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Meet Our Scholars

UH Tier One Scholars are high achievers and come from diverse backgrounds. Statistics can be found below. View our current 2016 Scholars2015 Scholars,  2014 Scholars, or 2013 Scholars and learn more about their interests, activities, and future endeavors.

“Tier One students are unique in their interests but alike in their commitment to excellence.  Fellowship of Tier One Scholars (FOTOS) is an organization for Tier Ones to build a community of support, networking, volunteering and FUN.  We choose Houston and FOTOS will help us to reach out to potential Tier One candidates, as we give back to the University that chose us.”

     Katie Teeters, 2010 Tier One Scholar
     Founding President of FOTOS

Tier One Scholars by the Numbers*

2010 Scholars2011 Scholars2012 Scholars2013 Scholars2014 Scholars2015 Scholars
Number of Scholars 39 42 58 52 44 41
Top 5% 22 34 46 33 26 26
Valedictorians 4 5 6 2 3 1
National Merit 3 5 5 8 2 4
Average SAT 1397 1366 1422 1439 1377 1400
Living on Campus 23 40 54 52 43 39
Honors College 26 32 46 46 41 37

*Note: Calculations are for the freshman class of Tier One Scholars entering UH each year.