Effect of dropping out of Honors Program after being accepted?

[chocofudges]

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Hi guys!!!
I am currently enrolled in my college's Honors Program, and I have to do a Capstone Thesis as my senior project. I have absolutely no desire to do it hahaha, and it really serves no purpose for me. My question is if I drop out of it after getting accepted, will my admission be rescinded? I'm keeping up my gpa, so grades aren't an issue...and unless I actually tell them, I don't think me dropping out will appear on my transcript...

Thanks!

 

[235788]

Hi guys!!!
I am currently enrolled in my college's Honors Program, and I have to do a Capstone Thesis as my senior project. I have absolutely no desire to do it hahaha, and it really serves no purpose for me. My question is if I drop out of it after getting accepted, will my admission be rescinded? I'm keeping up my gpa, so grades aren't an issue...and unless I actually tell them, I don't think me dropping out will appear on my transcript...

Thanks!

I dropped mine too (wanted an easy last semester of college), but I didn't drop following an acceptance. I doubt anything would change. I'd email your school that you were accepted to and inform them prior to dropping it. Feel out how they feel about it, if you sense apathy than follow through and drop it. Don't act before you know how they will respond.

 

[hmockingbird]

I'm in the honors program at my school and they were two different acceptances. You could definitely decline acceptance to the honors program and still go to the school. That would make the most sense to me at other schools but I agree about calling just to make sure.

Just for another perspective though I would look more into the capstone thesis requirements. I thought mine was going to be this huge thing and all that was required was a research presentation at their honors day at any time during your college career. I did outside medical research like many people on here, so I just used that and presented again during honors day. I actually completed the requirement the summer after my sophomore year. I think my major's thesis is harder, haha. So I would try to find out more about it and see if it's really what you think it is before you decide for sure. Then again I really wanted the benefits my honors program has, especially the reduced amount of core classes.

 

[chocofudges]

I'm in the honors program at my school and they were two different acceptances. You could definitely decline acceptance to the honors program and still go to the school. That would make the most sense to me at other schools but I agree about calling just to make sure.

Just for another perspective though I would look more into the capstone thesis requirements. I thought mine was going to be this huge thing and all that was required was a research presentation at their honors day at any time during your college career. I did outside medical research like many people on here, so I just used that and presented again during honors day. I actually completed the requirement the summer after my sophomore year. I think my major's thesis is harder, haha. So I would try to find out more about it and see if it's really what you think it is before you decide for sure. Then again I really wanted the benefits my honors program has, especially the reduced amount of core classes.

I think you misunderstood me. I'm already in the honors program in mine and this is my senior year. I don't feel like doing a capstone project lol...not because I want to be lazy per se (I have other stuff I want to do), but because I don't gain anything from doing it. And the project is like a real thesis...

 

[hmockingbird]

I think you misunderstood me. I'm already in the honors program in mine and this is my senior year. I don't feel like doing a capstone project lol...not because I want to be lazy per se (I have other stuff I want to do), but because I don't gain anything from doing it. And the project is like a real thesis...

Oh sorry, yeah I thought you had just gotten accepted to college not med school. My bad. I do know some people who dropped out of ours but it was sophomore or junior year.

I agree then about calling or emailing the school to get a feel for it.

I don't even know if I mentioned the honors program on my AMCAS. I know I mentioned it in one interview but if you didn't put it anywhere or talk about it, would the med school even know? Does it show up on your transcript?

 

[235788]

Oh sorry, yeah I thought you had just gotten accepted to college not med school. My bad. I do know some people who dropped out of ours but it was sophomore or junior year.

I agree then about calling or emailing the school to get a feel for it.

I don't even know if I mentioned the honors program on my AMCAS. I know I mentioned it in one interview but if you didn't put it anywhere or talk about it, would the med school even know? Does it show up on your transcript?

at my school it does appear on your transcript. You would actually graduate from the "College of Honors"

 

[hmockingbird]

at my school it does appear on your transcript. You would actually graduate from the "College of Honors"

I'm pretty sure it doesn't on ours which I have always thought was weird, so that's why I suggesting double-checking that. We get an honors diploma but it's not on the transcript while you're in undergrad.