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Coast Guard Exchange Scholarship

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Eligibility

The Program provides scholarship to students who are dependents of Coast Guard active duty, reserve, and military retired members, current civilian NAF and APF employees, and current Coast Guard Auxiliarists that meet the following eligibility requirements:

  • The applicant must be in the last year of high school or home schooling and scheduled to graduate and attend college full-time during the subsequent year.  Those who have already graduated are not eligible to apply.

  • Students must plan to attend an accredited college or university for undergraduate studies.  Scholarships will not be awarded for participation in nonacademic and/or certified programs.  Students accepting appointments to USAFA, USNA, USMA, USCGA, or USMMA are not eligible.

More Details

  • Applicants must submit a completed CGX Scholarship Program Application. Completed forms should be emailed to CGXScholarship@cgexchange.org or mailed to: CGX Scholarship Committee, Coast Guard CSC, Battlefield Technology Center 1, 510 Independence Pkwy, STE 500, Chesapeake, VA 23320-5191.

  • In addition to the completed application, the following documents must be submitted:

    • Official academic transcript to include the first semester of the senior year.  (Arrangements may be made with the applicant’s high school to submit the student’s academic transcript directly to the CGX Scholarship Committee.  The transcript should reflect the applicant’s exact or approximate class ranking; omission results is an incomplete application). **Important note the transcript must be the official signed transcript and cannot have a weighted GPA. You must have a ranking of GPA on a 4.0 scale.**

    • Home schooled applicants should submit the current year-end standardized test results such as IOWA Basic Skills Test, Stanford Achievement Test, or other such tests if available, and S.A.T. or A.C.T. scores if taken.

    • S.A.T. or A.C.T. scores.  Applicant may submit a photocopy of these scores or opt to have the testing agency forward the results directly to the CGX Scholarship Committee at the address above.

    • A short single-spaced essay, not to exceed one typewritten page, explaining what the applicant hopes to achieve in his/her college career, including educational, professional, and personal goals.

    • Two letters of recommendation from teachers, school administrators, and/or community leaders.

Deadline: 02/28/2023

Amount: $2000

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