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mace2
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Hi all, I just finished the first semester of my second year. I'm doing a physics & astronomy combined degree (and probably a math minor), and I'm trying to decide if I should enter the honours program or not.
My hesitation is this: to be/stay in the honours program, I have to take 5 courses/semester until I graduate. For instance, next semester I have 5 courses and 4 labs. I think this is manageable because it's still lower level stuff, but I'm worried it will be too hard taking 5 courses in upper level.
I'm not sure if I want to go to grad school or not, but I'd like to keep my options open. So the thing is, with an honours degree I'd probably have a lower GPA than just a major... but I don't know what the tipping point is such that the lower GPA honours degree will be worth more than a high GPA normal degree?
If it matters, I am also doing co-op.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated! Thanks.
Edit: I'll mention this semester I did 4 courses, and 2.5 labs (hard to explain), and that was not too intensive. But again this stuff I'm sure is much less work than upper level courses/labs...
My hesitation is this: to be/stay in the honours program, I have to take 5 courses/semester until I graduate. For instance, next semester I have 5 courses and 4 labs. I think this is manageable because it's still lower level stuff, but I'm worried it will be too hard taking 5 courses in upper level.
I'm not sure if I want to go to grad school or not, but I'd like to keep my options open. So the thing is, with an honours degree I'd probably have a lower GPA than just a major... but I don't know what the tipping point is such that the lower GPA honours degree will be worth more than a high GPA normal degree?
If it matters, I am also doing co-op.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated! Thanks.
Edit: I'll mention this semester I did 4 courses, and 2.5 labs (hard to explain), and that was not too intensive. But again this stuff I'm sure is much less work than upper level courses/labs...
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