Admissions

Honors Memberships

 

Many students qualify for Honors membership when they earn admission to Iowa.  Their high-school work, test scores, or previous college courses show a readiness to take advantage of the opportunities we offer.  Other entering students with evidence of strong talents can petition for membership.  And once enrolled at Iowa, students can qualify for Honors by sustaining a 3.33 (B+) overall UI GPA (grade-point-average).  Please click on the right for details.

 

Honors memberships become contingent if overall UI GPAs sink below 3.33.  Then students continue to enjoy full access to Honors resources for the next semester.  But they must use it to raise their grades at Iowa back to 3.33 or higher in order to extend their memberships further.  If not, the memberships lapse.

 

Until they have earned 72 semester-hours of college credit, former Iowa Honors Students may requalify simply by meeting the UI GPA standard.  Past that point, students who meet the GPA standard may petition for admission or readmission to Honors.

 

To graduate as a member of the University of Iowa Honors Program, a student must earn at least one Honors Commendation and an overall UI GPA of 3.33.  To graduate with honors in a major, a student also must graduate as a member of the University of Iowa Honors Program.