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Honors College Online Application

Please submit application by May 1st for Fall Term.

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Are you a student transferring into the Meijer Honors College (not an incoming freshman)? *
Materials to be Submitted

Your application must be completed by submitting ALL of the following:

  1. Your self-assessment. Instructions: You should first complete on your own the "Self Assessment for Prospective Students" (see the Admissions Requirements page at www.gvsu.edu/honors). In a few paragraphs, please explain how your self-assessment affirms your decision to apply to the Meijer Honors College. In your description, please also address any factors we should consider with regard to your qualifications (e.g., if you do not meet the ACT and/or GPA expectations).

    Click here to upload your self-assessment

  2. An essay. Please answer one of the following as thoughtfully as you can in an essay of at least a page or two.

    1. How can one be intellectually open to new ideas and be willing to change and adapt while still retaining a sense of one's own identity and beliefs? Describe how you have employed this in your own experience.
    2. One of the principle goals of the Meijer Honors College is to empower students to become 'self-authors.' What do you think that means? What might the process entail? Why is it appealing to you?
    3. If you were charged with making one profound difference in the world, what issue would you tackle? What would you be prepared to sacrifice to achieve it? How do you envision your Honors College experience equipping and preparing you to lead in the journey ahead?
    4. Describe in some detail an academic awakening (or "aha" moment) that you have experienced. What prompted it and what did you learn from it?

    Click here to upload your essay

  3. A sample of your best analytical writing from high school. Preferably, this should be a research paper.

    Click here to upload your analytical writing

If you have any questions about what to submit here, please contact the Honors office at honors@gvsu.edu or 616-331-3219.

Acknowledgment of Policy

Note: The work you submit will be handled in a way that respects your privacy. It will be used in the admissions process, and, unless you indicate otherwise, it may also be used for the following additional purposes: (a) as part of a sample of representative work--in which you would not be personally identifiable--to be included in an assessment of outcomes for Honors graduates; (b) as background material--in which you would be personally identifiable--for faculty who teach in Honors so that they can work with you more personally and individually from the start.

Please indicate your acknowledgment of this policy and your preference by selecting one of the following alternatives:

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If you have any questions about what to submit here, please contact the Honors office at honors@gvsu.edu or 616-331-3219.

Glenn A. Niemeyer Learning and Living Center • Allendale MI 49401
Phone 616-331-3219 • honors@gvsu.edu