Preparing Your Honors Program Application

Review the Honors Program Foundations, the “General Questions" tab including the "Honors Program Completion Requirements," and “Learn how to complete your application.”

Note:

The application cannot be saved midway.
Review the Honors Program’s completion requirements and assess your time commitment, as full consistent participation is required. The program offers tuition scholarships for up to four semesters to all Truist Honors Scholars in good standing. Scholarships by cohort require students to complete all participation requirements of the program. Due to the time commitment, students may apply to multiple cohorts but must choose a single cohort if accepted into more than one.

-Bridge to Careers
-Honeywell
-Opportunity Scholars
-Ruth G. Shaw
-Student Ambassador
-Truist Honors program

You must apply for admission to Central Piedmont and be accepted before applying to the Honors Program. Your high school and any previous college transcripts need to be on file at Central Piedmont.

You will be asked to provide your personal information including address, number of credits completed, and disclose any student code of conduct violations. If you are a high school student, you will need to provide details including expected graduation date, and current cumulative GPA with no rounding.

Note: High school program students (I. e., Early College, Middle College, Career college Promise, and Dual enrolled) are not currently eligible to participate in the honors program. Eligible students are:

-A high school graduate.
-Enrolled in a degree-seeking program with 45 or more credits remaining to degree completion.

Locate your Central Piedmont ID number and GPA in MyConnect. 

Your Student ID number is displayed once you log into MyConnect with your Central Piedmont credentials. Find your GPA in the Transcripts tab.

Essay and Writing Requirements for students to apply to the Honors Program:

Essay Requirement: If your GPA is below 3.0, submit a 500–600-word essay on your use of critical thinking in daily life, detailing a challenging decision you faced and your reasoning process. This essay will be uploaded as a file in the application.

Writing Requirement: Applicants will respond to two separate prompts expressing their interest in the Central Piedmont Honors Program.

The essay and writing prompt responses are scored based on content, grammar, organizational structure, and thoroughness of the response. While developing your response keep the following in mind: Authenticity, originality, and sincerity over perfection.

*Responses must be the applicants original work. AI-generated or plagiarized submissions will lead to disqualification.

 Applications must be complete, signed, and dated for consideration.

Applications for spring 2025 will be accepted from February 6 - March 6, 2025.
 Notifications for fall 2025 acceptance will be sent to your Central Piedmont email by March 14, 2025.

Students interested in and accepted into the Honors Program must complete the General Scholarship Applications followed by the Truist Scholarship Application.

Accepted scholars will be notified of acceptance by March 14, 2025 and must attend the required Honors Program Orientation to move forward in the program. Honors Program Scholarships are reserved for accepted Truist Honors Scholars only.