JMU Honors College Application for Fall 2025 Admission

JMU Honors College Application for Fall 2025 Admission

Thank you for your interest in the JMU Honors College. The application for incoming first-year students for Fall 2025 is closed. We are currently accepting applications from currently enrolled JMU students and incoming transfer students.

The College seeks students interested in building a community of students, faculty, and staff united by their commitments to reach their full potential, learn with and from those around them, and address local, national, and global challenges.

The application requires an essay. We recommend you compose your essay in a word processing program before beginning the online application. Essay prompts, application deadlines, and decision release timelines are available at: https://www.jmu.edu/honors/apply/index.shtml.

Type of Applicant*

Indicate whether you are applying to the Honors College as an incoming first-year student, a currently enrolled JMU student, or an incoming transfer student.

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The application for incoming first-year students for Fall 2025 is closed.

You are encouraged to apply to the Honors College once you are on campus in the Fall.

Transfer JMU Admission Status

Have you been admitted to JMU?

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Please complete the Honors application after you are admitted to JMU.

Applicant Information

Last Name

First Name

Middle Name

Preferred Name

Please provide an email address you will have continued access to (i.e., no high school email addresses).

Current JMU students should provide their JMU email address.

Phone

We recommend you provide your personal cell phone number. We will use this number as a student ID for first-year applicants until your JMU ID is assigned.

Phone

Mailing Address

Transfer Applicant Information

Incoming Class Level

Indicate the academic level at which you will enter JMU. This should reflect the number of hours you will have completed prior to your first semester at JMU.

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Name of current or most recent school attended

Current/Most Recent School Location (City, State)

Current JMU Student Applicant Information

JMU Student ID

What semester did you first enroll at JMU?

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Expected JMU Graduation Date

In what semester do you plan to graduate from JMU?

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JMU Unofficial Transcript

Upload a copy of your unofficial JMU transcript.

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Essay

In the JMU Honors College, we value independent, student-centered learning, interdisciplinary training, collaboration, and active and informed service and leadership. To illustrate how participation in Honors education at JMU is aligned with your values and plans, please respond to one of the prompts below.

Please limit your response to 250 words. We will evaluate your essay for responsiveness to the prompt, originality, specificity, and writing quality.

Prompt 1

Describe a time when you went “beyond the assignment”: in other words, a moment when you independently sought out an intellectual challenge just because you were interested, either inside or outside of school. How and why did you pursue it? What did you learn? And how did this experience prepare you for participation in the JMU Honors College?

Prompt 2

Tell us about two of your contrasting academic interests or personal passions and the ways they interact. How did these two interests first come together for you? How do you plan to continue exploring and interweaving them during and after your time at JMU?

Prompt 3

Please describe how you’ve shown up in and for a community that matters to you. (You might discuss a community centered around an extra-curricular activity, a job, a faith community, your family, or another shared interest.) What strengths did you bring? What did you learn? What, if anything, will you do differently as a member of the JMU Honors College community?

Indicate which prompt you are responding to.*

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Essay*

Optional Addendum

If you feel that your prior grades are not a reliable signal of your potential to succeed academically at JMU and in the Honors College, you may use the space below to provide additional context for the admissions committee.

Wrapping Up

How did you learn about the JMU Honors College?

Please note that Honors College students are assessed a fee each semester to support honors experiences and honors-specific student services at JMU. Pell-eligible students receive a scholarship in the amount of the fee to fully offset its cost; partial fee scholarships are automatically awarded to students with demonstrated financial need.

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