Admissions Scholar
Admissions Scholars are among the highest caliber students at KSU. Credentials submitted by these traditional freshmen are highly competitive and indicate the strong potential to succeed.
The KSU Admissions Scholar Program is an outreach effort to recruit outstanding freshman students. The KSU Admissions Scholar is designed to recognize those traditional high school students placing in the top 5% of the fall freshmen class. Students in this elite cohort typically score a 1200 total or greater on the SAT (or 26 or greater on the ACT ) verbal and mathematics (essay not included) and typically earn an academic 3.5 GPA or greater in college bound courses.
KSU University Admissions identifies these candidates by May of each year and invites them to a special Admissions Scholar Orientation program. At this program, recognition is bestowed and information is provided concerning a number of advance opportunities designed for high ability students.
The KSU Admissions Scholars Program is the umbrella (or foundation) to all of the accelerated academic honors programs available to first time high ability freshmen.
Among the accelerated opportunities are scholarship resources, study abroad options, KSU Academic Honors Program, Admissions Scholar Great Books Cohort, the Center for Student Leadership President's Emerging Scholars, the President's Emerging Scholars for Science and Math, and the STARS Recruitment Organization. To learn more about these specific opportunities click the appropriate link in the menu table.
