{"id":12,"date":"2016-06-09T13:39:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T13:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/honors.utdev3.wpengine.com\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:15:15","slug":"how-to-apply","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/honors\/how-to-apply\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Apply"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Incoming First-Year Students<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Application process:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Apply to UT by November 1 via <a href=\"https:\/\/govols.utk.edu\">govols.utk.edu<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonapp.org\/\">Common App.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Qualified students will be notified of their availability to apply via email prior to the deadline.<\/li>\n<li>The deadline to apply for Chancellor&#8217;s Honors Program by November 19.<\/li>\n<li>The deadline to apply for Haslam Leadership Scholars is November 21.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Notification<\/b><strong> timeline:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Students who submit a <strong>Chancellor&#8217;s Honors Program application<\/strong> by <strong>11:59 pm (ET) on November 19<\/strong> will be notified of their decision by mid-December.<\/li>\n<li>Students who submit a <strong>Haslam Leadership Scholars application<\/strong> by <strong>11:59 pm (ET) on November 21<\/strong> will be notified during the spring semester if they were selected for a semi-finalist Zoom interview.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incoming First-Year Students Application process: Apply to UT by November 1 via govols.utk.edu or Common App. Qualified students will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8274,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-wide.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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