December 09, 2024

You must submit your completed application by JANUARY 31, 2025, at 11:59 pm PST. (If your letters of recommendation were requested by this deadline, your recommender has up to one week afterwards to submit it.)

Due to the large number of applicants, no applications will be accepted after the deadline.

No.

The Empowerment Program is a five-year program that provides — at no cost to the students — a comprehensive network of support and practical guidance to assist Scholars in their transition from high school to college, and from college to future professional or academic paths.

No. The Empowerment Program is provided at no cost to students, including the all-expenses paid Leader Week leadership conferences.

Yes! There are no restrictions for what the scholarship can be used for, though we advise Scholars to use the money to defray the cost of college applications, school visits, college-related fees, etc.

The AHS scholarship amount of $500 is awarded twice to Scholars at their entrance and exit from the five-year Alexander Hamilton Scholars Empowerment Program.

Yes. This is an all-expenses paid, no-cost to the student trip that is compulsory to the program.

Unfortunately, you would be ineligible for the Hamilton Scholars Award.

You must be a current high school junior.

No.

No. The scores you submit on or before Wednesday, January 31, 2024 are sufficient.

Yes. All applicants must have and maintain at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

The Hamilton Award is given to students that have demonstrated financial need. Your household's adjusted gross income should be LESS than $100,000 a year.

If your family completed a 1040 tax return for 2023, you can find this amount on line 37.

No. The Hamilton Award and AHS Empowerment Program is a citizenship-confidential and DACA friendly scholarship. We welcome applicants who reside in the United States, regardless of citizenship status; you must be attending a US high school.

Unfortunately, you must reside in the United States to apply.

Yes! AHS is a Citizenship-Confidential/DACA Friendly award and organization.

Please check your email's spam folder for the provided address. If the issue persists, feel free to contact us at program@hamiltonscholars.org.

Please upload your video to Google Drive (or other cloud service) and upload the link to the video on a Word document. Make sure the permissions are set in a way that anyone with the link can view it. That way, our judges can access it.

If you are receiving notifications stating that your application is incomplete, please be sure that all questions marked with a red asterisk (*) have a response or “n/a” for “not applicable.”

Please ensure that there are no extra spaces before or after the name you type and the email addresses you provide. Extra spaces make names and email addresses invalid in the application system. Also, see the TROUBLESHOOTING prompt on the Certification page for more tips on how to address this issue.

Please contact program@hamiltonscholars.org and we will put you in touch with CommunityForce support. We encourage you to submit your application in advance of the due date, just in case there are any issues, as our offices as well as that of CommunityForce are open from 9am -5pm.

Our application requires sharing your household’s adjusted gross income; we use this information solely to determine your student’s demonstrated financial need.

Alexander Hamilton Scholars does not share individual personal information with outside parties except to further facilitate a Scholars participation in the Empowerment Program. Note that all staff members are mandated reporters and may need to share information with the proper authorities should a Scholar become an immediate threat to their own or another person’s safety.

We welcome students who reside in the United States to join our program, regardless of family citizenship status.

As part of welcoming new Scholars to their cohort, we will ask for your student’s citizenship status; we do not share individual citizenship status information outside our organization. Knowing citizenship status allows us to better tailor your students experience in the AHS Empowerment Program.

We prioritize student safety during Leader Week conferences by picking students up directly from the airport baggage claim, never leaving them without supervision, traveling in pods with chaperones completing constant check-ins, and communicating detailed safety plans should certain situations arise (i.e. a Scholar getting separated from their pod). Finally, we maintain a 1:5 chaperone to scholar ratio to ensure fun, safe traveling.