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Seek Challenges... Pursue Excellence... Join Cabrillo College's Honors Transfer Program
Note: the deadline for h.s. students to apply to the Honors program for Fall of 2013 has passed.
Students may apply to the Honors program as current Cabrillo students in the late Fall - see "Applying to the Program: as a current Cabrillo or College Student" link on the left.
Newsflash: Two of our Honors students have received prestigious scholarships for their Fall, 2013 transfer:
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Charlotte Achen has received the Pitzer and the Baskin Scholarships for UCSC - she will study Sociology and Legal Studies.
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Cedar Green has received the Regents Scholarship for UCLA where he will study Philosophy. Congratulations to you both -
and Congratulations all our Graduates and Transfer students as you move forward to the University!
Presenters and Future Presenters at the Honors Symposium, Stanford, 2013
Cabrillo's Honors Transfer Program is a member of UCLA's Transfer Alliance Program (TAP). For more information go to: www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/tap
Honors Transfer Program
Cabrillo's Honors Transfer Program is completing its fifth year, and has 225 current students.
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 eligibility for Freshman Composition - ENGL 1A: through Cabrillo Assessment, EAP scores or AP English Lang/Com or English Lit/Com minimum score of 3 (4 preferred)
- One letter of recommendation, and an essay are also required to complete your application for the Honors Transfer Program.
*Please use the "Honors Transfer Program Minimum Qualifications" 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.
Cabrillo Students may apply to the program for Fall or Spring semesters:
Eligible (3.3 GPA in at least 6 units of completed transferable college coursework) Cabrillo students may apply to the Honors Transfer Program in the Fall semester between September 1st and November 26th, and in Spring semester between February 1st and May 1st. Please use the on-line application linked in the upper-left of this page, include your essay within that application. For the required letter of recommendation, we will accept an e-mail communication from a Cabrillo faculty member directly to the Honors Director in place of a "formal", printed letter of recommendation (see Director e-mail address above right).
If you wish to apply the Honors program in your first semester and have not yet completed 6 units of transferable college-level coursework, you should provide your h.s. transcript (unofficial OK), and a letter of recommendation from one of your current Cabrillo instructors (e-mail OK).
Graduating High School Seniors
The deadline to apply for Fall of 2013 has passed.
Students may apply to the Honors Program as current Cabrillo students later in the Fall - see paragraph above "Cabrillo Students may apply ...)
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:
Rudy Puente (Watsonville)
Barbara Schultz-Perez
Marcie Wald
