The UIS Capital Scholars Honors Program is a competitive program that invites incoming first-year students to participate starting in the fall semester. The average GPA of CAP Honors students is 3.725.  This honors program includes a residential component that requires honors students to live on campus for their first two years. 

Admission is open to high school graduates who have demonstrated high academic achievement and a potential for creativity and leadership. Students admitted to the program are expected to have excellent written and oral communication skills and to want a challenging intellectual experience during their college years.

To be considered for admission, students must have completed 15 units (one unit = one year’s study) of high school work from among the following categories:

• Four units of English emphasizing written and oral communications and literature;
• Three units of social studies emphasizing history and government;
• Three units of mathematics that include introductory through advanced algebra, geometry, and trigonometry, or fundamentals of computer programming (four units recommended);
• Three units of laboratory science (four units recommended); and
• Two units of a foreign language (four units recommended).