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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What if your kid get into the honors college at all 3?  Does that change the equation?[/quote]

IMO, no.  Honors colleges sound nice, but they’re often just extra work in the end.  A lot of kids drop it after their first year or so.[/quote]

That may be true, but there are lots of benefits that kids enjoy, at least at JMU:

- Priority housing in the honors dorm (and apartments for upperclassmen)
- Priority registration for classes
- 20 credits of seminar style classes
- Exclusive access to Hillcrest House (for classes, events, studying, hanging out)
- Social events, study abroad opportunities only open to HC.
- Option to pursue a capstone project and graduate with distinction (about 50% do this)

We just returned from a JMU Choices Event and I was impressed with the Honors College presentations by students.
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Our JMU senior loves the Honors College.   It is definitely extra work but our student thinks it was more than worth the effort.   [/quote]

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