Accounting Career Awareness Program - NABA Atlanta

Scholarship Overview

The National Association of Black Accountants, Inc. (NABA) – Atlanta Chapter will host the Accounting Career Awareness Program (“ACAP”) in June 2020. This free week-long summer residency program provides minority high school students with an exciting opportunity to:

• Reside on the campus of Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia for 6 days and 5 nights;
• Visit some of Atlanta’s top Fortune 500 companies to network with Accounting and Finance professionals;
• Tour select colleges and universities in the Atlanta metropolitan area; 
• Work with other high school students in a business case study competition; and
• Have a chance to earn college scholarships. 

Requirements

An eligible applicant must be/have:

Application and Selection Process

Students who are current freshmen, sophomores, or juniors in high school with at least a 3.0 grade point average, may complete an application for ACAP. The completed application package includes:

• The application
• A current academic transcript – emailed to acap@nabaatlanta.org
• Two letters of recommendation—letters may be submitted by anyone who knows you well and is able to attest to your character, leadership ability, commitment to community service, or academic achievement. This may include someone such as an employer, coach, high school guidance counselor, teacher, principal or mentor. It cannot be your mother, father or guardian, and
• A brief statement of interest (can be written or video)

  Students must complete the entire application package to be considered for ACAP. Incomplete applications will not be considered. There will be no follow-up communication to request information not received by the application deadline.

  Select applicants will be invited to an in-person interview in the Atlanta area on a date, time and location chosen by the ACAP Committee. For applicants outside of the metro Atlanta area, teleconference interviews will be allowed. The tentative interview date is Saturday, May 9, 2020.

  Notifications, including interview details and rejections, will be communicated via email. Please confirm the email addresses provided in the application are accurate and legible. Failure to respond to email correspondence within the requested timeframes will be considered forfeiture of interview time.

  If selected to participate in the ACAP, each student and one parent/guardian must attend an orientation in the Atlanta area tentatively scheduled for the evening of June 3, 2020. For selected applicants outside of the metro Atlanta area, you may be permitted to attend the orientation via teleconference. Students selected for ACAP must also attend the entire program from check-in on the afternoon of Sunday, June 14, 2020 through the awards reception on Friday, June 19, 2020. Additional rules and regulations will be provided to the students chosen to participate in the program.

  Contact

  Please email acap@nabaatlanta.org with any questions.