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[quote=Anonymous]Accepted to, but did not attend an honors college at a state flagship university.

The only con regarding public flagship honors colleges is that one typically foregoes attending a very elite (Top 10 or Top 15) college or university in order to enroll in the state public honors college.

Assuming that one admitted to any of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Wharton, or Stanford would not consider attending a public flagship honors college even with a merit scholarship covering all tuition & fees, imagine selecting between a state flagship honors college on a full tuition & fees scholarship (actually included more in our case) and one or more of these elite schools:

Penn (but not Wharton), Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell, U Chicago, Duke, or Northwestern.

Any of the three main service academies (USNA, USMA, USAFA).

And a top ranked LAC such as Williams, Amherst, Bowdoin, or Pomona.

In our case, at least one from each group was an option.

The honors college included priority class selection, amazing dorm, small honors only classes, free spring break two week trip to Cuba, special advising, special on-campus events, etc., yet selected a different option.

Saw no cons whatsoever in the public flagship honors college beyond giving up another outstanding educational opportunity.
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