Be one of the new students who start our honors-level certificate program every year.
Applications and a recommendation form are accepted during the following periods*:
Complete the online application form
You'll be asked to list your extracurricular activities and describe why you want to join the LAMP community. The short essay question allows you to showcase your writing and argumentation skills. You will also need to have one reference submit a recommendation form: details in the drop down below.
The application form is available during the two application periods and is not available from April through August, nor from November through January.
Your recommendor will need to complete this form.
Recommendations carry the most weight when they come from a faculty member or an Associate Instructor (AI) who taught you at IU—preferably someone who can comment on your academic interests and abilities. Recommendations should not come from a relative or friend. If this is your first semester at IU, we hope you have already forged a good relationship with one of your current instructors but if you haven’t had that opportunity yet, we will accept a letter from your high school.
The deadline for recommendations is the last day of the application period. Get to know your recommender before asking them to recommend you, inform them of the deadline, and be sure to allow them plenty of time.
Successful applicants will typically have a GPA of at least 3.3 and must at the time of graduation have a minimum GPA of 3.3 in order to receive the honors certificate.
Haven't decided on a major yet? No worries. LAMP advisors will help you explore your options—and help you decide if LAMP is right for you.
IU freshmen* and sophomores pursuing a degree on the IU Bloomington campus may apply to the LAMP honors certificate program.
*Note: Freshmen will be admitted on a provisional basis and will remain in the honors program only if they can maintain a 3.3+ GPA.
We do, on occasion, accept juniors into the honors certificate program. Juniors will need to look at the LAMP certificate requirements with a LAMP advisor to make sure that everything can be completed on time before graduation.
