During our time at UC, every honors student is expected to complete at least five "honors experiences". Honors experiences encourage students to pursue their interests and passions in one of four thematic areas: Community Engagement, Research and Creative Arts, Leadership, or Global Studies. These experiences can be either pre-approved, such as taking an honors seminar or attending LeaderShape (a leadership training seminar held in the winter), or self-designed. Self-designed experiences must be formally proposed and approved by the honors programs. In Gateway to Honors, I created a mock proposal for a summer program in South Korea that I hope to attend.