@insanedreamer Most honors colleges and programs have earlier application deadlines, partly because those approximate many scholarship application deadlines. We list deadlines for 80 programs on our site, but you should also go to the school site to verify these and find out if there is an essay requirement. http://publicuniversityhonors.com/2014/10/07/fall-2016-honors-application-deadlines-for-80-public-universities/