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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you say more?  dd was accepted to honors and while it's not her first choice, we like what we've seen so far.  What negatives are you referring to?[/quote]

The perks are nice, particularly the housing. It's not really a college within a university or a college within a college. I would characterize HCOL as an honors community on par with the other official Learning Communities. It works fairly well as a cohort during the first two years, coinciding with the housing benefit.But if you are already in a strong college (DS is in Rubenstein), the cohort is redundant. The main negative so far has been the lack of communication between the faculty who teach the HCOL seminars and the HCOL admins. There seems to be some dysfunction there, at least according to faculty. I'm not a fan having both an HCOL advisor and a college advisor.

Perhaps another way to put it, Patrick Leahy Honors is an extra college that might be an annoying sideshow or a centerpiece of a student's undergraduate experience. I recommend looking at the two study abroad program opportunities HCOL offers (Maastricht & Glasgow). If either appeal, UVM HCOL might be a great fit.[/quote]

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