The Honors College will begin notification of admission in March.

Please note, students whose acceptances to CSULA are rescinded will also lose their place in the Honors College.

Students who apply to the CSU may also apply to the Honors College. Nonresident students need to complete the same pattern of courses to apply to CSULA, but need a higher GPA and test score combination. See the Eligibility Index for Nonresidents in CSUmentor for more details. http://www.csumentor.edu/planning/high_school/nonresidents.asp

The Honors College requires two letters of recommendation submitted on recommender's letterhead and in sealed envelopes. The College does not provide a form as the letter of recommendation should allow the recommender to showcase a student's qualifications to become a member of a scholarly community.

Faculty members from your high school, college counselors, volunteer coordinators, and employers can provide letters of recommendation.

The Honors College at CSULA is a community of students, faculty, and staff bound together by a shared curriculum and student learning outcomes. A letter of recommendation should be written to address your ability to participate in said environment. Therefore, letters of recommendation written years ago or for other programs are not recommended.

Yes. Students are required to submit all paperwork needed for CSULA. An additional set of transcripts needs to be submitted to the Honors College in addition to the one submitted to the University.

A copy of your official SAT and/or ACT test score is required by the Honors College. Collegeboard cannot send an official copy to the Honors College.

The Honors College is committed to promoting timely graduation.

All majors. Honors College students have majors in all of the Colleges in the University.

High school seniors are strongly encouraged to apply to the Honors College for their freshman year of college.

Yes. The Honors College will continue to accept applications if space is available. However, in order to receive fullest consideration for admission and scholarships, students should submit the online application and send all the supplementary documents by the priority deadline.

No. Applying to the Honors College at CSULA requires applying for admission to both the university and the Honors College.

Honors courses are qualitatively different than non-honors courses--they are not necessarily harder or graded harder. The National Collegiate Honors Council has a good explanation of how Honors courses in College differ from Honors in high school:

http://nchchonors.org/hs-students-counselors-parents/the-difference-between-high-school-college-honors/