UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM Santa Clara University
Telephone: (408) 554-4439
Fax: (408) 554-2340
Web Site: www.scu.edu/honors
Varsi Hall, First Floor
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053
Application for Admission to Level I
(Entering Freshman)
please print or type
Name [last, first mi]: _____________________________________SCU ID #________________
Home address / city / state / ZIP:
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Home telephone: (_______) _______________Email address: ___________________________
Proposed Major:_________________________________________________________________
High school name/city:
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Cumulative GPA: ___________ SAT Verbal: ___________ SAT Math: _________
(unweighted, if available)
ACT Composite: _____ ACT Reading:_____ ACT Writing:_____ ACT Math: _____
In a page or two, please discuss one of the following topics, which seek to promote thought about
the purpose of your education. You have probably written similar statements for other applications.
There are no correct or incorrect answers. The most helpful replies reveal something about your
personality, experiences, and aspirations.
1. Describe something – an idea, proposition, or belief – that you once adhered to almost without
question but about which you now have serious doubts. Tell us why.
2.
Explain in your own words this quote from Neil Gaiman: “I hope that in this year to come, you make
mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living,
pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more
importantly, you're doing something.”
Please sign and date this form, then attach it to your essay and return both to the address given
above. Must be received in UHP office on or before May 1st.
Signature: ___________________________________________Date: _____________________
Please remember that candidates also need to submit a standard undergraduate application to the Office of
Undergraduate Admissions. Students interested in financial aid must file financial documentation. Your highschool counselor will be able to supply the appropriate forms.