Honors Program Application for Current SU Students
  • Your 9 digit SUID (numbers only, no dashes or spaces)
  • - -
  • this needs to be your syr.edu email
  • What term and year did you start full time at SU?
    (example: Fall 2018 or Spring 2020)
  • What term and year do you expect to graduate?
    (example: Fall 2018 or Spring 2020)
  • Essays

    You are much more than your GPA! We want to know what - and how - you think.
  • I. Please answer BOTH parts A & B below.

    A.) What college experiences and interests have led you to apply to the Honors Program? (Typed, double-spaced, approximately 600 words.)

    B.) What is the most interesting course you have taken so far (in either high school or college), and why? (Typed, double-spaced, approximately 600 words.)
  • We prefer MS Word documents, but will accept PDFs as well. Please do not send us .pages extension documents from Mac applications.
  • II. Please submit ONE of the following (A or B) below.

    A.) Consider a defining experience from your life. Would you replay it and have it come out differently? (Typed, double-spaced, around 1000 words);

    OR

    B.) Upload a recent writing sample that represents your writing at its best. It can be from high school or college. It should be at least three pages long, double spaced. If you upload a sample, please include your name, when it was written, and for what course or other purpose.
  • We prefer MS Word documents, but will accept PDFs as well. Please do not send us .pages extension documents from Mac applications.