Our Graduates

Given the rigorous yet supportive nature of our program, Honors helps students prepare to be successful in a wide variety of post-collegiate careers.  Many of our students apply to graduate school and it is part of the mission of our program to prepare students for graduate school and support them as fully as possible with their graduate school applications.

Westminster College's Honors program does a particularly effective job of preparing students for graduate school due to the following features:

• The interdisciplinary approach of Honors classes prepares students for the interdisciplinary nature of most graduate programs 
• The seminar-style learning environment trains Honors students how to be successful in this rigorous, graduate school style of education
• Close interaction with Honors professors early in their careers allows Honors students the opportunity to establish mentor relationships that will result in stronger letters of recommendation
• Emphasis on critical thinking skills and extensive critique of student writing helps Honors students find their own academic voices, a crucial skill for graduate school personal essays and subsequent success in the graduate school classroom

As a result of these advantages and opportunities, Westminster College Honors students have been admitted to the following graduate programs, among others, since 2002:

• American University
• Boston University
• Columbia University
• Cornell University
• Dartmouth College
• Duke University 
• Georgetown University
• George Washington University
• Lewis & Clark College
• New York University
• Purdue University 
• Stanford University
• St. Louis University 
• SUNY, Binghamton
• SUNY, Stony Brook
• Tufts University 
• University of Arizona 
• University of California, San Francisco
• University of Cincinnati
• University of Colorado
• University of Connecticut
• University of Florida 
• University of Iowa 
• University of London
• University of Michigan
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• University of South Florida 
• University of Utah
• University of Washington 
• University of Wisconsin 
• Vanderbilt University
• Virginia Commonwealth University  

Because of its interdisciplinary nature, Honors at Westminster accomodates students from many different disciplines.  The programs at the institutions mentioned above include law schools, medical schools, MBA programs, and M.A. and Ph.D. programs in a variety of disciplines.