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Apply to the John V. Roach Honors College

To join the John V. Roach Honors college, students must first submit their application to TCU. Afterward, they are required to complete the supplemental honors application, which includes writing one essay in response to one of the prompts below:
 

Question #1: Joining the Milton Daniel Hall Community

As you apply to John V. Roach Honors College, please note that Roach Honors expects all first-year honors students to live in Milton Daniel Hall during their first year. Milton Daniel Hall is central to a student’s success. One reason for this is that the community of highly motivated students is connected to every sector of the TCU campus and the students support and motivate one another to become leaders in their first year. What essential quality or experience will you bring to the Milton Daniel community? How does that quality or experience define you, and how might it influence your leadership style on campus and/or in Roach Honors? (use

Question #2: Be Bold, Dream Big, and Lead On

TCU’s Chancellor, Daniel Pullin, often encourages students to “Dream big, be bold, and lead on.”  In this essay, explain a pivotal time in your life when you did at least two of the three. What did you learn from this moment and what will you do with this knowledge?

Question #3: Serving Something Greater

In Spring 2025, the John V. Roach Honors College hosted Chef José Andrés of World Central Kitchen for its Fogelson Honors Forum. In his most recent book, Change the Recipe, Chef Andrés encourages readers to “serve something greater than yourself” (142). Why and how have you embraced or embodied this motto?