Honors Scholar Program

To be considered for membership into the Honors Scholar Program as a new student, you must first submit your High Point University undergraduate admissions application.

Then, please complete the Honors Scholar application through your PantherPage. Priority is given to applications received by January 15. The final application deadline is March 1. Admission to the Honors Scholar Program is limited to 100 students.

Students who are accepted and join the Honors Scholar Program for the class of 2024 will receive a $3,000 per year scholarship, which can be added to the High Point Scholarship, Presidential Scholarship, or Presidential Fellowship.

For students looking to join the program as sophomores, look here for more information.

Honors Scholars will receive a $3,000 scholarship, renewable annually based on academic performance and continued participation in the program. This is in addition to any Presidential or High Point Scholarship. Scholars must meet GPA and professionalism requirements to be awarded continuation of this award into the next academic year.

The Honors Scholar Program sends all its rising juniors overseas for two-weeks in the summer to take one of their honors core classes. This summer ’23, all rising juniors are headed to Prague!

Every student receives a free course overseas after their sophomore year.  A majority of our honors students use the GoGlobal Scholarship for their Honors Aesthetic Inquiry course. While room & board are not covered, a majority of the programming is, including the course.

DISTINCT HONORS CURRICULUM

Honors students complete their own core curriculum, one that replaces the general education curriculum and provides discussion-based courses, hands-on projects, cross disciplinary research and the ability to more easily double major and add minors. At 39 credits, the core curriculum gives honors students more space to explore their academic interests and the opportunity to start their major courses sooner.

ALL UNIVERSITY HONORS

The ultimate benefit of the Honors Scholar Program is the chance to graduate from High Point University with the designation of “All University Honors.” This is the highest academic designation a student can receive upon graduation from HPU.

PRIORITY REGISTRATION

Honors students receive priority registration for courses every registration period. This enables honors students to build schedules that best fit their honors and major classes while also allowing time to consider cocurricular and extracurricular activities.

HONORS HOUSING

Honors Scholars form a tight-knit, supportive community in Finch Residence Hall, which is located in the heart of campus, and is home to our Faculty-in-Residence. For their first two years, honors students use Finch Hall as their “home base,” engaging in cocurricular and extracurricular activities such as intercultural events, group meals, project building and study teams. The common spaces include a full kitchen, a workshop space and two collaboration rooms. Honors Scholars are the only second-year students who live in the heart of campus.