Unlike honors programs elsewhere, DHC does not select for GPA or SAT scores. Instead, students must complete an essay application.
Selection is based on evidence for motivation, leadership, commitment, enthusiasm and excitement.
There will be 530 students participating in the program during the 1999-2000 academic year. The honors seminars are the keystone of the DHC academic program. Each student must take one honors seminar in an academic year as well as two honors discussion sections or other honors courses. For various reasons, honors seminars are offered only in the Winter and Spring Quarters. One of the main goals of Freshman seminars is to provide students with an opportunity to get to know the professor.