Novotny, Alex. (2009). Honors Requirements

All colleges have a targeted student population: the smart kids. Intelligent students are flocked with letters from various institutions all over the country once the summer before their senior year begins. A really smart pupil would go through them all and pick one that has a respectable honors college that they can see themselves excelling in. Southern Arkansas University is a university that possesses a prestigious honors college. All one has to do is look at the requirements needed to be a part of the program. A seeking undergraduate must have a 26 on the ACT and at least a 3.5 high school G.P.A. In addition to those prerequisites, they must also provide an essay they have written for a class, a letter describing why they want to even be a part of such a program and what they could bring to it, and two letters of recommendation: one personal and one academic. According to the National Collegiate Honors Council, a fully developed honors program should require certain standards that all students must meet before being able to join. Southern Arkansas University meets this standard because of the above stated prerequisites.