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Get Set

The AIM Handbook contains the information you need to prepare for AIM. Please read and follow these instructions carefully.

Session Enrollment and Payment

Watch for email in early May containing selection decision and enrollment instructions. Choose your preferred session online, on a first-serve, first-come basis.

  • Find the AIM decision letter in your Bears Den account. Login, then select the “Application” link to see the AIM decision.
  • Follow the instructions to register and pay for your session.

Travel

Please submit your Travel Plan using the Survey Monkey form we will send by email. This allows us to keep track of your arrival and departure information. Also bring a printed copy of your travel itinerary with you.

Bus transportation will be provided for students arriving or departing from T.F. Green airport in Providence RI, and Bradley International.

Refer to the AIM Handbook for additional information, including the airport shuttle schedule, and early disenrollment transportation policy.

Cost

Tuition is $750, submitted electronically by May 31, using a link provided by email.

Tuition refund requests are due by June 10 and should be submitted to AIM@uscga.edu. For more information see the AIM Handbook.

Medical Information

Please submit the form below, which requires signature by a medical provider.  

Scholarships

Students with financial need are invited to request a scholarship for tuition. To apply for a scholarship, submit the Scholarship Request form below.

Requests are due by May 17 and decision notifications will be made by May 27.

Image Release Form

Students attending an in-person AIM session are required to sign an Image Release Form.

“From sailing on the Thames River, doing the Physical Fitness Exam, marching around the campus, and all the engineering and FIT classes, AIM was a week I will not forget. The cadre were very encouraging, making sure that we always were striving to do our best and would help us improve when we slipped up.” Lucy

Handbook
AIM HANDBOOK
The handbook contains the information you need to prepare for AIM.
Handbook
AIM HANDBOOK
The handbook contains the information you need to prepare for AIM.
Checklist
PLANNING AND PACKING CHECKLIST
Bring what you need and leave the rest. Travel light!
Checklist
PLANNING AND PACKING CHECKLIST
Bring what you need and leave the rest. Travel light!
Fitness
FITNESS PREPARATION GUIDELINES
Use these guidelines to arrive physically fit and hydrated.
Fitness
FITNESS PREPARATION GUIDELINES
Use these guidelines to arrive physically fit and hydrated.
regulations
RULES AND REGULATIONS WHILE RESIDING IN CHASE HALL
Please observe these rules while attending AIM.
regulations
RULES AND REGULATIONS WHILE RESIDING IN CHASE HALL
Please observe these rules while attending AIM.
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FAMILY DAY
At the conclusion of each AIM week, families are invited to a special session where they will learn about the past week’s programming and celebrate their students’ graduation from the program.
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FAMILY DAY
At the conclusion of each AIM week, families are invited to a special session where they will learn about the past week’s programming and celebrate their students’ graduation from the program.

Contact Information

AIM
Admissions
(860) 444-8503
Admissions@uscga.edu
M-F 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST
AIM
AIM@uscga.edu
Admissions Officers
www.uscga.edu/admissions-officers

Sponsor Family Application

Thank you for submitting your application to be part of the Sponsor Family Program. Your application will be processed in the upcoming week. Coast Guard Academy’s policy on background screening now requires all adults (everyone 18 and older living in the home) who volunteer to mentor, teach, coach or sponsor cadets, whether on or off Coast Guard Academy grounds, to be screened every 5 years. They are required to provide personal information (name, birth date and social security number) for the purpose of conducting a criminal background check.

The Security Officer at the Coast Guard Academy, CWO2 Gina Polkowski, is overseeing this process. Her email is: Gina.M.Polkowski@uscg.mil.

Sponsor Family designations fall into several different categories. Below are the guidelines to help you determine how best to meet the background screening requirement:

  1. If you are Coast Guard active duty you do not need to apply for an additional Background Check. You will be vetted through the Coast Guard system by CWO2 Polkowski.
  2. If you are a Civilian working for the Coast Guard you do not need to apply for an additional Background Check. You will be vetted through the Coast Guard system by CWO2 Polkowski.
  3. If you are non-Coast Guard Active Duty, you are required to provide proof of your current security clearance or National Agency Check that is to be emailed by your Command Security Officer (CSO)/ Security Office to CWO2 Polkowski at  Gina.M.Polkowski@uscg.mil.
  4. If you are non-Coast Guard civilian who has a current security clearance or National Agency check, you are required to provide proof of your current security clearance or National Agency Check that is to be emailed by your Command Security Officer (CSO)/ Security Office to CWO2 Polkowski at  Gina.M.Polkowski@uscg.mil.
  5. All civilians in the families who are 18 years or older and do not have a security clearance or a National Agency Check are required to be vetted through Mind Your Business, the third party vendor hired by the Coast Guard Academy for the vetting process.

After you complete your application, please e-mail the Sponsor Family Program Coordinator at CadetFamilySponsorProgram@uscga.edu. In your e-mail, you must include the e-mail address and phone number of every adult living in the home. The Sponsor Family Coordinator will then initiate the background check process and you will receive an email with further instructions.

Important things to note:

There is a Sponsor Family Training that is a one-hour training which we ask sponsors to attend once every four years. This training is designed to give you an overview of the program, what is expected of you as a sponsor, and what you can expect from your cadets. This training will also help familiarize you with the cadet regulations onboard CGA. You will be notified via e-mail once the training is scheduled.

The matching process of swabs to families will occur during July and August. Please bear with us and remain flexible through this process. There will be a meet and greet scheduled on Campus, typically in late August. This will give families an opportunity to formally meet their cadet if they have not already done so. Details on this will also be via email.

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