1. United States Coast Guard Academy

2. What is it  Smallest of the 5 Academies 973 cadets  Highly Selective only 1 in 8 accepted  No tuition, books, fees etc.  You are issued a laptop computer  You receive monthly pay  No congressional nomination required  80% of grads go to paid grad school  Five year commitment to the Coast Guard after Graduation means a guaranteed job using your skills.

3. What Can I Major In?  Civil Engineering  Electrical Engineering  Government  Management  Marine and Environmental Sciences  Mechanical Engineering  Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering  Operations Research and Computer Analysis (Applied Mathematics)

4. What is the Mission  Big Mission Small Service  We are dedicated solely to protecting America’s Homeland and citizens.  We are Life Savers rather than Warriors

5. What are the Jobs in the Coast Guard?  Aviation  Engineering  Afloat Operations  Marine Environmental Safety  Law Enforcement  Homeland Security  Finance  Intergovernmental Operations  Personnel and Training  Port Operations and Waterways Management  Intelligence  Communications

6. What Makes us Unique  All jobs are open to women!  We don’t train to do our job sometime in the future!  We do are job everyday!!

7. Where is it Located  New London, Ct.  Close to Boston & New York City

8. What is the Student Body Like?  973 enrolled  43 states and 15 foreign countries  100% housed on Campus  23 Varsity Teams (3 Division I)  27% are women first academy to admit women  Average Class size 19 students  Large portion of the Faculty are Coast Guard Officers

9. What about Test Scores  Median Sat –635 Math –605 Verbal –1240 Combined  Median ACT –28 Math –27 English

10. What About Class Rank  32% in top 5 %  49% in top 10%  83% in top 25%  79% earned a varsity letter  50% were team captains  29% were in band or orchestra

11. What does the Campus Look Like?

12. What About Summer Internships?

13. Internships  First Summer cruise on Tall Ship Eagle & an active Duty Cutter  Second Summer various leadership assignments  Third Summer assigned as a junior officer on a Coast Guard Cutter

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