Offered to Non-Resident Students to Reward Academic Achievement

An Honor Scholar receives a $14,000 non-resident tuition waiver for four years.  A $1750 tuition waiver will be applied to the resident tuition each semester for eight semesters.  This tuition waiver may be applied only to non-resident tuition and cannot cover any other type of fees such as pre-enrollment service fees incurred in May or June, correspondence courses, activity, facility or health fees, housing, computer support, and/or meal charges

An Honor Scholar is advised and enrolled through the OU Scholars Program during the freshman pre-enrollment period which occurs in May and June. Honor Scholars are also advised through the OU Scholars Program and enroll before all upper-class OU students during the freshman year enrollment periods.

An Honor Scholar is entitled to expanded library privileges.

An Honor Scholar must participate in a 2½ hour Scholars Orientation Workshop which takes place the weekend before classes begin.

An Honor Scholar must maintain a combined retention GPA of 2.80 for annual continuation of this award. The GPA is verified for the first time at the end of the spring semester of the freshman year, and every semester thereafter.

Honor Scholars are eligible to apply to the Honors Curriculum which offers smaller, enhanced sections of courses for academically talented students.