Why UD Business Students Join the Honors College

During a recent Lerner Virtual Visit, Lerner Ambassador Raymond Lucas,  University of Delaware Class of 2023, shared his experiences in the UD Honors College, from building connections with staff and fellow students to benefitting from smaller class sizes.

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Transcript

Jack Baroudi: And we have somebody who wants to know should they, would you recommend doing the honors program? And why?

Raymond Lucas: The staff associated with the honors program, phenomenal, they always take an interest in every student’s curriculum, activities. And everyone in the program, some incredibly smart people so you’re going to be taking class with these people throughout your four years forms a nice little community right off the bat.

The other thing I’ll say is academically, it’s great. You’ll get access to much smaller classes which gives you a lot of one-on-one time with professors. Yes, I would recommend you go and do the honors program and for the I think maybe one or two more essays you have to do on the application it is entirely worth it and then some.

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