All students must be sponsored by a Member of Congress to become a Page. Thus, the first step is to ask a Member of Congress for sponsorship. That Member will then have to contact the proper hiring authority to start the application process. Not every Member can sponsor a Page every time. All applicants must be at least sixteen years old on the date they begin their Page term.
Members use their discretion when nominating a student to serve as a Page.
The individual Members may have certain standards on which they rely as they select the student they would like to sponsor. Students must have at least a 3.0 GPA to be eligible for the House Page School and all School Year Pages must attend the Page School. Candidates must submit a home school verification of the GPA, based on the four major courses, no electives. Limitations may arise due to the House Page School curriculum. Pages work as a team and not in individual Members offices.