Incentive Awards Program : PCA Objectives

Skip Navigation

Home

Pre-Collegiate Academy (PCA)

PCA Objectives

PCA Benefits

PCA Selection Criteria

PCA Selection Process

PCA Selection Committees

PCA Summer Academic Residential Program

PCA Community Service Internships

PCA Partners

PCA Objectives

To identify public high school sophomores who have demonstrated exceptional achievement through leadership, academic, and extracurricular accomplishments, despite adverse socioeconomic conditions.
To encourage participants' collegiate aspirations and enrich their academic and leadership development to increase their competitive admissibility to UC Berkeley, and other quality universities, when they graduate from high school.
Once admitted to UC Berkeley, to provide the scholarship funding, academic support and community building through the Incentive Awards Program that will help the Academy Scholars be successful in their academic career at the University.
To ensure that recipients give something back to the community by designing and implementing Peer Service Projects and other outreach programs through which they can inspire other young people to greater academic achievement.

Two Students

Calendar of Events

IAP Nominee Application 2009
Deadline: check with your High School Coordinator for internal high school deadline
The 5 nominees must submit IAP Nominee Application and apply for UC Berkeley admission.
More Information

SAT/ACT Testing
Deadline: December 2009
Must take EITHER the SAT Reasoning Test OR ACT Assessment plus Writing AND two (2) SAT Subject Tests in two different areas.
More Information

7th Semester Grade Report
Deadline: Monday, February 1, 2010
Submit Fall 2009 semester grades to the IAP Office by filling out the 7th Semester Grade Report.

FAFSA Application
Deadline: Friday, February 19, 2010
The 5 nominees must complete the 2010-2011 Free Application for Federal Financial Aid (FAFSA) and submit a copy to the IAP office.
More Information