The United States Senate Youth Program sends two delegates from every state to spend a week in Washington, D.C., where they study our government firsthand. There is also a $5,000 college scholarship for each delegate.
The 2015 program will be March 7-14, 2015.
Application
High school juniors and seniors are eligible to apply. Students who are interested should look over the criteria in the USSYP 2015 Brochure, available for download at the right, and then contact their school counselor or system coordinator for an application.
Each school system/private school may nominate one candidate to the state level. The process by which they select that candidate is up to them.
After the applications are received and scored, each candidate will be given the USSYP Qualifying Exam, which consists of five sections of questions on politics and government and one essay section.
The top-scoring candidates will be interviewed. Two Delegates and two Alternates will be selected.