Getterman Scholars Program

The Getterman Scholars Program will be hosted in-person on January 24, 2025.

In collaboration with the Honors College, the Getterman Scholars Program* is open to high-achieving students across academic disciplines, especially students interested in an integrated undergraduate liberal arts education that encourages connections between the various disciplines of study, the local and the global, the past and present, and the love of learning and service of God and neighbor. Getterman Scholar applicants are among the brightest in their high school classes, demonstrating success in competitive and rigorous high school course selections.

*Students who are selected to participate will be automatically registered for Invitation to Excellence on January 24-25 and must attend to be considered for the program scholarship.

Learn more about the Getterman Scholars Program

Selected recipients receive a scholarship valued at approximately $70,000 renewable per year, covering tuition, fees, room and board, along with support for study abroad, research and mission/service experiences.

• Selected applicants typically have a 1500 or higher on the SAT, a 34 or higher on the ACT and a 103 or higher on the CLT. Test optional students with high academic GPAs and high class rankings are eligible to be considered.
• Students who are selected to participate will be automatically registered for Invitation to Excellence on January 24-25 and must attend to be considered for the program scholarship. 
• Submit a 2025 completed Baylor Application for Admission by November 1. 
• Submit a completed application to the Baylor Honors College by 11:59 p.m. CT on November 11.
• Submit the 2024-2025 Scholarship Program application by 11:59 p.m. CT on November 11, indicating an interest in the Getterman Scholars Program. 
  • Note: The application process involves uploading a three-minute video-recorded essay in response to one of the provided prompts. 

• Submit a completed Baylor application by November 1. Though a completed admission file is not due until November 1, we encourage you to submit your materials early to enhance your Scholarship Program application.
• After you've submitted your application to Baylor, you'll gain access to your personal goBAYLOR portal as well as to the 2024-2025 Scholarship Program application.
  • If you apply with Common App or ApplyTexas, be aware that you will get a separate email 24-48 hours after you submit your application to create your goBAYLOR account. 
  • The 2024 Scholarship Program Application will be in your goBAYLOR portal under the "Events" tab. 
  • Note: If you opt into providing your test scores on your Baylor admissions application, your test scores will be considered as part of your Scholarship Programs Application. If you opt out of providing your test scores on your Baylor admission application, your test scores will not be considered as part of your Scholarship Programs Application.
• Submit a completed application to the Baylor Honors College by 11:59 p.m. CT on November 11.
• Submit the 2024-2025 Scholarship Program application by 11:59 p.m. CT on November 11, indicating an interest in the Getterman Scholars Program. 
  • Note: The application process will involve uploading a three-minute video-recorded essay that responds to one of the following prompts:
    • W.E.B. DuBois, in The Souls of Black Folk, decries Mammonism, the crass abandoning “of Goodness and Beauty and Truth” for “a dusty quest of gold.” He praises education that ponders the riddle of existence “that was laid before the Pharaohs, that was taught in the groves by Plato, that formed the trivium and quadrivium, and is to-day laid before the freedmen’s sons by Atlanta University. . . . [T]he true college will ever have one goal,--not to earn meat, but to know the end and aim of that life which meat nourishes.” Why are DuBois’s concerns relevant today? In what ways does Baylor’s Honors College—its vision, faculty, curriculum, and students—embody the one goal DuBois attributes to any true college? Is it easy or difficult for a Christian college to live up to DuBois’s ideals?
    • In one of his poems, G.M. Hopkins laments, “And Thou art silent, whilst Thy world / Contends about its many creeds / And hosts confront with flags unfurled / And zeal is flushed and pity bleeds / And truth is heard, with tears impearled, A moaning voice among the reeds.” What is the predicament that Hopkins decries? What contending creeds in our world today capture your attention? What features of a Baylor Honors College education (including its vision, faculty, curriculum, and students) would prepare you to recognize truth in the way Hopkins’ poem suggests, and with what results for your life beyond college?
• Keep in mind, you can make changes to your application up until you click Submit. After submission, changes cannot be made.

Learn more about the application process.

• If accepted into the program, you must register for the Getterman Scholars Program as a formal notification that you intend to fully participate. 
• Check your goBAYLOR account for a checklist of program requirements to complete.
• Award notifications will be sent no later than March 1, 2025.