How competitive is the Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship?

[SethHedley]

How competitive is the Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship? I want to understand the acceptance rate, selection criteria, and what makes an application stand out—especially for students from underrepresented or low-income backgrounds pursuing computer science.

 

[winget]

The Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship is highly competitive because it awards only a limited number of scholarships (about 400 in the U.S. each year) while attracting thousands of applicants nationwide. For example, in 2023 over 8,000 applied, making the acceptance rate roughly around 7% — similar to selective national programs.

 

[Salvatore_Damon]

It's extremely competitive. From the thousands of applicants, only 400 winners are chosen, so the acceptance rate is typically below 10%. They value financial need and genuine passion for tech more than just having perfect grades. The $40k scholarship and the guaranteed internship make it such a big, highly desired reward.

 

[Jacques]

Competition is low and the rate of acceptance is approximately 7% -10%. Normally, out of the 4,000-8,000 applicants, only 400 are taken under the financial need, academic performance and coding experience.