Incoming First-Year Students

How to Apply – Incoming First-Year Students

The College Honors Program shall consider both quantitative and qualitative measures. For admission, a high school GPA in a challenging high school curriculum is a necessary, but not sufficient, criterion. SAT and ACT scores are optional. Because freedom from extrinsic rewards is valued in a College Honors student, grade point average and entrance examination score (if submitted) 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.