All applicants must meet all of the following criteria. There are no exceptions to these requirements.
• SPECIFIED GRADE LEVEL DESIGNATION AT TIME OF APPLICATION DEADLINE: Three programs are open to sophomores and juniors and the other five are open to juniors only. The Governor’s Schools for the Arts, the Agricultural Sciences and Global Entrepreneurship accept applications from sophomores and juniors. The Governor’s Schools for Health Care, International Studies, the Sciences, Teaching and Information, Society and Technology accept applications from juniors only.
• SCHOOL ENROLLMENT: Must currently attend a public, charter or non-public secondary school, or be homeschooled.
• PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENCY: The primary full-time residence of at least one custodial parent or legal, court-appointed guardian of the applicant must be in Pennsylvania. Military dependents stationed in Pennsylvania are eligible. Foreign exchange (guest) students are not eligible.
• LIMIT ON GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL APPLICATIONS: Students may apply to no more than two different Governor’s Schools in a year.
• NO PREVIOUS GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL ATTENDANCE: No former participant in any of the eight Pennsylvania Governor’s Schools of Excellence may apply to the same or another Pennsylvania Governor’s School.
• COMMITMENT TO PROGRAM: If accepting an invitation to participate in a Pennsylvania Governor’s School of Excellence, the student must commit to full participation in residence for the full 35-day program. Trips home or other absences are not allowed.
• GROUNDS FOR DISQUALIFICATION: Ineligibility (see above); lateness; failure to send application to the correct office; incompleteness of the application (it must be submitted in its entirety at one time); plagiarism; or falsification of information on the application.
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