I have a bone to pick with the U of I Honors Society. A big bone. And it’s not sexual.

So here’s a criterion for staying in the Honors Society once you’re admitted: you must take at least one honors class every other semester. No big deal, right? I mean, what are the odds of not finding an honors class that pertains to either my major or one of my three minors?

Well apparently, these odds are pretty damn big. There’s not a single honors class in any of my fields—that’s FOUR SEPARATE FIELDS—and I find that ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous. I find the idea of one honors class per year very reasonable, mind you. Where the reason flies out of the window, though, lies in the fact that there are only, say, six honors classes in total offered every semester. Two of these are 101 classes, meaning that, for people like me, they’ve either been taken or would be a total waste of time. The rest are in microbiology and/or math or they’re upper division courses that, apparently, can’t be taken by freshmen and sophomores.

Please. Come on, U of I. These are ridiculous restrictions for some of us (specifically, those of us who put our major’s priorities over non-related dribble that is needed to stay in an honor’s society).

Basically, it’s either get out in three years or stay in the honors society.

I think you know what I pick.

So unless my minors or my circumstances change, I’ll be “kicked out” of the U of I Honors Society by next fall.