We take every aspect of your personal profile into consideration when calculating your admissions chances.
Watch a brief video introduction to the Honors College experience:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTdbR4XLdio
The “word cloud” presents a number of characteristics that have led our students to success at the Honors College and that we look for in our Honors applicants. Pick one of these essential qualities and tell us about a specific life experience you’ve had which you believe illustrates this trait. Then tell us how you see this trait serving you in the Honors College.
(This prompt is for Honors College applicants). Choose ONE of the prompts below and respond accordingly:
Writing about where we’re from encourages reflections about our lives and how we become who we are. Tell us about a place that represents home for you, how you see college influencing your understandings of this place, and whether or not you believe you will want to return to that place after college and why.
Write anything you like inspired by the following word: Blue
The essay demonstrates your ability to write clearly and concisely on a selected topic and helps you distinguish yourself in your own voice. What do you want the readers of your application to know about you apart from courses, grades, and test scores? Choose the option that best helps you answer that question and write an essay of no more than 650 words, using the prompt to inspire and structure your response. Remember: 650 words is your limit, not your goal. Use the full range if you need it, but don‘t feel obligated to do so.
Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?
Reflect on something that someone has done for you that has made you happy or thankful in a surprising way. How has this gratitude affected or motivated you?
Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.
Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more?
Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you‘ve already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design.
