Personal Narrative: My Experience In The Honors Program

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In reflecting upon my experience in the Honors Program, I know that my college experience would have been much different had I not enjoyed the Honors Program. I joined in the Fall 2012, as unsure freshman, just trying to understand this new, high stakes academic world I was in. Taking the Honors 103, and Honors 104 classes really help me start to make friends and I kept many of those same friends through out my college career. I learned a lot in my Honors Programs classes, and they were usually my favorite classes I was taking during the semester. I was able to explore different topics of study, with a small group of students who were as interested in the topic as I was. I was able to study trauma literature, ethics in healthcare, yoga/health

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