Prospective Students
"Honors students do not measure success purely by grades and accolades, but by days well-lived."*
What is the Honors Program?
The LSA Honors Program provides special depth and academic challenge to highly qualified and deeply motivated students in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Honors Students come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and are interested in every field of study in the College, but they share a love of learning and a desire to pursue the life of the mind. Through course work, advising, and activities, the Honors Program encourages students to engage in a vigorous intellectual and activist life.
Invitations to the Honors Program
Students are invited to the Honors Program after being admitted to the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. The Honors Program searches for students whose admission files strongly indicate that they are well suited to an especially challenging academic program. We are looking for students who want to engage in active inquiry and who are eager for a vigorous intellectual community.
There is no "typical" Honors student because Honors students' academic interests and extra-curricular activities vary widely. And we don't have hard-and-fast "cut-off" numbers for invitations to the Honors Program since Honors students are characterized by their focus and engagement as well as by their achievements. For the class entering in the Fall of 2007, the median SAT range (math and verbal) was 1410-1550; the median ACT range was 32-34; the median range for unweighted academic GPA was 3.8-4.0. If you are interested in Honors but your SAT or ACT scores or your GPA falls below these ranges, we will be glad to consider you for the program because we know that numbers are not the only measure of good students. All students who want to ensure that they are considered for an invitation to the Honors Program should contact us. Send your request to be considered for Honors either via email or conventional mail (no need to do both; one will suffice) to
E-mail to:
Conventional mail:
Honors Admissions
1330 Mason Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1027.
We encourage you to write us as soon as you've been admitted to the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Once we hear from you, we'll send you more information about the program and ask that you write an essay that will help us determine whether you are the kind of student who might thrive in the Honors Program's rigorous academic environment. While the Honors Program reserves the right to invite select students solely on the merits of their LSA applications, we give first consideration to students who do write essays.
Deadline for all requests for consideration: 5 pm EDT, Tuesday, 15 April 2008.
Questions? Contact us at honors.admissions@umich.edu.
*from "What's Up Honors" brochure, by the Honors Residential Advisors
