The Morehead Honors College at the University of Georgia is campus-wide, serving students in all undergraduate majors and providing the benefits of a small liberal arts college nestled within a Research 1 university. Through early registration, small class sizes, a dedicated residence hall, internship programs, travel-study funding, research opportunities, service organizations, academic advising, professional development, faculty connections, external scholarship support, and alumni networks, Honors opens doors to the best the university has to offer.
Acceptance into Honors
There are two pathways into the Morehead Honors College for first-year applicants.
Automatic Acceptance
The first is automatic acceptance, and this pathway is available to students who submit an Early Action application to UGA by October 15. All Early Action UGA applicants will be considered for automatic acceptance into the Honors College, and no additional materials beyond the Common App are required.
In-state Early Action applicants who are automatically accepted into Honors will be notified in mid-late November, and out-of-state Early Action applicants who are automatically accepted into Honors will be notified in mid-late December.
The Honors College Application
Early Action applicants who are not automatically accepted into Honors must fill out a supplemental Honors College application to be considered for Honors acceptance. All Regular Decision applicants are also required to fill out an Honors College application for consideration. This application opens September 1 and closes January 15.
Decisions on Honors applications will be rendered by April 1.
Once an applicant has created a UGA application using the Common App, they will receive login credentials from UGA Admissions to access their Admissions Status Portal. Once students receive these credentials, they may access the Honors application using the “Apply” button below.
Please note that applicants do not have to be accepted by UGA Admissions before they apply to the Honors College. Rather, students are encouraged to apply for all relevant UGA and Honors-related opportunities concurrently, and students will receive updates about their UGA and Honors decisions on the timeline outlined below.
Important dates
- September 1 – Honors application opens
- October 15 – UGA’s Early Action Admission application deadline
- Mid-late November – UGA in-state Early Action decision release, in-state Honors automatic acceptance decision release
- Mid-late December – UGA out-of-state Early Action decision release, out-of-state Honors automatic acceptance decision release
- January 15 – Honors application deadline
- April 1 – Honors application decision release
- May 1 – UGA commitment deadline
