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When I enroll in college I will be considered a true freshman (students coming from Early College High Schools are typically considered true freshmen).

I am planning to transfer to the University from a community college.

I am a current student and have completed at least one full semester at Mississippi State University

Do you have an ACT score of 30 or higher (super score and/or SAT equivalent) and a high school grade average of 3.75 or higher?

Yes

No

Are you a member of Phi Theta Kappa AND do you have a grade average of 3.75 or higher?

Yes

No

Are you currently enrolled in the Honors College at one of these institutions: Gulf Coast Community College, Pearl River Community College, Itawamba Community College, Jones County Junior College, Northeast Mississippi Community College?

Yes

No

Congratulations! You will be invited to join the Shackouls Honors College!

Because of your outstanding academic achievements in high school, you will be invited to join the Honors College upon successful application to Mississippi State University. Keep an eye on your msstate.edu email for that invitation. If you have already been admitted to the University and want to check your Honors status, click the button below. You will also qualify to apply for the Presidential Endowed Scholarship (application deadline is Dec. 1, 2023).

You will apply to the Honors College upon admission to Mississippi State University.

The application process to the Honors College is test optional and wholistic. To access the application to the Honors College you must have already applied to Mississippi State and been admitted. You may access the Honors application or check the status of your application by clicking below.

You may apply to the Honors College anytime between your freshmen and junior years at Mississippi State University.

The application process to the Honors College is wholistic, but your grade average you have earned at the University will be taken into account. To access the application to the Honors College you must have already applied to Mississippi State and been admitted. You may access the Honors application or check the status of your application by clicking below.

You will likely have the option to transfer into the Shackouls Honors College!

The Shackouls Honors College has an articulation agreement with the Honors program at your institution, which means you may be able to transfer directly into the Honors College after being admitted to Mississippi State. Contact your Honors director for more information. If you have already been admitted to the University and want to check your Honors status, click the button below.

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About Honors
A community committed to intellectual inquiry

The Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College is an academic community of over 2,500 students from various backgrounds. As a member of the Shackouls Honors College, you will have the best of both worlds: a small, liberal arts college experience at a first-class, R1, research university.

Experience Honors
The Shackouls Honors College offers a distinctive and rigorous curriculum for our students.

Cursus Honorum

General Honors

Experience Honors Points

Community
Live and work alongside dedicated students.

You will have the opportunity to live and work alongside dedicated, talented, and interesting students like yourself - students who flourish as readers, writers, thinkers, speakers, and researchers and active students of Mississippi State University.

Research
Apply what you already know to your interests.

Undergraduate research affords you the opportunity to apply what you already know to new issues that interest you and allows you to develop new skills.

Global Connections
Gain a global perspective and connect internationally.

Develop a global perspective through foreign language study and study abroad. Beyond the exposure to other peoples and other cultures, the Shackhouls Honors College seeks to connect.

From Our Leadership
"Tell me about yourself."
- Dr. Tommy Anderson, Dean of Shackouls Honors College

I hope that visitors to the Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College hear this often. It's a sentence that gets to the heart of the college's mission to know a student's hopes and dreams for their future and then to take those dreams seriously so they might become reality.

Read the full welcome letter

Dedicated Housing for Honors Students
A dynamic social life and attention to academic excellence.

The Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College is an Honors Residential College. We do encourage students to live in Griffis and Hurst Halls as they share our office, class, and meeting spaces.

Campus Life
Campus life for honors students