Admission

First-year students applying for admission to KSU Journey Honors College must have a KSU-calculated high school GPA of 3.5 to be eligible to apply.

Admission to the KSU Journey Honors College is competitive and is based on a review of the applicant’s academic preparation with particular attention paid to the application essay. The essay portion of the application is very important to us because it gives us a sample of your writing, helps us get to know you better, and helps us assess your fit for the KSU Journey Honors College. The reviewers will be looking for the following in your essay: originality and creativity; strong point or argument; demonstration of curiosity and potential for engagement; evidence of care, effort, and clarity; and appropriate essay organization, grammar, and language.

*First-year students who do not meet the minimum criteria for admission or who are not accepted based on their initial application may apply to KSU Journey Honors College after their first semester at KSU. At that point, they are evaluated as current KSU students and must attain a KSU adjusted GPA of 3.25 and have 12 or more earned college credit hours.

**The Department of Psychological Science has specific eligibility criteria for Honors Students. Please review the criteria.

Eligibility for students who are graduating from high school and who participated in KSU's Dual Enrollment Program is based on how many college credit hours were completed:

• Students who have earned fewer than 12 college credit hours and have a KSU-calculated high school GPA of 3.5 or greater are eligible to apply.
• Students who have earned 12 or more college credit hours and have a KSU GPA of 3.25 or greater are eligible to apply.

Admission to the KSU Journey Honors College is competitive and is based on a review of the applicant’s academic preparation with particular attention paid to the application essay. The essay portion of the application is very important to us because it gives us a sample of your writing, helps us get to know you better, and helps us assess your fit for the KSU Journey Honors College. The reviewers will be looking for the following in your essay: originality and creativity; strong point or argument; demonstration of curiosity and potential for engagement; evidence of care, effort, and clarity; and appropriate essay organization, grammar, and language.

Incoming and continuing Dual Enrollment Program (DEP) students are encouraged to apply for KSU Journey Honors College.

• Continuing dual enrollment students who have earned 12 or more college credit hours and have a KSU GPA of 3.25 or greater are eligible to apply.
• Continuing dual enrollment students who have earned fewer than 12 hours and have a KSU-calculated high school GPA of 3.5 or higher are eligible to apply.

Admission to the KSU Journey Honors College is competitive and is based on a review of the applicant’s academic preparation with particular attention paid to the application essay. The essay portion of the application is very important to us because it gives us a sample of your writing, helps us get to know you better, and helps us assess your fit for the KSU Journey Honors College. The reviewers will be looking for the following in your essay: originality and creativity; strong point or argument; demonstration of curiosity and potential for engagement; evidence of care, effort, and clarity; and appropriate essay organization, grammar, and language.

*Please note:

• All courses taken by DEP students must be approved by a DEP advisor and their high school counselor.
• If an Honors section of an approved course (e.g., ENGL 1101/H01 or HIST 1111/H01) is available, then the student may take the Honors section rather
• than a regular section. Honors sections are smaller and are typically seminar-style. (The "H" in the section number code designates that it's an honors section.)
• Courses with a HON prefix (e.g., HON 3000: Honors Colloquium) and the HON 1100: Introduction to Honors courses are not covered by Dual Enrollment funding.
• DEP students may participate in non-course related Honors Discoveries (book clubs, etc.) to meet the Honors Learning Experience requirements. Any associated fees are not covered by Dual Enrollment funding, and the student would need to pay these expenses out of pocket.

Students with a transfer GPA of 3.5 and

• who have completed between 15 and 45 credit hours are eligible to apply to the Honors Research Scholar or Honors Scholar track
• who have completed between 45 and 60 credit hours are eligible to apply to the Honors in the Major - Pathway I track or Honors in the Major - Pathway II track

*The Department of Psychological Science has specific eligibility criteria for Honors Students. Please review the criteria.

Students with a KSU adjusted GPA of 3.25 and 

• who have completed up to 45 credit hours are eligible to apply to the Honors Research Scholar or Honors Scholar track
• who have completed between 45 and 60 credit hours are eligible to apply to the Honors in the Major - Pathway I track or Honors in the Major - Pathway II track

*The Department of Psychological Science has specific eligibility criteria for Honors Students. Please review these criteria here.

Honors Reinstatement

If you have previously been a member of KSU Journey Honors College and either withdrawn or been dismissed, you may apply for reinstatement.