High-achieving high-school students that reside in the DMV area are eligible to apply.
In order to be eligible for the program:
Scholars must come from households with collective incomes that does not exceed 200% of the federal poverty limit. This amount is normalized by household size. Please see the table in the application for financial eligibility based on family size.
Scholars must be educationally under-resourced. Scholars must frequently meet this criterion by being first generation college or went to, or would have gone to a high school where the majority are also low income (a.k.a. Pell grant or Free And Reduced Meals (FARM) eligible). We also consider other extenuating circumstances.
Scholars must be super-motivated to succeed.