HIGH SCHOOL AMSE MEMBERSHIP

AMSE Membership is open to all VCHS students. Students may apply at any time up to the second semester of their twelfth-grade year. Membership is designed to expose students to the many offerings and areas of interest that AMSE has to offer. Students with an AMSE Membership will be eligible to apply for and participate in AMSE programs, and will also receive invitations to AMSE special events and the AMSE newsletter. AMSE Members may apply for AMSE Honors distinction up to the end of the first semester of their junior year and work towards completing the requirements outlined below.

AMSE HONORS

AMSE Honors participants are automatically given AMSE membership and agree to fulfill the requirements listed below in the AMSE Requirements chart.

Junior students who are meeting the Honors requirements and achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.8 or higher at the end of their junior year will be awarded the status of an AMSE Honor student. In addition, junior students who are on track to meet these requirements are eligible to apply for the elite AMSE Honors Fellow Program. (Information on the Honors Fellow program and a separate application can be found on the school website.)

Senior students who have met the Honors requirements and achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.8 or higher by the end of the first semester of their senior year will be awarded the status of AMSE Honors Student and honored with a cord of distinction to wear on graduation day.

AMSE HONORS FELLOW

The AMSE Honors Fellow Program provides an opportunity for outstanding eleventh & twelfth-grade students to work alongside VCS Program Managers for a unique, year-long learning experience conducting specialty research in a specific field of interest.

The Honors Fellow application is a separate application open only to current VCS 10th & 11th-grade students and available in May 2021.