In-Course Admissions

Honors scholars study in front of the library on campus

Get ready for the challenge…

Students have the opportunity to apply and interview for the Honors Program in the second semester of their Freshmen year; accepted students become In-Course Admits (ICA) and enjoy all the opportunities and advantages of students who were admitted into the program as high school seniors. After initially selecting the incoming class of first-year Honors Scholars, we purposefully reserve 6 to 8 slots for those students who do exceptionally well their first semester at Emory & Henry. Current Freshmen of Emory & Henry College who meet the criteria below are invited to apply and receive the many benefits of the Honors Program. Check out our “Benefits” page for details!

Criteria For In-Course Admits

First semester GPA of 3.6 or higher
Nominated by a faculty member
Must be enrolled in at least 13 academic credits in the first semester (excluding remedial courses)

If you would like to be apply for in-course admission, please email us at honors@ehc.edu

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<div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/332-brooks-first-student-fulbright-recipient-in"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,800/3483_Laken_Brooks_Student_Fulbright_Honor_First_Ever_Emory_Henry_Poland_Study_Abroad.rev.1520625604.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,800/3483_Laken_Brooks_Student_Fulbright_Honor_First_Ever_Emory_Henry_Poland_Study_Abroad.rev.1520625604.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,800/3483_Laken_Brooks_Student_Fulbright_Honor_First_Ever_Emory_Henry_Poland_Study_Abroad.rev.1520625604.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,800/3483_Laken_Brooks_Student_Fulbright_Honor_First_Ever_Emory_Henry_Poland_Study_Abroad.rev.1520625604.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,800/3483_Laken_Brooks_Student_Fulbright_Honor_First_Ever_Emory_Henry_Poland_Study_Abroad.rev.1520625604.jpg" alt="Laken Brooks" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,800/3483_Laken_Brooks_Student_Fulbright_Honor_First_Ever_Emory_Henry_Poland_Study_Abroad.rev.1520625604.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,800/3483_Laken_Brooks_Student_Fulbright_Honor_First_Ever_Emory_Henry_Poland_Study_Abroad.rev.1520625604.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1200" data-max-h="800" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/332-brooks-first-student-fulbright-recipient-in">Brooks First Student Fulbright Recipient in College History</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Emory & Henry College is known for sending outstanding scholars across the world, but one very significant honor had not been given to a student – until now. Laken Brooks, a senior honors student, is the College’s first <a href="http://www.cies.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fulbright</a> Student Award winner ever. <a href="/live/news/332-brooks-first-student-fulbright-recipient-in" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
<div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/16-melanie-mcamis-20-spends-her-summer-working-for"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,720/425_IMG_0966.rev.1502113778.webp 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,720/425_IMG_0966.rev.1502113778.JPG 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,720/425_IMG_0966.rev.1502113778.JPG" alt="Melanie McAmis with other Upward Bound summer staff ." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,720/425_IMG_0966.rev.1502113778.JPG 2x" data-max-w="960" data-max-h="720" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/16-melanie-mcamis-20-spends-her-summer-working-for">Melanie McAmis ‘20, Spends Her Summer Working for ETSU Upward Bound</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><span style="font-weight: 400;">McAmis is a Bonner Scholar who spent her summer working as a Program Assistant for the ETSU Upward Bound Program.</span> <a href="/live/news/16-melanie-mcamis-20-spends-her-summer-working-for" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
<div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/15-zane-moran-19-studies-salamanders-and-climate"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/423_Copy_of_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598.rev.1502113537.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/423_Copy_of_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598.rev.1502113537.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/423_Copy_of_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598.rev.1502113537.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/423_Copy_of_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598.rev.1502113537.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/423_Copy_of_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598.rev.1502113537.jpg" alt="Zane Moran and his brother." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/423_Copy_of_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598.rev.1502113537.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/423_Copy_of_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598.rev.1502113537.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2400" data-max-h="3200" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/15-zane-moran-19-studies-salamanders-and-climate">Zane Moran ‘19, Studies Salamanders and Climate Change</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moran is a Ledford Scholar who is exploring the relationship between climate change and salamander lengths in hopes to find a new indicator of climate change.</span> <a href="/live/news/15-zane-moran-19-studies-salamanders-and-climate" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
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<div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/21-alex-cooper-17-compares-the-sec-geographic-region"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2048,1365/433_Alex_Cooper.rev.1502209978.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2048,1365/433_Alex_Cooper.rev.1502209978.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2048,1365/433_Alex_Cooper.rev.1502209978.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2048,1365/433_Alex_Cooper.rev.1502209978.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2048,1365/433_Alex_Cooper.rev.1502209978.jpg" alt="Alex Cooper presenting at Ampersand Day 2016." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2048,1365/433_Alex_Cooper.rev.1502209978.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2048,1365/433_Alex_Cooper.rev.1502209978.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2048" data-max-h="1365" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/21-alex-cooper-17-compares-the-sec-geographic-region">Alex Cooper, ‘17, Compares the SEC Geographic Region to the Region Known as “the South”</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cooper is researching how the current geographic Southeastern Conference (SEC) football region compares to the region traditionally known as “the South.”</span> <a href="/live/news/21-alex-cooper-17-compares-the-sec-geographic-region" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
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