<p>you must submit the admission application to receive the honors application if i am not mistaken</p>
<p>however you can just submitted the application with blanks in the essays and then access the honors application. it requires simply personal info and a short academic statement about what your interests are which is supposed to be informal. The only reason they have it is so they know who wants to be considered for honors--there really is no extra work.</p>
<p>The admission and honors apps are both due by February 1. You probably won't hear back from the honors program until March or April, but you may hear back from the university much sooner. I received my acceptance letter 3 days after my file was complete--maybe because I was a top 10% student, though. I didn't even submit the essays until later.</p>
<p>The scholarship application is separate. It requires brief financial and employment information as well as a few short essays. It should be submitted by December 1 for "priority consideration." I really don't know what that means. I'd submit it by December 1.</p>
<p>From what I understand, the chances of receiving a merit scholarship are slim to none. But there's really no pain in applying. The app's pretty short so you won't lose much time over it.</p>