If medical school, law school, or graduate school is in your future, the Cook Honors College at IUP is a smart choice. You get a transformational education that gives you the critical writing, listening, and thinking skills to stand out.
Earning your bachelor’s degree through the Cook Honors College is a strong college decision that takes into consideration your total higher-education costs.
Through the honors core, you’ll strengthen the writing and communication skills needed for applications and admissions interviews for medical schools, law schools, and graduate programs. Because of the more challenging, scholarly format of core classes, your professors are excellent sources for letters of reference.
With help from the Achievement Fund, you may also be able to study abroad or do an internship that strengthens your application and expands the topics you can discuss at an interview.
“Thanks to the education I received at the Honors College, my college education has allowed me to be competitive and successful in arenas dominated by students from Ivy League institutions, and I have never once felt my undergraduate foundations to be any less than theirs. Studying at IUP also granted me an educational experience outside of an ‘ivory tower’ atmosphere, which enabled me to develop a more well-rounded worldview. This, combined with a sense of civic duty instilled by the Honors College social service requirements, motivated me to take two years away from pursuing my own goals to give back to my community by taking a job working with the poor.” Tim DeBold, earned master’s degrees from both Emory University and Oxford University, then went on to a PhD program at Stanford University
“Thanks to the education I received at the Honors College, my college education has allowed me to be competitive and successful in arenas dominated by students from Ivy League institutions, and I have never once felt my undergraduate foundations to be any less than theirs. Studying at IUP also granted me an educational experience outside of an ‘ivory tower’ atmosphere, which enabled me to develop a more well-rounded worldview. This, combined with a sense of civic duty instilled by the Honors College social service requirements, motivated me to take two years away from pursuing my own goals to give back to my community by taking a job working with the poor.”
Tim DeBold, earned master’s degrees from both Emory University and Oxford University, then went on to a PhD program at Stanford University
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