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About the Honors Program

The Honors Program at Mount Saint Mary鈥檚 University recognizes academic excellence and provides high-achieving students with opportunities for increased academic rigor to be intellectually challenged in an engaging and nurturing environment. We enable our students to explore their intellectual curiosities and enhance their leadership abilities through numerous offerings.

Honors Scholars participate in a robust honors curriculum and have opportunities for leadership development, service-learning, and co-curricular engagements in the community and around the globe.

Mission Statement

The Honors Program is dedicated in encouraging and empowering its students to strive for educational, professional, and personal growth and to realize their full potential as they prepare to live in a global community in the service of the common good. The Honors Program at Mount Saint Mary鈥檚 University:

• Fosters a love and appreciation of learning that encourages our students to be active participants and collaborators in their education and leadership opportunities both in and out of the classroom.
• Encourages our students to be engaged in their academic interests and enthusiastically apply the knowledge and experiences they acquire as contributors and change agents in their communities and around the world.
• Promotes a close-knit community among students who share similar aptitudes and drive, who then build relationships and participate in mentoring opportunities with faculty committed towards their overall success.

How to Apply to the Honors Program

Incoming First-year/Transfer Students:

Students applying to Mount Saint Mary’s University as incoming traditional undergraduate first-year or transfer students in pursuit of their baccalaureate degrees can apply to the Honors Program through the Common Application or for transfer BSN students, through the 水果派 Online Application. These prospective Honors Scholars interested in applying to the Honors Program must complete a supplemental “Honors Program” essay question in the Common Application or 水果派 Online Application (for BSN transfer students).

Upon admittance to Mount Saint Mary’s University, applications which contain the required supplemental “Honors Program” essay will be reviewed. In consideration for admittance into the Honors Program, these students must have earned a cumulative 3.8 GPA during high school and or a cumulative 3.5 GPA during all college courses.

If you are a transfer student and you have completed less than 24 transferrable units, please know that your official high school transcript and official SAT or ACT test scores will also be used for evaluation into the Honors Program.

All components of prospective Honors Scholars’ Common Application or 水果派 Online Application (for BSN transfer students), including their official transcripts, official SAT or ACT test scores, personal statement, letters of recommendation, and co-curricular or extracurricular involvement, may be reviewed for admittance consideration. Upon admittance to Mount Saint

Mary’s University and the Honors Program, students will receive the recognition of “Honors at Entrance” and will be invited to participate upon starting their first year at the Mount.

Transferring in Honors Courses in the 水果派's Honors Curriculum:

If you are a transfer student and have completed honors courses from previous accredited colleges or universities that are members of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) or Western Regional Honors Council (WRHC), you may submit a request to the Director of the Honors Program for transfer equivalency consideration for up to 6 units in the Mount Saint Mary’s University Honors Curriculum, only after admitted into the Honors Program at Mount Saint Mary’s University. These honors courses must be first transferable units into the University and then will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis for equivalency in the Honors Program.