Admissions Decisions

Limited spots remain for the Fall 2025 semester. We encourage you to submit your application within the next 2 weeks to ensure consideration. Spring 2026 admissions decisions will be released beginning in June 2025. Spring 2026 applicants admitted before August 1 are eligible to set their Honors start term to Fall 2025.

All students must first earn admission to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University for ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Journey Honors College consideration. ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Journey Honors College admissions decisions are released separately from ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University admissions decisions. After earning admission to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University, honors applicants can expect to receive their honors admissions decision in 6 - 8 weeks. All honors admissions decisions are communicated via ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ student email. 

To ensure quality of experience, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Journey Honors College is unable to serve strictly online learners at this time.

Please direct honors admissions questions to: honorsadmissions@kennesaw.edu. 

Which Type of Student Are You?

  • First-year students applying for admission to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Journey Honors College must have a ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-calculated high school GPA of 3.5 or higher.

    Admission to the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Journey Honors College is competitive. The essay portion of your application is given particular attention. The honors essay demonstrates your writing, your interests, and overall fit for the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Journey Honors College. Selection committee members are looking for:

    • Originality and creativity.
    • A strong argument.
    • Demonstration of curiosity and potential for engagement.
    • Evidence of care, effort, and clarity.
    • Appropriate essay organization, grammar, and language.

    The use of ChatGPT or any other AI technology is strictly prohibited. 

     

    How to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ

    Incoming First-Year Students may apply now for Fall 2025 via the Honors internal application linked below:

    OR

    Incoming First-Year Students may apply directly through their application to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University in CommonApp beginning August 1st. 

    CommonApp link opens soon

    *First-year students who do not meet the minimum criteria for admission or who are not accepted based on their initial application may apply to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Journey Honors College after their first semester at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ. See "Current ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Students" eligibility tab below.

    **The Department of Psychological Science has specific eligibility criteria for honors students. Please review these criteria .

  • Current ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dual Enrollment students who are graduating from high school  must have a ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-calculated high school GPA of 3.5 or higher.

    Admission to the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Journey Honors College is competitive. The essay portion of your application is given particular attention. The honors essay demonstrates your writing, your interests, and overall fit for the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Journey Honors College. Selection committee members are looking for:

    • Originality and creativity.
    • A strong argument.
    • Demonstration of curiosity and potential for engagement.
    • Evidence of care, effort, and clarity.
      appropriate essay organization, grammar, and language.

    The use of ChatGPT or any other AI technology is strictly prohibited. 

    How to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ

    *The Department of Psychological Science has specific eligibility criteria for Honors Students. Please review these criteria .

  • High school junior and senior Dual Enrollment Program (DEP) students are eligible to apply to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Journey Honors College based on the following:

    • ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-calculated high school GPA of 3.5 or higher.

    Admission to the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Journey Honors College is competitive. The essay portion of your application is given particular attention. The honors essay demonstrates your writing, your interests, and overall fit for the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Journey Honors College. Selection committee members are looking for:

    • Originality and creativity.
    • A strong argument.
    • demonstration of curiosity and potential for engagement.
    • Evidence of care, effort, and clarity.
    • Appropriate essay organization, grammar, and language.

    The use of ChatGPT or any other AI technology is strictly prohibited. 

    How to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ

    *Please note:

    • All courses taken by DEP students must be approved by a DEP advisor and their high school counselor.
    • If an honors section of an approved course (e.g., ENGL 1101/H01 or HIST 1111/H01) is available, then the student may take the honors section rather than a regular section.
    • Honors sections are smaller and are typically seminar-style. (The "H" in the section number code designates that it's an honors section.)
    • Courses with a HON prefix (e.g., HON 3000: Honors Colloquium) and the HON 1100: Introduction to Honors courses are not covered by Dual Enrollment funding.
    • DEP students may participate in non-course related Honors Discoveries (book clubs, etc.) to meet the Honors Learning Experience requirements. Any associated fees are not covered by Dual Enrollment funding, and the student would need to pay these expenses out of pocket.

    *The Department of Psychological Science has specific eligibility criteria for honors Students. Please review these criteria .

  • Transfer students are eligible to apply based on the following:

    • fewer than 70 credit hours.
    • transfer GPA of 3.5 or higher.

    Admission to the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Journey Honors College is competitive. The essay portion of your application is given particular attention. The honors essay demonstrates your writing, your interests, and overall fit for the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Journey Honors College. Selection committee members are looking for:

    • Originality and creativity.
    • A strong argument.
    • Demonstration of curiosity and potential for engagement.
    • Evidence of care, effort, and clarity.
    • Appropriate essay organization, grammar, and language.

    The use of ChatGPT or any other AI technology is strictly prohibited. 

    How to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ

    *The Department of Psychological Science has specific eligibility criteria for honors students.

  • Current ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ students are eligible to apply based on the following:

    • fewer than 70 credit hours.
    • ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Institutional GPA of 3.5 or higher.

    Admission to the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Journey Honors College is competitive. The essay portion of your application is given particular attention. The honors essay demonstrates your writing, your interests, and overall fit for the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Journey Honors College. Selection committee members are looking for:

    • Originality and creativity.
    • A strong argument.
    • Demonstration of curiosity and potential for engagement.
    • Evidence of care, effort, and clarity.
    • Appropriate essay organization, grammar, and language.

    The use of ChatGPT or any other AI technology is strictly prohibited. 

    How to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ

    *The Department of Psychological Science has specific eligibility criteria for honors students. Please review these criteria .

    Honors Reinstatement

    If you have previously been a ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Journey Honors College student and have either withdrawn or been dismissed, you may apply for .

Consider a First-Year Cohort!

First-year students from any academic major can apply to one of our prestigious cohorts, where communities of like-minded learners progress together through common coursework and rigorous learning experiences that foster collaboration, academic success, and professional aptitude. All cohorts students receive scholarships. 

2025 & 2026 Honors Application Deadlines

 

STUDENT TYPE APPLICATION DEADLINE APPLICATION
First-Year Students TBD
Dual Enrollment Students TBD
Transfer Students TBD
Current ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Students TBD



STUDENT TYPE APPLICATION DEADLINE APPLICATION
First-Year Students            December 15, 2025

                  OR

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ via Honors Internal Application beginning August 1

 
Dual Enrollment Students December 15, 2025 ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ via Honors Internal Application beginning August 1
Transfer Students December 15, 2025 ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ via Honors Internal Application beginning August 1
Current ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Students December 15, 2025 ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ via Honors Internal Application beginning August 1

 

STUDENT TYPE APPLICATION DEADLINE APPLICATION
First-Year Students    

May 15, 2026

*First-Year Cohort programs have earlier deadlines - please refer to the the cohort pages linked above.

 
Dual Enrollment Students May 15, 2026

 
Transfer Students May 15, 2026

 
Current ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Students May 15, 2026

Honors 2025 Essay Prompt

Honors General Essay

Please reflect upon the theme of inspiration. Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others. What actions were you inspired to take? How have you built upon your sense of inspiration? 


The suggested word count for this essay is 700 words.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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