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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which non-honors schools would you Penn State honors program over? UMD? UVA? Michigan? T30 schools?[/quote]

Honors programs are a stats grab. If you get and need the merit, that’s one thing. But if full pay, I’d Definitely choose any T30, including UVA and Mich over Penn State.
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Thanks. No merit aid here (yet). Not sure any aid is forthcoming. Deciding between Michigan and Penn State Honors.[/quote]

Look at the coursework at PSU honors. The good programs have coursework not just perks. [/quote]

Unless the job placement of PSU honors is demonstrably superior to non honors…not sure why the coursework matters.[/quote]
A social environment than brings high-achievers together is good. Think of the difference between students in AP classes as a large public school vs those in on-level classes[/quote]

[b]Except...98% of your classes won't be with other high-achievers...just a small number of "honors" classes.[/b]  Are you claiming PSU basically has an AP-track for many majors?[/quote]

Bingo.  It's not like they have one regular English/physics/computer science class and then the "honors" version of each of those classes, as in high school.  "Honors" classes usually just refer to the extra honors courses you have to take in addition to your regular coursework.  It has nothing to do with your actual major.[/quote]

STEM majors at state universities have accelerated, enriched honors courses for the intro level, which put students in separate courses from the base major. These are followed by upper level courses a that are a year ahead of the base major and more advanced topics than base majors take.

UMD calls these courses "advanced rigor" in the catalog. Sound familiar?

Flagship state universities are so large and so affordable that they have "mini Ivies" inside them. Small, expensive "good" private schools might not have this. [/quote]

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