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 Academy Competitiveness Grant - ACG

ACG eligibility

To receive an ACG, students must:

- Be U.S. citizens;

- Receive a Pell grant for the same award year;

- Be enrolled full time in an associate’s, bachelor’s, or combined undergraduate/graduate (if it includes at least three years of under­graduate education) degree program or in a two-academic-year pro­gram acceptable for full credit toward a bachelor’s degree;

- Be enrolled in the first or second academic year of a program of study at an eligible two-year or four-year degree-granting institution;

have successfully completed a rigorous secondary school pro­gram of study and graduated after January 1, 2006, for first-year students and after January 1, 2005, for second-year students; if first-year students, not have been enrolled previously as regular students in an ACG-eligible college program when they were still in high school and were at or below the age of compulsory school atten­dance; and

- If second-year students, have successfully completed their first year and have a cumulative GPA* of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.

Rigorous secondary school program of study

For qualifying for an ACG, any one of the following programs meets the “rigorous secondary school program of study” requirement:

Rigorous secondary school programs designated by state education agencies (SEAs) and state-authorized local education agencies (LEAs) and recognized by the Secretary of Education.

Advanced or honors secondary school programs established by states.

Secondary school programs identified by a state-level partnership recognized by the State Scholars Initiative of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) of Boulder, Colorado.

A program for a student who completes at least two courses in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program with a score of four or higher on the course examinations or at least two Advanced Placement (AP) courses with a score of three or higher on the College Board’s exams for those courses.

A secondary school program in which a student completes, at mini­mum: four years of English; three years of math, including algebra I and a higher level class such as algebra II, geometry, or data analysis and statistics; three years of science, including one year each of at least two of the following courses: biology, chemistry, and physics; three years of social studies; and

* one year of a language other than English.

Contact Financial Aid Officer for more information by calling (305) 273.4499. It gives you a variable award according with income earned, number of dependents, working status and other situations. The amount may fluctuate in the upcoming years. The amount of aid actually given is dependent on the need and the cost of education. Contact your counselor for further questions.