2020 CAPAL VA Internship Application

First Name *

Last Name *

Citizen Status
You must be a lawful permanent resident or otherwise legally eligible to work in the United States per FAR Part 22.18 to apply. *

Street Address *

Address Line 2

City *

State/Province/Region *

Zip/Postal Code *

Home State 🛈

Country *

Primary Email Address *

Secondary Email Address *

Phone Number *

Are you currently enrolled as a graduate or undergraduate student or graduating soon?

You must be enrolled as a graduate or undergraduate student to apply. Graduating students may intern up to two sessions immediately following their graduation. *

Yes

No

Are you currently in good standing at said institution?

Student in Good standing- a student who meets the minimum required academic status of the accredited post-secondary institution who’s cumulative and current Grade Point Average (GPA) does not fall below the GPA required by the institution. Students who are in academic good standing are not on academic probation or suspension. *

Yes

No

Are you a Veteran? *

Yes

No

Full-Time or Part-Time Preference
Please rank your perference with "1" being the top choice. You are allowed to choose more than one. *

	Full-Time
	Part-Time (students must be local to the area they are assigned)
	No Preference

Education

Degree Pursued *

Academic Year

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior

What is your current GPA?
*

Expected graduation year?
*

Name of Post-Secondary Institution enrolled in?

*

Type of post-secondary institution enrolled in:

(e.g. HBCU, HSI, TCU), if applicable

Program or Major

Please separate multiple majors with commas. You do not need to specify minors or concentrations.
*

Application Materials

Current 1-Page Resume; For Graduate and Doctoral students, CV’s may not exceed three pages

Reflecting work experience, volunteerism, awards, leadership, and extra-curricular activities, for Graduate and Doctoral students, CV’s may not exceed three pages *

Current Transcript

Official or Unofficial are accepted *

Letter of Recommedation (2)

It is permissible to mention in the letter that you are applying to the VA, but DO NOT mention CAPAL in the body of the letter. This is to ensure a blind selection process in determining intern placement. Please summit two letters of recommedations.

Letter of Recommendation 1

Please attach ONE scanned and signed recommendation from a department chair, professor, or academic advisor (it is permissible to mention in the letter that you are applying to the VA, but DO NOT mention CAPAL in the body of the letter. This is to ensure a blind selection process in determining intern placement.). If your recommender would like to send in your letter separately, please ask them to email it to applications@capal.org with your student name in the subject line.

Letter of Recommendation 2

Please attach ONE scanned and signed recommendation from a department chair, professor, or academic advisor (it is permissible to mention in the letter that you are applying to the VA, but DO NOT mention CAPAL in the body of the letter. This is to ensure a blind selection process in determining intern placement.). If your recommender would like to send in your letter separately, please ask them to email it to applications@capal.org with your student name in the subject line.

Will your recommender be mailing or emailing your recommendation separately?

Your recommender may either:
>Email their letter to - applications@capal.org
>Mail their letter to - CAPAL, PO Box 65073, Washington, DC 20035

This MUST be done by the application deadline. *

Yes

No

Recommender Name 1 *

Recommender Contact Information 1

Email, Phone Number *

Recommender Name 2 *

Recommender Contact Information 2

Email, Phone Number *

Demographic Information

Your responses in this section are completely voluntary and confidential, and you may withhold any information you believe may compromise your identity. All information collected here will be used to produce summary statistics and will in no way be used to evaluate your candidacy.

Sex

Female

Male

Prefer Not To Answer

Age in June 2021

Do you qualify for the Pell Grant?

Yes

No

Prefer Not To Answer

How did you first hear about CAPAL?

What friend?

What website or blog?

What email/listserv?

What event?

Other

What ethnicity do you identify as?

Race refers to physical characteristics that may group diverse communities (i.e. Asian, Black, White, etc). Ethnicity refers to cultural factors such as nationality, language, and regional cultures (i.e. Filipino Americans, Ethiopian Americans, Irish Americans, etc). Please respond in terms of your ETHNICITY.