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Introduce yourself to UM's DHC with a brief biographical statement (in the third person).

List five of your most significant leadership experiences (e.g., academic, cocurricular, or community-based).

Describe one of the experiences above in greater detail and how it shapes what you would bring to the Davidson Honors College community of scholars.

List and briefly discuss three improbable facts about you.

What is your most powerful learning experience to date? This could be a course, an accomplishment, a relationship, or an event that sparked significant personal growth. What did you learn? How did this prepare you for success as an honors student at the University of Montana and beyond?

The Davidson Honors College's mission includes the statement '[we are] dedicated to strengthening our positive impacts on the world.' Discuss an issue that you are passionate about. Why is this important to you? How do you hope the Davidson Honors College will prepare you to make this impact? How would you seek to make a difference on this issue?

The University of Montana's mascot is the grizzly bear. Words used to describe Grizzlies (UM students) include respectful, responsible, playful, formidable, curious, wise, creative, strategic, active, and easygoing (all right, also hungry). Which of these traits best describe you and why? What experiences have fostered those traits in you? How do you imagine this or these characteristics might shape your life in the Davidson Honors College? How can you leverage your Grizzly characteristics as a citizen of the world?

Our foundational academic course, Ways of Knowing, is grounded in the ancient Greek belief that knowledge begins with wonder. Describe how a sense of wonder or awe has shaped your life journey so far. How do you hope to find wonder during your time in the DHC and beyond?