Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 15:05     Subject: What are the best "Honors College" communities or cohorts at larger universities?
Anonymous wrote:1. Oxford is not an honors program

2. Honors programs at publics accept many students from the bottom half of our private. They are not elite. These students are 1300-1350s kids at 1200s schools. If you want elite students with elite opportunities available to all, go to an elite college: a private T15

+1000
People think because they know one 1600 that attends XYZ U's honors college everyone in that college is like that. So wrong.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 15:03     Subject: What are the best "Honors College" communities or cohorts at larger universities?
1. Oxford is not an honors program

2. Honors programs at publics accept many students from the bottom half of our private. They are not elite. These students are 1300-1350s kids at 1200s schools. If you want elite students with elite opportunities available to all, go to an elite college: a private T15
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 14:32     Subject: What are the best "Honors College" communities or cohorts at larger universities?
Honors Program at NC State has been wonderful. My DD (Engineering) chose to not stay in the Honors dorms, but she has very much enjoyed the activities, trips, lectures, events, etc that are part of the program.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 14:24     Subject: What are the best "Honors College" communities or cohorts at larger universities?
LSU
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 13:46     Subject: What are the best "Honors College" communities or cohorts at larger universities?
UVM and Umich
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 13:42     Subject: What are the best "Honors College" communities or cohorts at larger universities?
Anonymous wrote:If you looking for a true small college within a big university environment with lots of benefits and an exclusive residential component then the most well regarded ones are:

Penn State Honors College
ASU Barrett Honors College
South Carolina
Clemson


+1. Worth a serious look at these programs.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 13:41     Subject: What are the best "Honors College" communities or cohorts at larger universities?
There’s been two other posts in the last month, posing almost exactly the same question. Search this forum with the toolbar and you should find them.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 13:36     Subject: Re:What are the best "Honors College" communities or cohorts at larger universities?
I didn’t think Oxford at Emory was an honors program.

Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 13:34     Subject: What are the best "Honors College" communities or cohorts at larger universities?
Anonymous wrote:South Carolina. Check it out!


This. South Carolina is the best.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 13:31     Subject: What are the best "Honors College" communities or cohorts at larger universities?
Oxford at Emory is the opposite of an honors college. It’s a junior college that feeds into Emory.

That would be like saying UVA Wise is an honor college.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 13:07     Subject: What are the best "Honors College" communities or cohorts at larger universities?
U Alabama & U Georgia.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 13:06     Subject: What are the best "Honors College" communities or cohorts at larger universities?
Oxford at Emory is not an honors college. It's a campus 45 minutes away from the main campus in a sleepy Southern town.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 12:58     Subject: What are the best "Honors College" communities or cohorts at larger universities?
If you looking for a true small college within a big university environment with lots of benefits and an exclusive residential component then the most well regarded ones are:

Penn State Honors College
ASU Barrett Honors College
South Carolina
Clemson

Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 12:57     Subject: What are the best "Honors College" communities or cohorts at larger universities?
South Carolina. Check it out!
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2025 12:53     Subject: What are the best "Honors College" communities or cohorts at larger universities?
Where do I find more information on specific honors colleges within mid or larger sized unis?

I've seen threads on Oxford (Emory), Barrett (ASU) and South Carolina so I was intrigued!

Do any of your kids have experience with honors college communities at GW, American, UW, U Wisconsin at Madison, U Colorado, etc.?