Â鶹´«Ã½ Journey Honors College
All students must first earn admission to Â鶹´«Ã½y for Â鶹´«Ã½ Journey Honors College consideration. Â鶹´«Ã½ Journey Honors College admissions decisions are released separately from Â鶹´«Ã½y admissions decisions. After earning admission to Â鶹´«Ã½y, honors applicants can expect to receive their honors admissions decision in 6 - 8 weeks. All honors admissions decisions are communicated via Â鶹´«Ã½ student email.
To ensure quality of experience, Â鶹´«Ã½ 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?
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First-Year Students
First-year students applying for admission to Â鶹´«Ã½ Journey Honors College must have a Â鶹´«Ã½-calculated high school GPA of 3.5 or higher.
Admission to the Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Apply
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 Kennesaw 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ Journey Honors College after their first semester at Â鶹´«Ã½. See "Current Â鶹´«Ã½ Students" eligibility tab below.
**The Department of Psychological Science has specific eligibility criteria for honors students. Please review these criteria .
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Dual Enrollment Students applying for Undergraduate Admission
Current Â鶹´«Ã½ Dual Enrollment students who are graduating from high school must have a Â鶹´«Ã½-calculated high school GPA of 3.5 or higher.
Admission to the Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Apply
*The Department of Psychological Science has specific eligibility criteria for Honors Students. Please review these criteria .
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High School Students applying for Dual Enrollment
High school junior and senior Dual Enrollment Program (DEP) students are eligible to apply to Â鶹´«Ã½ Journey Honors College based on the following:
- Â鶹´«Ã½-calculated high school GPA of 3.5 or higher.
Admission to the Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Apply
*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 .
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Transfer Students
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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Apply
*The Department of Psychological Science has specific eligibility criteria for honors students.
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Current Â鶹´«Ã½ Students
Current Â鶹´«Ã½ students are eligible to apply based on the following:
- fewer than 70 credit hours.
- Â鶹´«Ã½ Institutional GPA of 3.5 or higher.
Admission to the Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Apply
*The Department of Psychological Science has specific eligibility criteria for honors students. Please review these criteria .
Honors Reinstatement
If you have previously been a Â鶹´«Ã½ Journey Honors College student and have either withdrawn or been dismissed, you may apply for .
