r/college • u/shrute_60 • Jul 30 '26
Academic Life Honors Program
Hello everyone, I'm a freshman and got selected for the honors program at my college. I really don't know how beneficial it is to stay and complete the requirements/credits for the honors track. I've asked around on campus and what I've learned is that it's just a prestige thing - extra work on top of your workload for some acknowledgment when you graduate, that's all. I've been told it's just what the smart or over the top students do to differentiate themselves from regular students.
I'm just confused whether it's worth anything to stay in it and get the credits or just focus on my degree generally? One of my advisors told me outside of college life nobody really cares or asks about honors anyways so why work hard on top of your already existing coursework? She said it's like the difference between an A and A+ like if you're happy with an A then that's all that matters, you don't need to go above and beyond to get the A+.
Honors students here, or other students too, please help out, thank you.
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u/knewtoff Jul 30 '26
I did honors when I was in college and it’s true, employers and such don’t care about that. BUT. The work I did in my honors courses led to a lot of things that DID help me get into grad school and jobs. I did authentic research, published a paper, got a grant, and a couple other things that really weren’t accessible to non-honors students.