Admission Requirements
You may enter the Honors Program during your first semester at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ or you may enter later. To be considered for admission to the Honors Program, the following criteria are used:
- If you have earned 6 or more credits of college coursework, a 3.5 cumulative GPA in all college coursework takes precedence over any other criteria.
- If you have not completed 6 credits of college coursework, the following criteria will be used:
English
- Document an average score of > 600 on the SAT Reading/Writing and Language Tests (ERW).
- Submit recommendations from one faculty member based on English courses either completed at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ or a previous college or in progress at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ.
Mathematics
- Document an average score of > 600 on the Math SAT exam.
- Submit recommendations from one faculty based on math or science courses either completed at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ or a previous college or in progress at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ.
Alternatively, you may meet one of the following criteria.
- Document a combined score of at least 1200 out of 1600 on the SAT Critical Reading/Writing and Language (ERW) and Math sections.
- Document a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 at the last academic institution attended (high school, college, or university), or your current GPA at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, OR
- Demonstrate a combined ACT score of 25 or higher, OR
- Present recommendations from two high school teachers (if currently a high school student) or from two college teaching faculty or counselors based on any course taken at a college or university.