UT Austin Honors Program Application for Summer/Fall 2015
Deadline: December 01, 2014
To be considered for a UT Austin freshman honors program, you must complete and submit the following items by December 01, 2014:
1. ApplyTexas Application for Freshman Admission and all required materials and test scores.
2. Online honors program application.
3. Additional forms or documents that may be required as part of the honors program(s) to which you’re
applying.
STEP 1: SELECT HONORS PROGRAM(S)
Based on the first and second choice majors you selected on the ApplyTexas Application for Freshman Admission, you may apply to the following honors program(s).
Select the honors program(s) for which you’d like to apply. □ College of Natural Sciences Honors
Before applying, visit the CNS Honors Center. Return to this application to apply to the program. Your
application may automatically be considered for other programmatic and departmental honors opportunities that do not require additional applications.
Dean’s Scholars (College of Natural Sciences) Health Science Scholars (College of Natural Sciences) Polymathic Scholars (College of Natural Sciences)
Turing Scholars (Department of Computer Science in the College of Natural Sciences) Human Ecology Honors (Department of Nutritional Sciences and Department of Human Development and Family Sciences in the College of Natural Sciences)
If an honors program that you’re interested in applying to is not displayed, you must change your first and/or second choice major(s) in order to apply to that program.
Learn more about how to change your major and additional special instructions for applying to an honors program before moving to the next step of the application.
Click “Next Step” to continue the checked honors program applications shown above.
UT Austin Honors Program Application for Summer/Fall 2015
Deadline: December 01, 2014
STEP 2: COMPLETE DATA FORM Contact Information
Parent 1/Mother Name (First, Middle, Last): Address of the Person Listed Above:
City State Zip Code
Occupation of the Person Listed Above: E-mail Address of the Person Listed Above: Parent 2/Father Name (First, Middle, Last): Address of the Person Listed Above:
City State Zip Code
Occupation of the Person Listed Above: E-mail Address of the Person Listed Above:
High School Counselor Name: High School Counselor E-mail Address: High School Counselor Phone:
National Scholar Recognition
Have you been recognized as any of the following? Select all that apply. □ National Merit Commended
SAT Subject Tests
Subject Test Name Score Date of Test
AP Exams
Exam Name Score Date of Test
IB Exams
Exam Name Score Date of Test
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UT Austin Honors Program Application for Summer/Fall 2015
Deadline: December 01, 2014
STEP 3: COMPLETE PROGRAM-SPECIFIC QUESTIONS NATURAL SCIENCES HONORS:
Please select the program(s) to which you would like to apply. You can apply to as many of the programs listed on this page as interest you, except that you may choose at most one of the three college-wide honors programs.If an honors program that you’re interested in applying to is not displayed, you must change your first and/or second choice major(s) in order to apply to that program.*
College-wide Honors Programs
□ Dean’s Scholars *
□ Health Science Scholars*
□ Polymathic Scholars*
*CNS college-wide honors programs share a common application; if you apply to one of these programs, that program will review your application first, but the other programs may review your application to determine best fist. Admitted students will be offered admission into at most one of these three college-wide programs. Please reference our CNS Honors Center
website for information on how the programs differ.
NATURAL SCIENCES HONORS: HONORS PROGRAM FIT
Each CNS Honors program has a unique focus: Dean’s Scholars (Research focus), Health Science Scholars (Health Professions focus), Polymathic Scholars (Interdisciplinary Interest focus). In 200 words or less, please explain your interest in the particular CNS Honors program to which you’ve applied.
Departmental Honors Programs
□ Turing Scholars (Department of Computer Science in the College of Natural Sciences)
□ Human Ecology Honors (Department of Nutritional Sciences and Department of Human Development and Family Sciences in the College of Natural Sciences)
TURING SCHOLARS: EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER GOALS
Describe your educational and career goals.
Please limit your response to no more than 100 words.
Additional materials may still be needed from you in order to complete your honors program application. Select ‘SUBMIT APPLICATION AND VIEW ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS’ for more details after you have completed steps
1-3 of this application.
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SUBMIT APPLICATION AND VIEW ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
UT Austin Honors Program
Application for Summer/Fall 2015
Deadline: December 01, 2014
STEP 4: YOU MUST SUBMIT ADDITIONAL HONORS PROGRAM(S) APPLICATION ITEMS
Based on the honors program(s) you selected in STEP 1, the following items must be received in the Office of Admissions by
December 01, 2014.
Any honors or admissions documents that are uploaded using our Document Upload Systemor mailed to the Office of Admissions must include your full name and UT EID on each page. Application materials sent or delivered directly to the honors program offices may not be added to your application—resulting in an incomplete application.
Mailing Address:
The University of Texas at Austin Office of Admissions/Processing P.O. Box 8058
Austin, TX 78713
Natural Sciences Honors
Dean’s Scholars, Health Science Scholars, Polymathic Scholars, Turing Scholars, and Human Ecology Honors: CNS Honors Center
Required Documents:
Recommendation: One (1) recommendation must be submitted to the Office of Admissions from a math or
science teacher (computer science teacher preferred if applying to Turing Scholars) at your high school who is knowledgeable of your preparedness for the College of Natural Sciences Honors Program. Use the online
honors program recommendation system to send a request for a recommendation. A mailed or faxed letter
of recommendation does not fulfill this requirement.
Résumé: Submit online a professional business résumé to the Office of Admissions using the résumé
format specified by the Office of Admissions. If you already submitted an expanded résumé for your application
for admission or for another honors program, you do not need to submit another résumé for the honors program application.
STEP 5: MONITOR APPLICATION STATUS
Log in to your MyStatus on Be a Longhorn to find out what admissions and honors program materials we’ve received.
