Arts and Sciences Honors Residential Academic Program

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What is great about HRAP?

Honors RAP, located in Smith Hall, is a challenging and supportive co-educational living-learning community open to all honors-qualified students, of all majors, both freshmen and continuing students. In fact, continuing students are encouraged and have the opportunity to become student leaders within Honors RAP, helping shape the program according to their own needs and visions.

By becoming part of the Honors RAP community, you will surround yourself with other bright, highly motivated students, enjoy small seminar-style classes, and have the opportunity to work closely with Honors faculty. Through its classes and its extra-curricular activities, Honors RAP seeks to integrate the diverse disciplines of the College of Arts and Sciences with the opportunities and challenges of real world experiences. In short, we aspire to offer the best educational experience possible to qualified CU undergraduates.

If you are honors-qualified, we invite you to join our community.

Welcome to Honors RAP

The the Arts & Sciences Honors Residential Academic Program (A&S Honors RAP) provides a challenging and supportive living-learning environment. Through its classes and extra-curricular activities, A&S Honors RAP seeks to promote connections among its students from many disciplines. We aspire to offer an experience filled with learning opportunities and student-initiated events to qualified CU undergraduates. Smith Hall is part of the Kittredge Neighborhood and houses approximately 330 students. It is a reasonably quiet home to the Honors RAP, of which all Smith residents are a part.

Benefits:

Academically, the Arts & Sciences Honors RAP students are provided with the advantages of a small liberal arts college experience— small seminar-style classes, close contact with faculty and other students, a strong supportive community.

The Honors RAP also offers returning students the opportunity for leadership within their own living-learning community. The Honors RAP student leaders serve as mentors for first year students, work closely with Honors RAP Directors, develop their own leadership skills, choose and implement extra-curricular activities, and serve as residence hall staff.

Investment:

The Arts & Sciences Honors RAP program fee, as with all RAP program fees, is $850 for the academic year and subject to change. It is a one-time, non-refundable fee which covers the cost of in-residence instruction, academic enrichment through co-curricular activities, community-building events, and guest speakers. The RAP fee is in addition to tuition, fees, room & board and will be applied to the student’s fall semester bill.

All students are required to complete the mandatory Honors RAP contract, which is in addition to the Housing contract.

Eligible Residents

First year students from the College of Arts & Sciences as well as the other colleges, who are honors-qualified, reside in Smith Hall.

RAP Fee Scholarship Funding

A limited number of scholarships are available for student leaders as well as those who demonstrate financial need and/or who bring diversity to the RAP. Students who wish to be considered for a RAP fee scholarship must contact the Honors RAP by email at hrap@colorado.edu.

How to Apply

The Arts & Sciences Honors Residential Academic Program (A&S Honors RAP) is open to honors-qualified students (academic top 10% of incoming class; 3.3 GPA for continuing students). Incoming 1st-year honors-qualified students receive a Welcome Letter from the A&S Honors Program inviting them to participate in the A&S Honors Program. Being in the Arts & Sciences Honors Program qualifies you to join the A&S Honors RAP; a separate Honors RAP qualification is not required.

Honors students are not guaranteed a spot in the Arts & Sciences Honors RAP Smith Hall. Housing applications and assignments are a product of the Housing Office. Applications are processed first-come, first served based on the date of the completed Housing application.

It is strongly recommended those incoming first-year students (and their parents) who are interested in the Arts & Sciences Honors RAP read Honors RAP FAQs and Honors Program FAQs. It’s a great primer on how to get involved.

Join Us

Once you confirm your attendance to CU Boulder, students must complete their online Housing application and identify the Arts & Sciences Honors RAP as your first choice of community and Smith Hall as your first choice of Halls as early as possible to ensure your best chance for being assigned to be part of our community. Admission to the program is determined by the receipt date of the housing application. Housing applications are processed on a first-come, first-served basis.

Fall Housing Application

Please visit the Housing and Dining Services Housing Assignments page for general information on how to apply for on-campus housing.
For questions about housing and the housing application process please contact Occupancy Management at 303-492-6673 or studenthousing@colorado.edu.
You will be notified by Housing (not the Honors RAP) of your housing placement in the Honors RAP Smith Hall.

Congratulations on your academic achievement and we look forward to seeing you in the Fall!

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