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ServiceNation Summit to Feature Presidential Candidates & Community Leaders
Twin Cities social entrepreneur Jim McCorkell to attend ServiceNation Summit in New York City
St. Paul, Minn. – This week’s ServiceNation Summit will begin with a Presidential Forum on Service, featuring Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama. More than 600 leaders from around the nation, including Admission Possible’s Jim McCorkell, will attend the summit, which will be held in New York City on September 11-12, and will call for the next President and Congress to enact a new era of voluntary service and civic engagement. Click here for full release.
ABOUT ADMISSION POSSIBLE
Admission Possible is a nonprofit organization founded in September of 2000 and dedicated to helping promising, low-income students obtain admission to college. We serve 1,300 students in 17 public high schools and charter schools in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Robbinsdale and St. Louis Park.
- Overall, 99% of the students we assisted have been admitted to college.
- Nearly 80% of our students who enrolled in college are still working toward their college degree or have graduated. By comparison, only 7% of all low-income students nationwide earn a college degree by age 24 (Education Trust).
- Students in our program have shown an average ACT score improvement of 20%! Leading for-profit companies, by comparison, advertise average increases of 12-14%. To learn more about the success of our students and our program, view the Wilder Research evaluation report of Admission Possible.
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