Supplemental Application to the Mercy University Honors Program

Supplemental Application Mercy University Global Honors Program

Before completing this Supplemental Application to the Mercy University Global Honors Program, you should first apply to Mercy University here.

The Mercy University Global Honors Program is a scholarly community of highly motivated full-time undergraduate students and dedicated faculty who seek a more challenging and self-directed intellectual environment. We invite students from all majors to submit an application for consideration for the Program. Students will be evaluated holistically on their history of academic rigor and success, commitment to service and engaged leadership, and responses to the questions below.

Eligibility Criteria for Applying to the Global Honors Program:

1. Must be a full-time undergraduate student registered for a majority of their classes at an on-campus location.

2. Incoming freshmen must have a minimum cumulative High School GPA of 86%.

3. Transfer students applying to the program after completion of credits at another undergraduate institution must have a minimum GPA of 3.2 and must be transferring between 12-75 credits towards their Mercy University degree completion. (Students transferring fewer than 12 credits will be evaluated on their High School GPA.)

4. Current Mercy University students must have a minimum GPA of 3.2 and completed fewer than 75 credits towards their degree. These students must ALSO submit one letter of recommendation from Mercy University faculty or staff member to honors@mercy.edu.

Name: *

First Name

Initial (optional)

Last Name

Email Address: *

Street Address (Permanent Mailing Address): *

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

ZIP Code

Please select the semester you are applying for: *

Student Status:*

Incoming Freshman Incoming Transfer Incoming International Student Current Mercy Student

Please select the campus at which you plan to take most of your courses:*

Westchester (Dobbs Ferry) Manhattan Bronx

Please note that most Global Honors courses are taught in person at the Westchester campus, so fully online students are ineligible for the program. Manhattan and Bronx-based students are welcome to apply but should be willing to take some classes at Dobbs Ferry.

CWID* (if applicable):

*College Wide Identification Number. If you have not received it yet, leave this blank.

How did you hear about the Global Honors Program?

I received an email about it I found it on the Mercy website I was nominated by my professor I heard about it from someone else I saw a flyer around campus

Other:

1. In less than 500 words, please describe your motivation for applying to the Mercy University Global Honors Program. In other words, what is it that you expect to gain from being an honors student? What unique talents, experiences, or qualities do you have to offer the Global Honors community?*

2. In less than 500 words, describe how an encounter with another culture changed the way you look at the world. (Such experiences might include traveling abroad, interacting with someone of a different nationality, race, or religion, or visiting a museum, place of worship, or cultural center.) *