How to Apply
The University Honors Program at California State University, Long Beach, aims to recruit students who are not only academically high-achieving but who are also planning to be meaningfully engaged in the CSULB campus and its surrounding communities as stewards of their environment, global citizens, creative thinkers, and risk-takers in their education.
High school graduates with a GPA of 3.5 or higher and strong SAT scores are encouraged to apply to the University Honors Program at CSULB. Continuing CSULB students with a GPA of 3.5 or higher as well as students transferring from other institutions to CSULB who meet the 3.5 GPA minimum and who still need nine General Education units are also invited to apply.
Students with unusual extenuating circumstances who do not meet the above requirements should explain their situation in the application to the Director, who will then consider those applicants on a case-by-case basis.
Important Note: We do not have a hard application deadline. Qualified applicants are admitted throughout the academic year.
UHP Application Procedures
All students who wish to apply to the University Honors Program must complete the following:
- Application Form: Please print this application, complete all fields appropriate to your situation, and include the form in your application packet.
- Transcripts: Please include a complete copy of your high school and/or college transcripts, which may be unofficial.
- One Letter of Recommendation: Please include a letter of recommendation from one of your high school teachers, college instructors, or academic counselors/advisors.
- Personal Statement: Below are two essay questions borrowed from the University of Chicago’s famously “out-of-the-box” admissions prompts. Please choose one of the two topics and, in a well-crafted essay, write your response in no more than two pages double-spaced.
- Have you ever walked through the aisles of a warehouse store like Costco or Sam’s Club and wondered who would buy a jar of mustard a foot and a half tall? We’ve bought it, but it didn’t stop us from wondering about other things, like absurd eating contests, impulse buys, unimagined uses for mustard, storage, preservatives, notions of bigness and dozens of other ideas both silly and serious. Write an essay inspired by super-huge mustard.
- How do you feel about Wednesdays?
- Mail or drop-off complete application materials to:
University Honors Program
California State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd. LIB 214
Long Beach, CA 90840-1901
Additional Application Information:
- We will notify you of your admission status by either phone or email.
- Please keep us updated on your Student Orientation, Advising & Registration (SOAR) date.
