Requirements for Consideration

The Getterman Scholars Program is designed for students committed to scholarship, leadership, and service of the highest merit.

Historically, recipients of the Getterman Scholars Award have scored 1500 or above on the SAT (math and critical reading), a 34 or above on the ACT, and/or a 103 on the CLT.

Requirements for Consideration

1. Submit a completed admission file to Baylor University. Your goBAYLOR account will show you what is needed to complete your application file. You must complete your file by the Admission File deadline to be considered for the Getterman Scholars Program.
2. Submit a completed application for one or more Baylor Honors College academic offerings (Bachelor of Philosophy degree, Baylor Interdisciplinary Core, Honors Program, Great Texts of the Western Tradition major, or University Scholars major).
   • REFERENCES: The Getterman Scholars application requires the email contact information for two references. If the selection committee reaches a point at which it would like additional information about an applicant, the committee will reach out to references for responses to focused questions. Reference letters do not need to be sent as a part of the application process.

3. Submit the Getterman Scholars Program application through your goBAYLOR account. The application requires completing an online application, and uploading a three-minute video-recorded essay that responds to one of the following prompts:

   Iris Murdoch, a twentieth century novelist and philosopher, said: "We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality." 

   To what illusions does our world fall prey? Why? Where can we find reality? How would an education in Baylor's Honors College help in this effort?

   OR

   In My Secret Book, Francis Petrarch, the Italian Renaissance humanist, has fictional St. Augustine ask, "What is the use of knowing so much – the extent of earth and sky, the expanse of the sea, the stars in their courses, the qualities of plants and stones, all the secrets of nature – if you do not ask yourself?" 

   What about the world interests you? What's the relation between knowledge of those things and knowledge of yourself? Why do both forms of knowledge matter? How would a Baylor Honors College education help you learn about both your chosen areas of study and yourself?

4. If selected as a Getterman finalist, you will be required to attend the January Invitation to Excellence program with the Honors College.

Selection Schedule

Once students have submitted their video applications, a committee of representatives from the Baylor Honors College will select finalists for a weekend interview program. If selected to interview, you will be asked to register for the Honors College Invitation to Excellence program and the Getterman Scholars Program event in January. 

Getterman Scholars Selection Weekend will begin with an opening session. Finalists and committee members will be welcomed, and an overview of the program will be given. Candidates will then have one-on-one interviews with the faculty selection committee and attend programming available throughout the day. After the Getterman Scholars selection events, all finalists will attend the Invitation to Excellence program with the Honors College.

Questions? Visit our Getterman FAQs. For additional inquiries, email ApplyHC@baylor.edu