start of freshman year, the most qualified incoming students, usually in the top five percent of applicants, are invited to join the four year SJLA program. Students not selected initially may apply for admission as second semester freshmen or as sophomores.
==== Academic honor societies ====
The University of Scranton maintains local chapters of over thirty different international and national honor societies.
Alpha Sigma Nu: Founded at Marquette University in 1915, Alpha Sigma Nu is the national Jesuit Honor Society, with chapters at twenty-eight Jesuit universities throughout the United States. The University of Scranton's chapter was founded in 1943, one year after the Jesuits assumed control of the university. Alpha Sigma Nu is the oldest honor society at the university. Alpha Sigma Nu is the only honor society at the university which accepts students and faculty from all three colleges and all disciplines. Juniors and seniors who have distinguished themselves in scholarship, loyalty and service are eligible …
