Honors Program

Intellectually motivated students will find many benefits to actively engaging in the Honors Program. Benefits include:

• Small class sizes

• Challenging coursework

• Deeper, richer dialogue with peers and faculty

• Cohort with other academically strong students

• Transfer agreements in place with select universities

• Opportunities to transfer to top-tiered institutions

The following criteria are used to determine entry into the program:

High School Student:

• Cumulative GPA of 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale)
• Evaluation of submitted essay and recommendation

College Transfer Student:

• Cumulative GPA of 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale)
• Evaluation of submitted essay

Current Sussex Student:

• Cumulative GPA of 3.5

High School Student:

• Complete and submit the Sussex Admissions Application (if you have not already applied)

Apply to Sussex

• Download and complete the Honors Program Application

Honors Program Application

• Provide a recent 12th-grade essay demonstrating your writing ability and style
• Provide a copy of your unofficial transcripts from high school and all colleges attended, if applicable
• Request a recommendation from a high school teacher. Please ask the teacher to address in the recommendation your preparedness for Honors Program courses. The recommendation is to be submitted by the teacher from the high school’s institutional email to honorsprogram@sussex.edu with the student’s name and the word “Recommendation” in the subject line.

College Transfer Student:

• Complete and submit the Sussex Admissions Application (if you have not already applied)

Apply to Sussex

• Download and complete the Honors Program Application

Honors Program Application

• Provide a recent essay demonstrating your writing ability and style
• Provide a copy of your unofficial transcripts from high school and all colleges attended, if applicable

Current SCCC Student:

• Download and complete the Honors Program Application

Honors Program Application

• *Recommendation detailing preparedness for Honors English Composition II from student’s English Composition I instructor sent from an institutional email

*Required only for a current student who wants to register for Honors English Composition II, but did not enroll in Honors English Composition I. Instructor may send an email to: honorsprogram@sussex.edu with the student’s name and the word “Recommendation” in the subject line.

Please email your completed Honors Program Application, transcripts, and essay, if applicable, with your last name and the word “Application” in the subject line to: honorsprogram@sussex.edu

Honors Program applications are accepted on a rolling basis and will be considered upon receipt of all required information including teacher recommendation, if applicable. Decision notification will be sent to your Sussex email account (students new to Sussex will receive this email account after applying).

If accepted into the Honors Program, you have permission to register for Honors Program courses for the upcoming semester.

Students in the Honors Program must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.2 and must not receive a grade lower than a C in any class.

Any student who qualifies for the Honors Program may take as few or as many honors classes as desired. However, the “Honors Program Graduate” designation will only appear on the transcripts of students who have successfully completed 12 or more credits of designated Honors Program courses.