Admission Application
Georgetown College Academic Honors Program
Name:
Address:
Telephone:
Email
High School GPA:
ACT Composite Score: ______ English Subscore:_____ Math Subscore:_____
SAT Composite Score: ______ SAT Verbal: ________ SAT Math: _______
General Education classes you would like to take for Honors (no commitment implied):
___Anthropology
___Art
___Biology
___Economics
___Chemistry
___Communication Arts
___English
___World Languages
___History
___Mathematics/Physics
___Music
___Philosophy
___Political Science
___Psychology
___Religion
___Sociology
Write an essay of about 500 to 750 words in response to one of the following prompts. Use this essay to
demonstrate your writing ability and to illustrate how you think. Do not worry about coming up with a
"correct answer." We will read your work to learn about your academic promise and potential to engage
challenging questions.
1. You have been given a one-year pass from life. You can stop whatever it is that you are doing and resume
your present life in one year with no negative consequences. Assuming finances not to be an issue, how will
you spend this gift year? Why?
2. The poet William B. Yeats wrote “Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned / By those who are not
entirely beautiful.” What does this statement mean to you?
3. The etymology of the word “education” includes the Latin root “educere,” which translates as “to lead out”
and “to raise up or erect” What do these meanings have to do with education?
4. Make a case for Tuesdays.
Signature of Applicant:___________________________________ Date:___________
Email completed application to Barbara_Burch@georgetowncollege.edu or mail to: The Honors Program, c/o
Dr. Barbara J. Burch, Box 207, GeorgetownCollege, 400 E. College Street, Georgetown, KY 40324