The Honors Program at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College has two levels of admission into the program: full membership as an Honors Scholar and provisional membership. Acceptance into the program immediately provides students benefits of being a member of the honors program (see Honors Program Benefits).
Provisional membership allows a pathway for promising students to become full members and to take honors courses at NEO. However, students accepted at the provisional membership are not eligible for the benefits available to full members.
Students who are not interested in applying for provisional or full membership may still take honors courses at NEO if they meet the requirements for full admission. However, priority is given to full and provisional members in all honors courses.
At this time, only full-time students are eligible to become members. Additionally, online courses are not eligible as honors courses, so distance learners who apply must take honors-only course sections or honors contracted work on campus in traditional (face to face) course sections.
Provisional membership
For provisional admission, students must meet ONE of the following requirements:
- Composite ACT score of 24 or higher
- GPA of 3.5 or higher from accredited high school
- Ranking in top 10% of high school graduating class
- GPA of 3.5 of higher on minimum 12 earned credit hours at a regionally accredited college (Note: If twelve or more college credit hours have been earned, a student must have a minimum 3.5 GPA for those credits to be eligible)
After admission on a provisional basis, eligible students must complete two NEO honors courses with grades of A or B, maintain a minimum 3.5 GPA, and be a full-time student to be eligible for full membership into the program.
(Note: The Honors Freshman Year Experience course does not qualify as NEO honors course requirements for full admission.)
Full membership
For Full admission (membership) into the Honors Program at NEO, students must meet TWO of the following requirements:
- Composite ACT score of 24 or higher
- GPA of 3.5 or higher from accredited high school
- Ranking in top 10% of high school graduating class
- GPA of 3.5 of higher on minimum 12 earned credit hours at a regionally accredited college (Note: If twelve or more college credit hours have been earned, a student must have a minimum 3.5 GPA for those credits to be eligible)
- Completion of two NEO honors credit courses with grades of A or B (Note this requirement is for students granted with provisional admission to the honors program only)
Continuing eligibility
Any provisional or full member of the Honors Program will have their eligibility continually reviewed each semester.
To maintain continued eligibility in the program once accepted, students must:
- Be enrolled at NEO full-time (attempt 12 credit hours or more per semester)
- Maintain a cumulative 3.5 GPA
- Receive a grade of “B” or higher in all honors courses or courses with an honors contract
- Maintain a pace of completing a minimum 80% of all credit hours attempted per semester, after admission into the Honors Program
- Scholarship recipients must make satisfactory progress towards graduating with Honors to receive the Honors Program scholarship
- Maintain all continued eligibility requirements
- Be a full member of the Honors Program
- Complete a minimum of 12 credit hours of honors course work, of which 9 hours must fall under general education requirements
- Meet the requirements for an associate degree from NEO
Honors program application
- Submit a completed Honors Program Student Application form
- Submit ACT scores (Must be on file at the NEO Admissions Office)
- Transcripts from high school or regionally accredited college (Must be on file at the NEO Admissions Office)
- Note: Select students accepted into the program as full members may be called in for an interview with the Honors program director or Honors committee for further review of qualifications or selection of further benefits (scholarships, etc.).
Application deadline
The priority deadline for submitting applications for the fall semester is May 31.