| Roosevelt High School students participating in a clean-up project during last spring's service day. Admission Possible will have another Spring Service Day project in May. |
RECENT ADMISSION POSSIBLE NEWS
04/21/09 - Admission Possible Seniors Setting the Pace in College Scholarship Awards - Three Gates Millennium Scholarships Awarded and 38 Horatio Alger Scholarship Awarded
04/20/09 - President Obama to Sign Serve America Act - Admission Possible Applauds Expansion of National Service
ABOUT ADMISSION POSSIBLE Admission Possible is a nonprofit organization founded Minnesota in September of 2000 and dedicated to helping promising, low-income students obtain admission to college. We serve 1,300 students in 17 high schools across five school districts in the Greater Twin Cities.
- 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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