Honors Programs: which are the best?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Making college lists. Curious which colleges have top notch honors programs and why? And separately, are there any honors programs that are heads and shoulders above the rest of the school? A school that may not have the strongest academics, but the honors program is so strong that it outweighs that lack of strength? Or does a school have to have decent academics overall to make the honors program excellent?

*A lot of them
*Smaller classes and more experienced professors
*Most of them
*It's called graduate school
*Preferably

Srsly OP, it depends on the major and the school.

What is your real question?

Plus, peers in the honors classes and housing tend to be higher performing and achieving. All of the above impacts peer group and class discussion.

And again, "Honors" classes in college aren't going to be your academic/major classes. They are separate classes, specific to the honors college. Your peer group will depend on what your major is.

DP. Not true. UofSC has honors only sections of courses in majors. UofSC is also #1.

[Anonymous]

We were very impressed with the Univ of Kansas honors program. South Carolina also seems great.

[Anonymous]

How about Wisconsin's honors program? Do people find it helpful? It seems to be structured differently with no honors college and I haven't yet seen anywhere that you get priority registration.

[Anonymous]

Very impressed with the UNC Honors program. It’s much more than a marketing gimmick.

[Anonymous]

How about honors college at Pitt and UIUC?