous wrote:For people listing schools with good honors programs, what are the perks they offer? Or is it purely for the challenge of more rigorous/outside the box classes?

Better dorm buildings, studious dormmates, scholarships, counseling, guaranteed research fellow jobs, study abroad funding, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:One of my kids started out in the Honors College at a large state university, but after the first year decided to drop it. It was really just a lot of extra busy work (required classes) that had nothing to do with her major but was mandatory for the HC. In addition, the diploma doesn't make any mention of HC, so she ultimately decided it wasn't worth her time and we agreed. She had a fantastic four years and took advantage of so many opportunities - but HC simply wasn't the advantage a lot of people paint it to be.

I had a similar experience - granted it was years ago. Biggest perks were getting early registration for classes my freshman and sophomore years. Should have dropped it after that.

+2

It would help the rest of us if you named the schools. This is exactly what we’re trying to figure out - which honors programs are real/worth it and which are not.

I mean, the concept is the same everywhere. Yes, you get early registration for classes, but even that isn't a big deal IMO. The extra busy work is the dealbreaker that I wish I had known about earlier.

Not true at all. The TOP colleges like U South Carolina are fantastic and not what you’re describing. Don’t get an honors college confused with an honors program. There’s a difference.