We’re Number 1

Posted on by

Just not in football, but in an academic honor, this time.

The Morehead Honors College is home to recipients of some of the nation’s most prestigious and competitive academic awards. (Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA)

The University of Georgia Jere W. Morehead Honors College was recently ranked the No. 1 honors program or college in the nation by College Transitions, publishers of the best-selling guide, Colleges Worth Your Money.

College Transitions identified three general characteristics—selectivity, benefits offered, and program rigor—for which each honors program or college was scored. Those scores were then standardized, weighted and totaled.

Selectivity, which included test scores, GPA, and acceptance rate, accounted for 25% of a school’s overall score. Rigor, or the number of honors credit hours students are required to take as well as minimum GPA required to remain an honors student, also accounted for 25% of the overall score. The remaining 50% was dedicated to benefits, which included living-learning opportunities, research offerings, and support for applications to national and other competitive scholarships.

What a lovely honor for our beloved University. I never knew this existed when I was on campus, but, then again, I wasn’t exactly an honors student either. (:

6 thoughts on “We’re Number 1”

  1. I first heard about this program when we took my kids on a campus tour. Don’t think it existed when we were there!

  2. Most excellent! I’m happy to see all the opportunities that exist for current Dawgs, and I’m glad I’m not trying to get in now.

  3. Participated in the Honors Program back in the day … I’ll admit the only benefit I took advantage of was the fact we got to register right after the athletes, so I never had a problem getting the classes I wanted at the times I wanted.

    Taking an honors psych 101 in a small group instead of in a big auditorium was good. I’m convinced the reason I chose accounting for a grad degree was the fact I enjoyed my honors version of principles of accounting.

    Good program back in the day that Morehead made great when he ran it.

    • you hit on the same benefit of the Honors Program I thought of: your schedule went through ahead of everyone but athletes. It made getting the PE Class I wanted a breeze, and also the exam schedule I wanted. I liked the smaller classes, and the teachers were pretty engaged (thanks, Dr. hayakawa!)

Comments are closed.