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I have many friends that are in honors college , and I'm wondering if I made a bad choice for not doing honors as well? Does it have any advantages after one graduates?
I am freshman majoring in biomedical engineering at Arizona State University and I hope to get advice that can help my life become less messy. #college #life
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Taylor Hill
Recruitment Services and Onboarding Contractor at PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Honors Classes look good on your resume in some instances but only if you have the GPA to back it up! A lot of students take only honors classes but their GPA suffers for it which ends up making it look worse. Take the classes that work best for you and boost your GPA which will make you more eligible for scholarships!
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Sophie’s Answer
Hi Joseline,
From my experience in reviewing resumes in a past role, being in an honors program as opposed to a regular program has little if any impact to your consideration for a role. What usually makes a candidate stand out is their experience and how they actually applied their learnings in the real world. I felt regret at first not joining the honors program at my university as well, but I soon realized that you can make yourself easily stand out in many other ways! Especially as you move up in your career, it will matter even less. As a working professional, no one has ever asked me about my GPA, or whether I was in an honors program. As reference, I was a business major and not in biomedical engineering, so it is potentially different, but I genuinely believe if you focus on gaining valuable experiences and highlight those on your resumes, you will set yourself up for success, regardless of your program.
Hope this helps!
From my experience in reviewing resumes in a past role, being in an honors program as opposed to a regular program has little if any impact to your consideration for a role. What usually makes a candidate stand out is their experience and how they actually applied their learnings in the real world. I felt regret at first not joining the honors program at my university as well, but I soon realized that you can make yourself easily stand out in many other ways! Especially as you move up in your career, it will matter even less. As a working professional, no one has ever asked me about my GPA, or whether I was in an honors program. As reference, I was a business major and not in biomedical engineering, so it is potentially different, but I genuinely believe if you focus on gaining valuable experiences and highlight those on your resumes, you will set yourself up for success, regardless of your program.
Hope this helps!
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Kyle’s Answer
Some companies will look at this as a plus, but some will not consider it as anything different. It is going to depend on your grades in the honors courses more than the fact you took them if they do look into things. As a hiring manager I do not look at is as anything better, I may notice it and figure they are more analytical but my interview process and questions would not change.
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Sarah’s Answer
Hi Joseline!
Don't feel bad at all! Honors programs can have certain advantages while at school, but they will not make or break your resume. I was in Barrett my freshman year, and dropped it second semester of my Freshman year and I think it was the best decision I made at school. I had more time to take classes I was truly interested in, get involved with more campus wide organizations and got to live off campus for way less money.
Don't feel bad at all! Honors programs can have certain advantages while at school, but they will not make or break your resume. I was in Barrett my freshman year, and dropped it second semester of my Freshman year and I think it was the best decision I made at school. I had more time to take classes I was truly interested in, get involved with more campus wide organizations and got to live off campus for way less money.