In determining eligibility, units must be counted beginning with those most recently completed and going back chronologically until the number of units is reached. If any units from a semester (or quarter) are used to establish eligibility, all units in graded courses on that and all intervening transcripts must enter into the calculation of the G.P.A.
Temporary Membership
- Graduated high school in the past 12 months with a minimum final cumulative GPA for grades 9-12 of 3.50; OR
- Was awarded lifetime membership in the California Scholarship Federation
Initial Membership
- Currently enrolled in at least 6 units of letter-graded college coursework at OCC
- COMPLETED at least 12 units of college coursework with letter grades within the past three semesters in attendance
- Earned a minimum semester GPA of 3.0 last semester
- Earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0
Continuing Membership
- Currently enrolled in at least 6 units of letter-graded college coursework at any 2-year institution
- Was granted Initial Membership last semester OR was in an approved grace period* for last semester
- COMPLETED at least 6 units of letter-graded college coursework in the last semester
- Earned a minimum semester GPA of 3.0 last semester
- Earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0
Permanent Membership - please read the qualifications based on your current cumulative GPA
Applicants with cumulative GPAs of 3.50 or higher:
- Have completed or will complete in the current semester at least 60 units of college coursework (no more than 6 units with pass/fail or credit/no credit grades)
- At least 30 units of the 60 required units of college coursework have been or will be completed at OCC by the end of the current semester
- Applicant is now and has been a member of AGS for at least one semester with no interruption in membership
- Applicant has earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50
Applicants with cumulative GPAs of 3.25 - 3.49:
- Have completed or will complete in the current semester at least 60 units of college coursework (no more than 6 units with pass/fail or credit/no credit grades)
- At least 30 of the required 60 units of college coursework have been or will be completed at OCC by the end of the current semester
- Applicant is now and has been a member of AGS for two or more semesters with no interruption in membership
- Applicant has earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25
Click on these links for the current application forms and qualifying criteria.
General Information Form (PDF) AGS Application (PDF)
Application deadlines:
- Fall: October 31
- Spring: March 15