Midway Honors Scholars

East Tennessee State University

Qualifications & Application

The Midway Honors Scholars program accepts 20 scholars and two alternates

The Midway Honors Scholars program accepts 40 scholars with funding each year for fall matriculation. Additional students can be accepted without scholarship funding.

Please read all of the following.

Qualifications Fall scene ETSU main campus

To be considered for admission, all applicants must provide evidence of:

  • A college GPA of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale;
  • An earned associate degree or at least 30 credit hours
    from a community college or 4-year college/university;
  • Community and school service and other leadership activities;
  • Commitment to pursue a baccalaureate degree at
    ETSU's Johnson City campus.

Please Note:

  • Currently enrolled ETSU students, non-degree seeking students, and second baccalaureate degree students are not eligible for admission to this program.
  • If you are graduating from high school in Spring 2020 with dual-enrollment credit (even an associate degree), ETSU will classify you as an incoming freshman and you are not eligible for the MHS program.
  • For transfers, your first semester at ETSU must be Fall 2020 to be eligible to apply.

If you have questions about your eligibility to apply for the ETSU Midway Honors Scholars Program or the application submission process, please Contact Us.

Application

The Application Deadline for Fall 2021 is March 15, 2021. The Application will be live November 1st.
 

If order to apply for Fall 2021:

  1. You must complete the general application for admission to ETSU and provide an official copy of your transcript to the Admissions Office. You will also have to send an unofficial copy of your transcript to the Midway Program (email MHScholars@etsu.edu or fax 423-439-7880). For more information concerning the application process for admission to ETSU, please visit the Admissions How to Apply web page. 

  2. Make sure to review the minimum qualifications (see above) for admission to the MHS Scholars Program to make sure you are eligible.
  3. Gather the information you need to apply. This is important as the application must be submitted as one document. You will need:
    • Your basic personal and academic information.
    • Information for the online resume form, including:
      • Scholastic Honors
      • School-related extracurricular activities, including years involved, offices held, roles, and achievements.
      • Community volunteer service, including years involved, offices held, roles, and achievements.
        Other activities (sports, arts, etc.)
      • Work experience
    • A formal Cover Letter to the Midway Honors Scholars Review Committee that includes why you are interested in becoming an ETSU Midway Honors Scholar, relevant skills and knowledge that make you an exceptional candidate for this program, how you will benefit from the program, and how you will contribute to the program.
    • Your one-page Application Essay. The reviewers will be looking for the following in your essay: originality and creativity; strong point or argument; evidence of care, effort and clarity; essay organization, grammar, structure and language. The 2021 essay prompt will be posted by November 1, 2020.


    • Contact information (email) for three academic references. We recommend contacting your references ahead of time to ensure that they are willing and able to provide a reference. Once you apply, a reference form will automatically be sent to your references by the email addresses you provide. All three of your references will have to complete this form and return it to us before the application deadline for your application to be considered complete. For this reason, be sure to submit your portion of the application well in advance of the March 15 deadline.

The Midway Application for Fall 2021 will open November 1, 2020.

 

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