How do my legal parents complete and submit the Parent Information Form(s)?

The Cooke Foundation requires both of the applicant’s legal parents to submit Parent Information Forms as part of the review process for the Young Scholars Program. Separate parent information forms will be collected if the student’s legal parents are not married to one another or do not reside in the same household.  The Cooke Foundation considers the legal parents to be the applicant’s biological parents, adoptive parents, or legal guardians.

The Cooke Foundation may choose to waive the requirement of the second parent’s information form if that parent is incarcerated or their whereabouts are unknown, and no contact can be established.

When you submit a waiver request form, the status of your second Parent Form will be updated to “waived” in our records. This means the Parent Form has been waived for the purpose of completing your application by the deadline. After review of the waiver request, the Cooke Foundation may reach out for additional information after the deadline. A link to the waiver request form is available here.