Young Scholars Program

The Cooke Young Scholars Program is a selective five-year, pre-college scholarship for high-performing 7th grade students with financial need. It provides comprehensive academic and college advising, as well as financial support for school, Cooke-sponsored summer programs, internships, and other learning enrichment opportunities.

Program Experience

Educational Advisers support Young Scholars to maximize high school experiences and to go on to thrive at the nation’s top-performing colleges. Our programming and support may include:

  • Identifying an appropriately rigorous high school.
  • Engaging in four-year planning and goal-setting.
  • Funding for academic and extracurricular opportunities, such as music and art lessons, supplemental academic classes and technology.
  • Annual summer programs, including two required Young Scholar programs.
  • Year-round Young Scholars community programming.
  • Networking opportunities with a high-achieving peer community.

 

1,100 Scholars
Served To-Date
96% Enroll
In a Four-Year College or University
3.5 Average
Cumulative College GPA
Qian Qian Tang

"I remember being like this is where I need to be, this is where I belong," Qian Qian said. "Once I got to Exeter, it just worked. I think that I owe a lot of that to the Foundation."

Qian Qian Tang
Cooke Scholar
Qian Qian Tang

Qian Qian Tang

"I got to MIT and suddenly the world was about more than spending 10 years in a research lab, trying to potentially find a cure [for diseases]," Qian Qian said. "There were ways where you could prototype something or test something out and see the direct impact on the patient or the user within 6 months."  
 

Contact Us

The application for the Cooke Young Scholars Program is now open. It will close on May 9, 2024.

If you have any questions regarding your application, please email us at scholarships@jkcf.org.