If you are interested in cultivating a growth mindset, enjoy the intellectual challenges that come from engaging in scholarly and/or creative activities, and want to expand your academic career and build your resume, then TCNJ’s Honors and Scholars Program is for you!

Students admitted to TCNJ’s Honors and Scholars Program can take advantage of the following benefits:
- Priority registration: the opportunity to register before peers in your academic cohort (based on earned course units)
- Monetary prizes & scholarships: the opportunity to apply for prizes and scholarships awarded by TCNJ’s Honors & Scholars Program, the National Collegiate Honors Society (NCHC), and the Northeast Regional Honors Council (NRHC), respectively
- Leadership & community: the opportunity to serve on the Honors & Scholars Student Advisory Board and Honors & Scholars Council, and to represent the Program at Lions Day recruitment events
- Academics: the opportunity to enroll in sections and take courses available only to Honors students, as well as pursue your own intellectual interests through options such as Honors-by-Contract and the Honors & Scholars Research Project
TCNJ’s Honors & Scholars Program is what our students and faculty make of it. We hope that you will consider applying to join us!