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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.

Covid Vaccination and Testing

Vaccination is not required to participate in AIM. During check in the Academy will administer the COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test unless you provide proof of a negative PCR Test taken 72 hours or less before arrival.

If testing is positive, you will not be able to participate in person but may participate in Session IV – Virtual. Tuition will be refunded.

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 15 and decision notifications will be made by May 25.

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

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