Foothill Honors Program strengths and weaknesses

I think that there are several strengths and several weaknesses to the Foothill Honors program. I will start with the strengths: the Honors program is widely recognized and offers many excellent opportunities to students who are members. This can come in the form of a more certain college application process, professors who are more dedicated to the subject material, and other educational opportunities that may entail attending meetings and meeting new people. Also, the honors students are very dedicated to their coursework, and as such taking honors classes is much more intriguing because of the increased level of participation. Now for the downsides: I don’t think that the institution is very well organized. I always see last minute emails and frantic hurrying around for college applications to be reformatted and submitted. I know that this is not always Foothill’s fault, but it seems ridiculous to me when an email gets sent out at 11 am telling honors students last minute that an UCLA representative will be dropping by from 11 30 am until 12 30 pm, and that this is the only chance for them to ask questions. Another issue with the honors program: unclear guidelines. The honors program was laid out to me briefly for 5 minutes before I was accepted, and since my admission I haven’t learned much more about what I need to do to graduate. I hear that the requirements to graduate the program, as well as the requirements for transfer applicants to UC’s, has changed within the past year, and I would like to be informed and stay up to date on this kind of information since it will be pertinent to me this coming fall! I wish there was a website with up-to-date information pertaining to a variety of subjects that Honors students may be interested in (if there is a website, I’ve never heard of it!)