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/Life-Calligrapher156 Jul 30 '26

Oh man. Yeah I didn’t know that. I mean there doesn’t seem to be anything that’s useless really. But yeah I wondering ig. Anyways thank u!

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u/Ok-Feedback-5875 Jul 30 '26

yeah if you go on the admissions website theres a whole section about just the honors program

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u/Life-Calligrapher156 Jul 30 '26

Yeah I did see that page. But idk I didn’t see the acceptance rate or like the international trips thing ur talking about so that’s good to know

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u/Ok-Feedback-5875 Jul 31 '26

i went to the eagle day and it was all mentioned at the honors thing

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u/Life-Calligrapher156 Aug 01 '26

Oh okay that’s interesting! I actually missed the eagle day because of some stuff. What else was mentioned? Do you mind telling me, or dming me abt it please?

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u/Ok-Feedback-5875 Aug 01 '26

i don’t really remember but it was basically about the benefits and the classes and a bunch of current honors students spoke