Eligibility Requirements

• Applicants must be currently enrolled in Texas A&M University (College Station) as undergraduate or graduate students who will have at least one semester of additional enrollment at Texas A&M University after the Fellows experience.  Students graduating prior to program’s departure are ineligible to participate.
• Undergraduate students and professional school students must have a GPA of 3.0, while graduate students must have a GPA of 3.25.  Freshman applicants with a high school GPA of 85% will be considered.
• Applicants must have a valid and current passport.
• Applicants must present a letter from an advisor stating the relevance of their proposed research to their academic or career goals.
• Non-paying internships are acceptable as long as the application is accompanied by a letter of intent and responsibilities from the host.  Furthermore, the internship must not occur in or near a host city of any of L.T. Jordan’s Internship and Living Abroad (ILAP) Program sites.
• The MSC L.T. Jordan Institute reserves the right to deny acceptance to applicants who have been convicted of any felony or other crimes.
• Preference will be given to applicants as outlined below in the section “pre-proposal requirements and evaluation.”

Deviations from these eligibility requirements will be considered upon written appeal by the applicant to the Director of the Jordan Fellows Program.