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Seek Challenges... Pursue Excellence... Join Cabrillo College's Honors Transfer Program
Honors Transfer Program
Cabrillo's Honors Transfer Program is beginning its fourth year, and is serving 230 students.
To make a Counseling Appointment call 479-6274
Honors Transfer Program 2011-2012 events.pdf
Newsflash: Honors Transfer program sponsors "Cabrillo Reads Ellison".pdf
Cabrillo's Honors Transfer Program has been approved as a member of UCLA's Transfer Alliance Program (TAP). For more information go to: www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/tap
Cabrillo Honors Transfer Program students receive prestigious scholarship awards www.cabrillo.edu/home/profile/theo-sophia.html
Cabrillo Students
Eligible Cabrillo students may apply to the Honors Transfer Program at any time during the Fall, 2011 semester to be admitted for Spring, 2012.
High School Seniors
If you are graduating high school in Spring of 2012 and planning to apply to Cabrillo Honors Transfer Program for Fall, 2012, you may begin the application process to the Honors Program on December 1st - with the preliminary submission of:
- Honors Application
- Letter of Recommendation
- and Application Essay (information on the Honors Application)
Note: High School Transcripts to include Fall, 2011 grades/AP Scores/IB Scores and/or Cabrillo English and Math Assessment results must be received before eligibility for the program can be determined - Deadline for all documents is April 5th, 2012.
For Application Timeless and Process for High School Seniors one page recap - click HERE
Applications should be submitted to:
HASS Division Office - Room 420
Attn: Carena Dewis
Cabrillo College
6500 Soquel Drive
Aptos, CA 95003
What Does Cabrillo's Honors Transfer Program Provide?
Cabrillo's Honors Transfer Program provides an enriched educational experience by offering honors classes that provide an opportunity for challenging outside research, stimulating seminars and sophisticated literature. Our goal is to encourage our students to seek challenges and pursue excellence. This program is about digging deeper, going beyond the textbook, and sharing your talents and interests with other highly motivated students.
Our honors courses reflect our instructors' interests in, and commitment to, a rigorous exploration of academic, intellectual, cultural and social issues. We offer a full array of university transfer classes and an honors learning community that serves the high potential, high achieving students of our county. Universities are looking for outstanding students who have done more than the minimum transfer requirements. As a result, Universities actively pursue honors students.
In addition, Cabrillo's Honors Transfer Program is a member of the Honors Transfer Council of California, which affords honors students priority admission or consideration at many universities. Click here to view a list of these benefits.
Who Joins the Program?
Students from all backgrounds, ages and experiences join Cabrillo's Honors Transfer Program. Current Cabrillo students, students coming to Cabrillo from other colleges and universities, and recent high school graduates are all welcome to apply to the program.
Intrigued? We thought so. Here are the next steps: 1) Review the minimum qualifications below 2) Complete an application and submit it to the Honors Transfer Program Office along with your essay and one letter of recommendation. It's that simple! We'll contact you within two weeks after receiving your packet.
Minimum Qualifications
- Students applying directly from high school need a minimum 3.5 weighted high school GPA or 1900 SAT or 29 ACT test scores.
- Students who have completed high school and are enrolled in college (Cabrillo or another college) need a minimum 3.3 cumulative transferable GPA.
- Verification of writing proficiency, one letter of recommendation, and an essay are also required to complete your application for the Honors Transfer Program.
*Please read "Honors Transfer Program Eligibility" link on the upper-left for more details.
Why Join The Honors Transfer Program?
As four-year universities become increasingly selective, transfer students need every edge to assist them with their transfer admission. Honors students are in high demand at selective universities such as UC Berkeley, Stanford, UCLA, Pomona, UC San Diego, Pitzer and more.
What Honors Students Experience:
- Priority admission or a competitive edge in the transfer admissions process depending on the college or university to which you apply
- Scholarship advising and opportunities
- Research support from Cabrillo's award winning library staff
- Counseling and transfer assistance
- Recognition of honors coursework on transcripts and at graduation
- Smaller class size (35 or fewer students per class)
- Faculty mentors
- A stimulating environment
- Membership in an honors transfer community of students
- Enriched curriculum
- A strong support network
Honors Scholar Designation
To achieve the Honors Scholar designation, students must complete at least 4 or 5 honors courses (minimum of 15 semester units) with a transferable GPA of 3.40 or higher. Each honors course completed is noted with Honors on a student's transcript. Students who complete the 15-unit program - and submit the Designated Honors Scholar Application - receive the designation Honors Scholar posted on their transcript and if they also achieve an Associate Degree, their accomplishment will be announced at Cabrillo's graduation. Both honors courses and the Honors Scholar designation will stand out on university applications and improve students' chances of being admitted to selective college and universities.
Counseling and further information:
You may make an appointment with a Cabrillo Counselor by calling
831-479-6274
There are also 3 designated Honors Counselors who work with our Honors students and have specific information about the Honors Transfer Program:
Jay Jackson
Rudy Puente
Marcie Wald
Scheduling of all Counseling appointments is through the same phone number above.
