The US honors program is optional and requires a 3.6 cumulative GPA in high school to qualify. It is extra work, a TON of extra work, and is supposed to give you an edge when applying for a job ... but really, all it gives you is an H on your degree ... which won't matter anymore when you get a job. Everybody gets a job eventually, so at least in the US system, I think honors is more or less a waste of time doing extra work with awful averages on exams - meaning that you're really doing a WHOLE lot worse than the general regular degrees because your classes are a whole lot harder. You pass those classes only because the averages are so slow, is what I'm saying.

This post has been edited by spunkberry: Sep 22 2009, 12:19 AM

No, but I have a lot of friends in the honors program and most regret it. Based off what they tell me, the only thing they really get out of it is bragging rights. The cumulative high school GPA of 3.6 may vary from university to university, but in general, you need to be of at least a 3.5 to even consider it. Anything lower than that is charity honors. There's a reason why honors students get bragging rights you know, they get in with their GPAs!

First of all, 500 level classes onwards for my university are GRADUATE classes. It is not uncommon for 300/400 level courses to have low averages such that a 60% is an A in the class ... but I'm talking about first year engineering classes at my university. 40% is a passing grade. FIRST YEAR.

Honors is really a waste of time, blood sweat and tears, at least where I am.

This post has been edited by spunkberry: Sep 24 2009, 04:27 AM

Yes that is right.

not where I am. you have to be a grad student to take grad classes.

mm hmm

I stand corrected. as an undergraduate you CAN take graduate level courses but only if you qualify for them. I'm taking a 500 level course my final semester. lol

my boyfriend was hired because of his ease of communication, not exactly for his GPA, which wasn't very good anyway.