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Honors College StudentAbout the Students

Students admitted to the Honors College are excellent students with very strong academic records. We expect all Honors students to perform at a high academic level as undergraduates.  Honors students are expected to adhere to the Carolinian Creed.

Student Interests

Honors College Students:

  • are involved in the campus community.  Honors Students have been on the founding committees of several highly active student organizations including the Roosevelt Institute, the Waverly Afterschool Program, the Carolina Debate Union, a support group for a local clinic called Amigos del Buen Samaritan, and others.

  • enjoy their time in the College: 93% of graduating seniors would recommend the Honors College to other high-achieving students.

  • are admitted to Medical Schools: 85-90% of Honors Graduates who apply to medical school are accepted.

  • are financial aid award winners: 100% of entering Honors College freshman in the 20011-12 academic year received financial aid awards.

  • take advantage of study abroad opportunities. 50% of students graduating with honors in 2010 and 2011 studied abroad during their undergraduate career.

  • are leaders in their campus organizations. Although the College is composed of only 7% of the student body, 20% of registered student organizations on campus have Honors College students as their presidents.

    • It's good to be in a community that is as focused as you are."


    -Lauren Waring, SCHC Class of 2006


  • are involved in Student Media.  Honors College students have DJ-ed at WUSC, have been voted "South Carolina's Best Collegiate Cartoonist" for comic strips in the Daily Gamecock, have created their own literary magazine, and have been the editor-in-chief of both the Daily Gamecock and Garnet and Black Magazine.

Fast Facts

The Honors College recruits top students from South Carolina and from across the country. The quality of students enrolling in the College has been consistently very high.  The following matrix represents enrollment statistics for the last five years and is a good profile of an Honors College Student:


 2011 
 2010 
 2009 
  2008 2007
Total Class Size 349 338 321 310 288
In-State Enrollment 185 (53%) 179 (53%) 177 (55%) 156 (50%) 141 (49%)
Out-of-State Enrollment 164 (47%) 159 (47%) 144 (45%) 154 (50%) 147 (51%)
Average Weighted GPA 4.61 4.51 4.50 4.47 4.49
Average SAT Score 1427 1416 1404 1401 1403
25-75 SAT Percentile 1380-1470 1370-1450 1350-1440 1360-1460 1350-1440