Honors Program
Mission Statement
The Adrian College Honors Program empowers high-achieving students to reach their full potential through distinctive academic experiences that foster advanced intellectual, personal, professional, and community growth. Through interdisciplinary coursework rooted in the Essential Liberal Arts and tied to the Ribbons of Excellence, the program strives to cultivate a collaborative community of student scholars who are caring, critical thinkers, creative problem-solvers, and engaged citizens that are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual integrity, and leadership.
Admissions
Incoming students must have a minimum 3.6/4.0 high school GPA and a minimum composite ACT of 25 or SAT of 1200. The deadline for applications is July 1st.
Students already enrolled at Adrian College may apply for acceptance in the Honors Program after completing two honors sections from the GCON courses. They must have achieved a 3.5 cumulative GPA at Adrian College. The deadline is July 1st. Applications for current Adrian College Students are available on the Honors Program website: http://www.adrian.edu/academics/HONR/applica-tion_current.php.
Retention Criteria
In order to be retained students must meet the following criteria:
- A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5
- Satisfactory progress toward fulfilling course requirements
Probation and Expulsion
If a student has gone for more than two semesters without taking an honors course, he/she will be placed on probation and must sign up for an honors class for the following semester in order to be retained in the program. Students whose cumulative GPA is between 3.00-3.49 will be placed on probation. In order to be retained in the program, they must bring their cumulative GPAs up to a 3.5 by the end of the semester in which they receive their probation notice letters. Students with a cumulative GPA that is below 3.00 will be dropped from the program without a probationary period.
Appeals Process
If a student is making steady progress towards rectifying deficiencies in his or her academic record and needs more time than the one semester of probation to fully meet the retention criteria, the student may appeal to the Honors Director within 30 days following the notice of removal from the Honors Program. In order to register an appeal, the student must write a letter to the Honors Director that includes the following information:
Any special circumstances that help to explain the student’s performance (illness, family emergency, etc.)
The student’s plan for improving his or her academic performance.