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Competition at Coast
Guard Academy
The 93rd annual competition for admission to the United States Coast Guard Academy, located at New London, Connecticut, will commence with the December 7, 1968 administration of the College Entrance Examination Board tests given in over 3,000 test centers throughout the country. Appointments to the Academy are tendered solely on a competitive basis with no congressional appointments or geographical quotas. Applications to participate in the December CEEB tests must be made to the Educational Testing Service prior to 2 November 1968.
To qualify, an applicant must be unmarried and must have reached his 17th but not his 22nd birthday by July 1, 1969. The minimum educational requirement is a high school diploma, however, high school seniors assured of graduation by June 30, 1969 are eligible to compete provided they have at least 15 credits by that time. Applicants must have completed three units in English, and three in mathematics including algebra and plane or coordinate geometry or their equivalents. Applicants must be in excellent physical condition, between 64 and 78 inches in height, with proportionate weight, and have at least 20/30 vision in each eye, correctable to 20/20.
Qualified young men are urged to enter this nationwide competition for appointment as cadets in the nation’s oldest seagoing service. Those appointed will receive an excellent college
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