Education United States Project #5482

Quality SAT Prep for 600 Low-Income HS Students

by SEE College Prep

Project Report | Oct 25, 2011
SEE College Prep Scores Summer Successes!

By Sean Simplicio | Vice President, Development and Operations

Dear Friends of SEE College Prep,

Thank you so much for helping low-income high school students access the colleges and futures that they deserve. We are happy to share with you that thanks to your support, nearly 600 students at our 16 summer program sites improved their SAT scores and gained the tools they need to successfully apply to college. This summer:

Students in our programs improved their SAT scores by an average of 194 points.
The number of our students scoring above the national median on the SAT doubled.
93% of our students felt more confident about taking the SAT as a result of our program.
85% of our students felt that their SEE mentor was the best mentor they'd ever had.

We are also happy to announce the recent launch of our first school-year programs, in collaboration with two charter management organizations in Los Angeles, Alliance College-Ready High Schools and Green Dot Public Schools. Already this school year, 800 students in six schools are benefiting from our programs. Here are two reasons why we are excited about our school-year programs:

Providing programs during the school year allows us to partner with schools who cannot afford or are otherwise unable to offer summer programs.
By offering our curriculum during the school day, we are able to reach the entire Junior class at each school. This allows us to serve more students and improves our ability to track student outcomes.

In order to provide high-quality services to as many students as possible, we will continue to offer both summer and school year programs, and will actively work to expand our reach.

If you or anyone you know is interested in making a difference by joining our team (either as an undergraduate mentor or as a full-time staff member), please see our website for a list of current openings.

Thank you for your continued interest and support!

All the best,

Sean

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