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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Safety school are your most important choice in the college process, because by definition your student might have no other choices but to go there (or take a gap year and go around again).  So think carefully before you blow off any aspect of that application and if the student is so unenthusiastic about the safety they don’t want to work on the application, think about that too.  A safety should be a place that your student is happy to go. [/quote]

This is a key point. Our child applied for the honors program at all of his safeties. The programs varied tremendously, though, and some would not have been worthwhile for him because they added extra required classes. Because he already had planned on a double major, this would have been a hindrance. He also would not have chosen to live in honors housing, and I believe a few places required that. The things he might have wanted out of an honors program were first shot at class registration, smaller intro classes with full professors, an honors thesis/project, and merit aid.

Like a PP, I was in Penn State's honors program a long time ago. I'm sure it's changed a lot, but at the time, it was fantastic. No added requirements. Optional honors dorm. With the professor's permission and supervision, you could make any class into an honors class by proposing and carrying out an additional large project. Also, honors sections of required classes were very small, and all of mine had a tenured professor teaching (not a graduate teaching assistant). Several of the professors tried to give us a SLAC sort of experience (which I never could have afforded), having groups of us over for dinners, inviting us to meet with guest speakers, etc. 
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