Typically, however, students enroll in only a limited number of honors classes each semester. Applicants should ask college officials how many such courses the typical honors student takes. At some institutions, honors programs offer a good way to escape courses given by teaching assistants as well as large introductory lecture classes, which sometimes can enroll more than 1,000 students. Students should look for programs that offer the majority of their honors classes to freshmen and sophomores. By the final two years of school, most students are taking more advanced courses within their majors and have less need for smaller honors offerings.
Some honors programs have their own residential halls or at least their own floors in regular dorms.
Not all students are interested in honors housing, but to some it can be a major consideration in choosing a school.