honor classes in college

[CashRag33]

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Does it gives you higher acceptance rate to med school if you take honor courses?

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

No, in fact unless you get an A in the course you'd be better off taking the regular course and getting an A in it.

 

[mtbtx]

Honors classes were easier at my school. I think it helped me out a lot...

 

[Forthegood]

Depends on the class. And GPA is only important if your GPA sucks. If it is a class you are interested in and makes you better rounded, even if you got a B it would be well worth it.

Education is not a degree earned or an acceptance letter.

 

[gravitywave]

Depends on the class. And GPA is only important if your GPA sucks. If it is a class you are interested in and makes you better rounded, even if you got a B it would be well worth it.

Education is not a degree earned or an acceptance letter.

eh, i suppose so. but if you do that a lot, your GPA will suck

the benefit to honors courses typically lies in smaller class size and better access to faculty and research opportunities. sometimes it's tougher to be in the huge lecture section. make sure you understand what the differences are in the grading curves, however.

 

[getdown]

Depends on the class. And GPA is only important if your GPA sucks. If it is a class you are interested in and makes you better rounded, even if you got a B it would be well worth it.

Education is not a degree earned or an acceptance letter.

I'm really interested in learning quantum physics and why black holes come to be but you don't see me rushing around trying to take grad level theoretical physics now do you? Being well rounded makes you mediocre at everything instead of a good applicant that shows they can succeed in med school.

 

[Barcu]

Honors classes were easier at my school. I think it helped me out a lot...

I agree with this. I only took humanties honors and not science, but the classes were capped at a small number of students. Plus, honors professors had this crazy idea that since we were the most motivated students, we didn't need to do nearly as much work.

They turned out to be the most interesting classes I took too.

They didn't offer too many honors science courses where I went (I was stuck in large lectures) but I heard the few they had were pretty difficult.

 

[startswithb]

If your honors classes are part of a designated honors program I think it can be a nice EC. At my school, the honors classes were really interesting and taught by the best faculty at the university. We also had "honors seminars" that were 1 hour classes where we studied things like our favorite music, the psychology of dreaming, a unique author, and even mythbusters or classic films. And on your AMCAS, it has a designation next to your grade that it was honors. It was fun.

 

[Forthegood]

I'm really interested in learning quantum physics and why black holes come to be but you don't see me rushing around trying to take grad level theoretical physics now do you? Being well rounded makes you mediocre at everything instead of a good applicant that shows they can succeed in med school.

You probably could have audited it, if you had the interest. But I see what you are saying.

And you are wrong. Being well-rounded doesn't make you mediocre, it gives you broader view of the world and will make you better at everything you do.

I guess getting in to medical school was the crowning achievement of your education. I am sorry to hear that.

 

[eli20]

You probably could have audited it, if you had the interest. But I see what you are saying.

And you are wrong. Being well-rounded doesn't make you mediocre, it gives you broader view of the world and will make you better at everything you do.

I guess getting in to medical school was the crowning achievement of your education. I am sorry to hear that.

While I agree that we should pursue education for education's sake, medical school admissions do not accommodate this. I consider this a greater indictment of how we choose our future doctors, and the attitudes and perspectives those doctors have as a result than of student desire to be educated.

 

[NickNaylor]

To the OP: I haven't been asked one question about being in an honors program at any of my interviews. I don't think it matters one bit.