Honors colleges can provide a LOT of really nice perks: scholarship, additional academic advising and supports, including smaller classes and priority registration. In today’s episode, we discuss why it might make sense to consider applying to honors colleges, especially those within larger universities. 

• Honors colleges does not mean harder

• Honors colleges have a lot of variance

• They can be highly selective, they might have multiple entry points, typically both when you initially apply as a senior in high school and potentially once youre on campus no later then the end of your freshman year

• Some honors colleges have tremendous perks: better housing, earlier class selection, better advising

• Some also require additional work such as: an honors thesis

• Some even charge additionally for the perks that they offer

• Like many things you need to look at each school individually to determine whether or not the honors college is the right place for you 

• It can make a big school smaller

• Provide access to additional scholarships and perks

• Certainly worth considering, not always worth pursuing.