Honors Admissions
The Kugelman Honors Program admits high-achieving students interested in continuing their pursuit of excellence at the university level.
High School Students (4-Year Program)
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We encourage current high school students interested in joining the Fall 2023 cohort of the Kugelman Honors Program to visit the UWF Undergraduate Admissions page for information about UWF's priority application and scholarship eligibility dates.
Students who apply and are accepted to UWF between October 2022-January 2023 and who have a 3.8+ GPA and a 27+ ACT or 1260+ SAT may be considered for auto admission to the Kugelman Honors Program; those students have until April 1, 2023, to accept their invitation to the program.
Students who do not meet the Honors admissions GPA and SAT/ACT requirements can apply to the program until April 1, 2023.
Apply to the Kugelman Honors Program
The Kugelman Honors Program will accept applications until April 1, 2023, for first-year students beginning UWF in Fall 2023.
The application to the Kugelman Honors Program comprises four components:
- Create a ZeeMee profile and record responses to two Honors-specific questions.
- Respond to two short essay questions (300-400 words each).
- Provide one image that is representative of you.
- Submit an application form in which you provide a link to your ZeeMee profile and upload your essay responses and chosen image.
Please click on the corresponding section below for more detailed instructions.
To complete the first portion of the application process, you will need to download ZeeMee, a free social media service for prospective college students (visit zeemee.com to get started). If you already have a ZeeMee profile, simply add the requested video responses to your existing profile. You will submit a link to your ZeeMee profile when completing the Honors Application form.
Please record responses to the following questions on your ZeeMee profile. ZeeMee limits videos to 26-seconds, so you may need to rehearse your responses to get the timing right.
- One of the characteristics that we look for in Honors students is ambition, or the drive to succeed and be the best one can be. What drives you to succeed and what issue(s) are you most passionate about? Please be as specific as possible and provide examples.
- Balance is an important part of being a successful student and leader. How do you achieve balance in your life, and how might your definition of balance contribute to the UWF Honors community? Please be as specific as possible and provide examples.
Optional ZeeMee Component: Create one or more photo albums highlighting your leadership, service, study abroad, or other extracurricular experiences, and include album descriptions to provide context.
Please write 300-400 word responses to the following questions. You will be asked to copy and paste your responses into the Honors Application form.
- Honors provides experiences for students to develop as informed citizen-leaders. Through coursework and service, Honors students are asked to confront and discuss complex and difficult issues that include everything from sexuality and gender to race and immigration. If you've addressed complex or controversial issues in a scholarly setting, please describe that experience; if you have not, please provide an example to help us understand how you deal with difficult issues.
- Students in the Honors program take courses outside of their chosen majors. Indeed, one of the most important qualities we look for in an Honors student is interest in multiple fields of study. Please describe for us why you are a good fit for our program in this regard.
Please choose a single image to upload and share with the review committee. The image you choose should help the reviewers get to know you in some way that you have not already mentioned in your videos and written responses. It may be a photograph of an important object, a drawing, a snapshot, or any other image that you feel tells an important part of your story.
Completing the Honors Application Form is the final step in the Honors application process. You will be asked to include your ZeeMee profile link, essay responses, and chosen image, so be sure to have those items ready.
Students will receive an admissions decision within 30 days of applying.
Transfer Students (2-Year Program)
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Kugelman Honors is currently accepting its Fall 2023 cohort of transfer students. Students who are offered automatic admission into the program must choose to opt-in by emailing us at honors@uwf.edu.
We encourage college transfer students who are interested in joining the Fall 2023 cohort of the Kugelman Honors Program to visit the UWF Undergraduate Admissions page for information about UWF's priority application and scholarship eligibility dates.
Students who apply and are accepted to UWF and who also meet the program's GPA requirements may be considered for automatic admission to the Kugelman Honors Program; those students must email honors@uwf.edu to accept their invitation to the program. The requirements for auto admission for the Fall 2023 cohort are a 3.8+ transfer GPA and at least four remaining semesters of study at UWF.
Current UWF Students (2-Year Program)
Opt-in to the Kugelman Honors Program
Kugelman Honors is currently accepting its Fall 2023 cohort of students. Current UWF students who are interested in joining the program should email honors@uwf.edu to indicate their interest.
The requirements for admission for the Fall 2023 cohort are a 3.8+ cumulative GPA and at least four remaining semesters of study at UWF.
