Was about to do it, but bailed out at the last moment when I realized that I finished the semester a lot better than I had hoped (hence no need for honours).
Was about to do it, but bailed out at the last moment when I realized that I finished the semester a lot better than I had hoped (hence no need for honours).
Dude, honours is not suppose to be some sort of sugar coat on your degree if you have bad grades. From my understanding, honours is suppose to signify that you are exceptional in your program and your undertaking of the honours program demonstrate your outstanding academic ability.
I thought about it, then I realized working 5 days a week I can barely maintain my 3.0 and I dont feel like getting screwed my last semester when my gpa isnt high enough to enroll in those honors classes needed to finish
Dude, honours is not suppose to be some sort of sugar coat on your degree if you have bad grades. From my understanding, honours is suppose to signify that you are exceptional in your program and your undertaking of the honours program demonstrate your outstanding academic ability.
In most arts faculties the minimum for honours is 3.0. What makes honours so exceptional if probably 20 or 30% of your faculty are eligible for it? Were the standards higher (say 3.5 CGPA), then there would be a reason to go into it. Since it isn't, an honours degree in arts or business (I'm not sure about the sciences) is pretty much window dressing.
Here's the deal with honours: if you plan your stuff out correctly, then you'll only need to take one extra semester for the honours designation (minimum is 132 credits, as opposed to the usual 120). That doesn't sound bad at all. Most people don't plan properly or have a change of heart during their undergraduate studies (hence, extending their studies).
If you've planned it all correctly, if you have followed through on your plan, and if you have over 3.5 CGPA, then you should do honours. If your CGPA is only 3.0, don't do it because you won't be hot stuff like first class honours. It may give you a slight edge in the job market, but in the grand scheme of things, an honours degree (in arts and business at least, can't say this for the sciences) is strictly small potatoes.
In most arts faculties the minimum for honours is 3.0. What makes honours so exceptional if probably 20 or 30% of your faculty are eligible for it? Were the standards higher (say 3.5 CGPA), then there would be a reason to go into it. Since it isn't, an honours degree in arts or business (I'm not sure about the sciences) is pretty much window dressing.
According to my AA, I indeed need a CGPA of 3.0 to get into my program's honors program, however I also need a GPA over 3.3 in my program in order to be in the honors program.
haha i wish. I could if I didn't do everything last minute and didn't miss lectures. So far this semester though, I'm on fire, so hopefully I'll keep it up.
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If you've planned it all correctly, if you have followed through on your plan, and if you have over 3.5 CGPA, then you should do honours. If your CGPA is only 3.0, don't do it because you won't be hot stuff like first class honours. It may give you a slight edge in the job market, but in the grand scheme of things, an honours degree (in arts and business at least, can't say this for the sciences) is strictly small potatoes.
it was 3.36 but i got 2.33 avg last semester, haha.
So far this semester though, I'm on fire, so hopefully I'll keep it up.