Current Ramapo Students

How to Apply – Current Ramapo Students

• The window to apply for 2019 acceptance has closed.

Students who are at the end of their first semester at Ramapo College still have the option to apply to join the Honors Program. Due to the number of Honors credits needed to graduate with Honors, applicants cannot be considered once they’ve begun their second semester.

The College Honors Program shall consider both quantitative and qualitative measures. For admission, above-average GPA or SAT scores are a necessary, but not sufficient criterion. Because freedom from extrinsic rewards is valued in a College Honors student, grade point average and entrance examination score are only two measures assessing the intellectual, creative, and moral engagement of applicants. Qualitative measures will be used to assess the intellectual independence or engaged learning values of the applicant. It is possible that a student could have high grades or test scores but lack in the intrinsic or ‘engaged learning’ values necessary to flourish in the College Honors Program. It is also possible that a student could have less than excellent test scores but demonstrate the intellectual, creative and moral engagement that is the distinctive disposition of a College Honors student.

Qualified applicants will be invited to participate in an admission interview based on their application materials. These candidates will be interviewed by a two-member panel of the College Honors Advisory Board.

Students who join the Honors Program during their first year are not required to take the Honors First-Year Seminar if they have already taken an FYS. They are required to complete half of the annual co-curricular and community service requirements in the first year.

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