Online Honors Program Application

UT Austin Honors Program Application for Summer/Fall 2014

Deadline: December 01, 2013

To be considered for a UT Austin freshman honors program, you must complete and submit the following items by December01, 2013:

ApplyTexas Application for Freshman Admission and all required materials and test scores.
Online honors program application.
Additional forms or documentsthat 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 programapplications shown above.

If more than one honors program appears above and you are no longer interested in applying to all of them, uncheck the one(s) you no longer want to apply to. Then click the “Next Step” button to continue the checked applications.

To cancel all your honors programapplications, click the “Cancel All Honors Program Applications” button below.

UT Austin Honors Program Application for Summer/Fall 2014

Deadline: December 01, 2013

STEP 2: COMPLETE DATA FORM

Contact Information

Parent 1/MotherName (First, Middle, Last):

Address of the Person Listed Above:

CityStateZip Code

Occupation of the Person Listed Above:

E-mail Address of the Person Listed Above:

Parent 2/FatherName (First, Middle, Last):

Address of the Person Listed Above:

CityStateZip 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

□National Merit Semifinalist

□National Hispanic Scholar

□National Achievement Scholar

Test Scores

Indicate in the spaces provided which exams you have taken or plan to take this year. If you know your score for a particular test, list it here.

Submission of official scores for these exams is not required at the time of application. The university’s honors programs will consider the information you provide on this form when making your honors program decisions. If you’re admitted to the university, you’ll need to submit official score reports from the testing agency to obtain college credit for any tests you list here.

SAT Subject Tests

Subject Test Name ScoreDate of Test

AP Exams

Exam NameScoreDate of Test

IB Exams

Exam NameScoreDate of Test

UT Austin Honors Program Application for Summer/Fall 2014

Deadline: December01, 2013

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 websitefor information on how the programs differ.

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: Background description

Describe your significant activities, employment, and achievements. Be sure to include information that is relevant to the study of computer science. For example, you may describe classes and programming activities, other science and math activities, honors and awards, and other activities that demonstrate leadership potential.

EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER GOALS

Consider the specific honors program(s) to which you are applying alongside the fact that honors distinction is coupled by limitless potential for great academic and societal contributions. Describe how you will utilize your honors program experience to support your future goals.

Please limit your response to no more than 100 words.

PERSONAL STATEMENT

Please write five sentences describing yourself, your life, and your experiences that form an accurate portrayal of who you are. Do not list information provided in your resume or on the ApplyTexas application. Be creative!

Please number the sentences 1 through 5 (maximum 1000 characters total)

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.

UT Austin Honors ProgramApplication for Summer/Fall 2014

Deadline: December 01, 2013

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, 2013.

Any honorsor 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

Online Honors Program Application

Updated: 07/22/13