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Why do you want to join the DU Honors Program?

Honors is a community of students who are hungry for knowledge. What's a topic you haven't had an opportunity to learn about in high school that you are excited to learn about in college?

Honors is a community of students who are self-directed learners and are passionate about a wide range of topics. What is something outside of school that you've independently developed a passion for?

The DU Honors Program cultivates student capacity for original academic inquiry and creative exploration. To graduate with University Honors, you must earn Distinction in your major. While requirements vary by department, distinction involves an extended research, scholarly, or creative project that is guided by the student's own interests and is completed over the course of a year or longer. Tell us about a time when you worked on a long-term project. What motivated you to pursue this project? What barriers did you face and how did you work to overcome them? What are you proudest of about the process or the outcome?

If you were asked to choose a topic for your distinction project today, what ideas, questions, or curiosities come to mind? What drives your curiosity in these topics?