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As an enlisted member of the U.S. Coast Guard or other armed force, you are welcome and encouraged to apply for admission to the Coast Guard Academy. As a member of the military, your professional experience is a strong asset in the admission process. As a cadet, you will discover new and fascinating opportunities in New London, CT.
Academic readiness is a question of special relevance to enlisted applicants, who have been out of the classroom for a while. This doesn’t mean you have stopped learning, however. As a member of the work force you have matured and acquired new skills that will help you succeed in college. As you decide whether the Academy is right for you, consider how your college readiness skills have developed:
Learn more about the academic profile of Academy classes to see how you compare statistically.
Applicants with potential to contribute at a high level, who are not prepared academically, may be offered the opportunity to attend Coast Guard funded preparatory school before enrolling in the Academy. This is called the Coast Guard Academy Scholars (CGAS) Program.
As an independent adult thinking about attending the Academy, you will grapple with the idea of giving up some of your independence in return for greater opportunity and financial freedom later. If you are weighing the pros and cons, consider some of the factors that will affect your ability to make this transition.
Short term tradeoffs in your lifestyle will be necessary to adapt to cadet life.
While attending the Academy, your enlistment contract is suspended. Therefore, if you leave before graduating, and an enlistment contract was in place when you enrolled, you return to your service and pick up where you left off.
If your enlistment contract was already up at the time you enrolled, the following options are open to you:
