re: My Ole Miss trip this weekend

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If you're trying to get one of the top national jobs at whatever you're trying to do, most of them look down on southern public schools and having "Honors College" on your resume doesn't change their thoughts at all

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Again, and this will be the last time I say this, having the honors college and it's thesis on your resume is HUGE for continuing your education.

I will totally agree that for job prospects, it's not all that huge, but if you're looking to go to a prestigious graduate, law, or medical school, it makes a huge difference. Trust me. Just off of the top of my head, I can think of Ole Miss honors college grads I know who are pursuing or have earned MAs, JDs, PhDs, or MDs from places like UNC Chapel Hill, UVA, Georgetown, MIT, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Harvard, etc.

Again, that's just off of the top of my head. I'm sure there are plenty others. The fact is, if you're trying to submit a competitive resume to a graduate, law, or medical school, a hefty research project (such as the Ole Miss honors thesis) makes a significant difference. The honors college also gives you access to better professors who can write good letters of recommendation and allows for extracurriculars that look good on an application.

Could a non-honors student from Ole Miss or any of the other SEC schools apply and get accepted into a prestigious graduate school? Of course, but the things the honors colleges provide their students with give them a real competitive advantage.

To the OP, if you just wanna go to physical therapy school at UMC (didn't you say something like that earlier?), then the honors college would be perhaps a waste of time. If you wanna do something a bit more ambitious, though, then the honors college can really help you out.