Admission to Honors

FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS

HOW TO APPLY

Check the box to be considered for the Honors College on your VT Undergraduate Admissions application or the Common App. Please note that first-year students who meet the criteria for admission to the Honors College will receive a separate Honors College decision notification soon after their Virginia Tech admissions decision. Additionally, if invited, your decision to accept or not accept your Honors College invitation will not affect your Virginia Tech admissions decision.

REQUIREMENTS

The Honors College does not have minimum test scores. Instead, we look holistically at an applicant's experiences and consider the quality of engagement, self-awareness and reflection on involvement, and authenticity.

DEADLINES

Because the Honors College uses the Virginia Tech application for its admissions process, the Honors College does not have a separate application deadline.

FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS FROM OTHER POST-SECONDARY SCHOOLS

HOW TO APPLY

Check the box to be considered for the Honors College on your VT Undergraduate Admissions application or the Common App. Please note that transfer students who meet the criteria for admission to the Honors College will receive a separate Honors College decision notification soon after their Virginia Tech admissions decision. Additionally, if invited, your decision to accept or not accept your Honors College invitation will not affect your Virginia Tech admissions decision.

REQUIREMENTS

The Honors College does not have minimum test scores. Instead, we look holistically at an applicant's experiences and consider the quality of engagement, self-awareness and reflection on involvement, and authenticity.

DEADLINES

Because the Honors College uses the Virginia Tech application for its admissions process, the Honors College does not have a separate application deadline.

The Virginia Tech Honors College will recognize up to twelve honors credits for students transferring from a post-secondary institution to Virginia Tech. In order to count toward our Honors Laureate Diploma, these credits must appear on the transcript from the previous institution and be comparable to the Honors College’s ways to earn honors credit.

FOR CURRENTLY ENROLLED VT STUDENTS

HOW TO APPLY

We welcome applications from currently enrolled students with at least a 3.40 cumulative GPA and four or more traditional semesters remaining at Virginia Tech. The application process opens at the end of every fall and spring semester.

DEADLINES

The mid-year application opens once semester grades are posted and is due by 11:59 PM EST on January 15 for spring admission and July 15 for fall admission. There is no admission cycle for winter or summer semesters.

Students who are eligible to apply will receive direct notification of their eligibility from the Honors College. If you feel that you are eligible and do not receive this notification, please email honors@vt.edu and include your full name and the last four digits of your student ID number. You must notify us before the January 15  or July 15 deadline to be considered.

The deadline to apply for Honors Living-Learning Programs occurs before the Honors College application, so plan accordingly if interested in Honors housing. Visit the Housing and Residence Life website to learn more about LLPs.