Accepting Our Invitation
Step One
Based on our “Admission by Invitation” criteria of a 3.5 GPA upon graduating high school and at least a 26 ACT or SAT of 1230, eligible prospective students admitted to Marshall University will receive an invitation to join the Honors College.
For a helpful checklist for students checkout the Enrollment Checklist. Students will need to have activated their student account (as seen in the Enrollment Checklist list under “ID and Computing Account” in order to obtain their login credentials for accepting the Honors College invitation. IF you have issues after setting up your account, try the Login Self Service.
Accepting our offer means that if a prospective student were to decide to come to Marshall, they will be starting as a member of the Honors College as well as a student in a degree program in another college at the university. If they decide not to come to Marshall, we’ll just miss having them here. That’s it. Accepting the offer does not affect their standing with Marshall University as far as their admissions status. That is a separate decision.
Step Two
Clicking through the invitation below will allow Admission by Invitation pathway eligible students (with the required test scores) to become members of the Honors College. Upon clicking through the invitation, Admission by Invitation eligible prospective students are presented with a login screen. The login will require the same Marshall University username and password as used to log in to myMU. Only students with the necessary test scores can log in, using their MU credentials (as noted above). Using your MU credentials is the only way for your eligibility to be verified.
Accept An Invitation to the Honors College for Eligible Students
Step Three
Once the prospective student is authenticated with their login credentials, they are presented with the full text of the invitation. The invitation describes what it means for a student to be in the Honors College, including the many benefits provided to students. In addition, there is an explanation of what it means to remain in good standing within the college as a student pursues their degree. Good standing with the college is necessary to keep the benefits described in the invitation as a continuing student. This information should be carefully reviewed. After review, this page provides an opportunity to accept or decline the invitation to join the Honors College. You must ACCEPT the invitation to be admitted to the Honors College.
Step Four
Students accepting the invitation indicate that they want to become members of the Honors College. They are not admitted UNTIL they accept our invitation. They will have attributes added to their student record which will identify them as Honors students. These students will also be identified by the major program(s) in which they have chosen to pursue their degree. For example, a student pursing a degree in Political Science will be identified as a major in that department who has already achieved distinction as an Honors student. The Honors attributes are added manually in the college and may take 7-10 days to appear on a student’s record.
These attributes are used by the offices of Student Financial Assistance and Housing and Resident Life to identify students eligible for specific benefits offered to honors students, including the Honors College Scholarship and the ability to apply for the Honors House. Students who decline the invitation will forfeit these and other benefits offered to students in the Honors College. Students who accept or decline the offer will no longer be presented with the invitation. Students who only view the invitation (without accepting or declining) will continue to be presented with the invitation until either accepting or declining it.
Step Five
Students who are admitted to the Honors College have Honors attributes added to their record at Marshall University will be able to confirm their membership in the Honors College by visiting the following link: https://mubert.marshall.edu/brite_student/. Look for “HON – University Honors” under the heading “Student Attributes” to the left of the screen below your name. Remember, these attributes may take 7-10 business days to appear on your record.
The Next Steps – BEING UPDATED FOR FALL 2025 ADMISSION
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Once you’ve been admitted to the Honors College and the Office of Student Financial Assistance adds the Honors College Scholarship to your account, you’ll see this and all other sources of assistance (need- and merit-based) offered to you in your myMU account. You must accept the awards that you want, including the Honors College Scholarship, which reduces the cost of your tuition.
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All prospective Honors students should also consider applying for one of our available scholarships in the college for incoming, first-year students if they are eligible according to criteria laid out in the donor agreements for the funds that provide these scholarships. Note that scholarships have varying due dates as laid out on our Scholarships page.
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Okay. Now you’ve been accepted into the Honors College. You’ve taken the step of accepting the scholarship/waiver. If you’ve committed to coming to Marshall and have followed the instructions of the Office of Admissions to arrange for Student Orientation in the summer prior to starting in the Fall semester, then you should look over our Honors Student Incoming Student Checklist. This will walk you through things to think about as an incoming Honors student–particularly as it pertains to talking with a university advisor when your schedule is being set for your first semester.