I've been admitted to ASU's barrett honors college, what do you know about being a student of the Barrett honors college, or any Honors college at a university?
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I thought it was great. I went to a large university, and most freshman-level classes were large lectures. My honors courses were very small and intimate, and I saw the same students in several, so we became friends. We also had a special honors residence hall, so it was easy to make friends with like-minded students. Lastly, I got to put it on my resume, which certainly helped after university was done.
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My first semester of college I nearly went insane. I was sick all the time, I was scared to meet new people, and it seemed like everyone else was a genius compared to me. My chemistry class is was kept me sane. \n\nIt helped that it was smaller (60-70 people.) It was still twice the size of my high school classes, but less than half the size of a normal lecture at my college. The professor was GREAT. He was the first professor to learn my name, or even seem to care that I, as an individual, understood the material. AT the time, it was a big deal. He was also a great teacher in general. He liked to do demonstrations and involve the students in them. \n\nMost importantly, for whatever reason, I ended up becoming friends with a lot of people in that class. Nerds are drawn to one another, perhaps? I'm not sure what I would have done without it.
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I graduated from there. It is a BIG school with an amazing selection of excellent degree programs. I suggest you live in the dorms to start off -- you have to find a community there or you'll go a little nuts.
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Ask what YOU want to know. Try to ask stuff that you cannot find on the college's site or brochures. Asking some of the college students themselves is a lot of times more rewarding than whoever is leading the tour or session.\n\nA good question is:\nIf there was one thing you would change about this college, what would it be and why?
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I am going for a double major in art education and physical science education at Temple University. \n\nIt will take me forever, but it is what I want. I plan on getting my masters and possibly my doctorate so I can create a unique curriculum that mixes the arts and sciences. (I'm pretty dorky for 18.)\n\nI am going in state, but I also have grants and scholarships and work study. (and a side job as a bartender helps.)
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Hi there, I just wanted to comment on the Stats and Calc thing: I have a few friends who are taking both and they seem to be doing fine.  they all have A's in both.  I am taking 4 AP's this year and one independant study AP class as a senior and i'm not having too hard of a time.  here are my classes just in case you want to know:\n\nAP Environmental Science\nAP English Literature and Composition\nAP Art History\nAP Microeconomics\nAP Human Geography (Independant Study)\n\nI have previously taken:\nAP European History\nAP US History\nAP Psychology\nAP US Government and Politics\n\nI think you should be fine, and feel free to ask if you have any questions on the classes I took.  Adios!
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Hello Tiffany,\n\nI had my doubts about going but once I completed my AA I felt more confident about the online programs... It is a lot harder than a campus because you have to go at your on pace but stay focus and you will go far!\n\nJAM
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It seems as though you are an excellent, all around student and individual and would have a good shot of getting into any of these schools.  Therefore, what is the best school for you?  \n\nThere are a many questions that you'll need to ask yourself:\n1.  What subject do you want to major in when in college?  Are there a few? - Make sure that any university that you attend has all of the different majors that you are interested in.  That way, if you try one out and find out that you do not like it, you have the other options.  Also, is the major a good program at the schools that you want to attend?\n\n2.  Do you want a big or small university?  Many times small university are look down upon because they may not have the name of a Harvard or Yale.  However, big and small university are great.  The biggest question is... do you want and/or need attention from your professors?  Bigger university professors may not be able to give students individual attention that so many students need.  Smaller universities are able to give a lot of personal attention, allowing students to contact professors any time with questions and/or advice.\n\n3.  Location, location, location!  Will you like the location that the university is in?  City versus College town?  Weather... do you want warm weather where it never snows or are you okay at a university that it snows much of winter?  \n\n4.  Does the school have the extracurricular activities that you are interested in?  Academics is not all that you are at a university for... college is all about the experience as well.  Will you have the opportunity to get involved and are the activities that you want to participate in available on the campus?\n\n5.  Do you like the campus and university?  This you'll never know until you walk onto that particular campus.  If you can, try to visit any school that you are really interested in.  College admissions representatives are paid to tell you have great the university will be.  In addition, all of the papers and viewbooks that you get from the universities will show nothing but pretty pictures.  However, you'll never know if it is the right place for you until you step on the campus.  You'll probably know within the first 5 minutes of being on the campus if you'll like it or not!  All colleges and universities do campus tours - just call the admissions office and they'll set it up for you.\n\nGood luck!
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yes, you can get into the schools wit A's, but with honors classes you could get a scholarship
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UA is decent, but it is nothing compared to ASU (Arizona State University).\n\nSomething positive about UA?  THey have a good basketball program.
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California has a lot of wonderful colleges, and there is no "best" one, with one possibile exception that I'll talk about in a moment. Mostly, I will suggest the things you ought to consider in deciding what is best  for *you.*\n\nThe first question you should ask yourself is what kind of environment you want.  Your main question refers to the best college, and the additional information says that you are interested in going to a university here.  In the United States, "colleges" and "universities" are not exactly the same thing, even though we often use the terms interchageably.  Generally, a place that calls itself a "college" will be smaller, with only (or at least mainly) undergraduates.  Colleges offer fewer students in a class, more interaction with professors, and a more intimate environment.  Universities are larger, and California universities are often especially large. This means big classes, especially in introductory courses.  More than 100 students in a classroom can be common, and 500 is not unheard of.  But because universities have major graduate programs, they also have more research going on, and they often attract the most famous professors. And their large size can be a virtue.  What you give up in intimacy you gain in diversity.  A university with 30,000 or 40,000 students will almost certainly have groups with interests like yours, no matter what those interests are.  A college that has only, say, 1,500 or 2,000 students cannot support as many clubs, activities, and groups.  \n\nThe other major consideration is what you want to study.  Few institutions--college or university--are equally strong in all subjects.  That requires research on the particular subjects that interest you.  You might want to start by asking what are the best schools for psychology, or physics, or engineering, or business, or whatever.\n\nThird, how hard do you want to work?  Some colleges just attract students who want to spend days, nights and weekends studying.  At the opposite end, there are places where the attitude is so laid-back that weekends effectively begin on Thursday and end on Tuesday. Only you know how much energy you are prepared to invest in study time, so only you know where you fit on that spectrum.\n\nNow for my actual recommendations.  Remember that I said there was one exception to the rule that "no school is best?" If you are a science student, and if you are prepared to work your butt off, Cal Tech (the California Institute of Technology) simply cannot be beat by any other school in California, and probably not by any other school in the world.  It has world-class professors, many of whom are Nobel prize winners, plus small size (unusual for a top-rank science institution) and pleasant weather.  But Cal Tech is not for literature majors or anyone outside the sciences.\n\nBeyond Cal Tech, here are my personal recommendations as schools that I would want a child of mine to look at if they were going to school in California: \n\nLarge public colleges:  University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Los Angeles, and University of California at San Diego.  There are other public universities with wonderful programs in specific areas, however, and you should not limit your search to these if you want something in particular. (UC at Irvine has a program in beer and winemaking, for example, that is unique.)\n\nSmall private colleges:  The Claremont Colleges, 5 separate but related schools in and near Claremont, California.  Each has a particular focus (history and law, science, a women's school, and so forth), but each enrolls its students separately.  Also, for women, Mills College.\nLarge private university:  Stanford.  This is probably as close as any California institution comes to being all things to all students.  It is medium sized, has a world-class reasearch program, and even has highly competitive sports program, if that is signif
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it depends. if you want to get into a strong, private college, try to take every class available and work your ass off. if you're shooting for a good UC, take mostly AP classes with honors. if you're doing anything below a UC or high state school, don't take too many, because you might burn out before college.
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Northeastern University is a great university. It's right in Boston near transportation systems (bus and train) and the Food Court is nice. They have many very interesting public seminars and speeches there, too. It's great. I think you should go there.
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go to Alfred.edu. Not Alfred College but Alfred University in Alfred NY.  They are the #1 University in the World for Ceramic Engineering and Material Sciences.  Thats where I got accepted as an Engineering Major.
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I didn't attend there (although I have visited the campus), but I do have strong opinions about size of schools.  Too big is difficult for some people.  I wouldn't have survived it as an undergrad.  I went to an enormous school for grad school, and it was ok then, but for undergrad, I really think the smaller schools are much better.  you get more opportunity to interact with the instructors, and get to know other students.
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Preperation for college is never easy for a highschool student, and thats exactly what ap classes are preping you for.  On a scale from one to ten ten being the hardest, honors is a 4 in comparrison to AP which is an 7.  Get ready to work hard, but id say try it out because it is an amazing expierence for someone who wants to go to college, and also it looks good on a resume for colleges. Its more studying and harder grading from teachers, but you won't regret it in the long run.  That's not to say you won't sometimes feel overwhemlmed and a little regretful while taking the class.  But afterwards you'll be happy you took the challenge. and so will your parents because you're bound to do great in college.
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Hello, \nI am currently a tranfer student at USC.  I am a music industry major? will you being coming in as a freshman or transfer?  If you are a freshman, they are real picky.  You need to have a real good SAT score, somewhere in the 1350's or higher.  Each school has different requirements and some are harder to get into then others.  I transfered in from a school in upstate NY.  I transfered with a 3.5.  I handed all my stuff in late and they told me they would not look at it until fall 07, but they did look at it, and called me for an interview.  I am here now.  It's a good school, horrible location, and a shit load of money.  So if you need more specific answers let me know.  colakogl@usc.edu that is my email get me there,\n\nTalk to you soon,\nLucin