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Admission Possible Year-End Celebration
5/16/2008 1:53 PM

ADMISSION POSSIBLE YEAR-END CELEBRATION

Governor Tim Pawlenty Delivers Keynote Remarks to 1,000 High School Students

 

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – In this busy season of proms and graduations, awards nights and athletic banquets, more than one thousand Twin Cities students have their calendars marked for the 7th Annual Admission Possible Year-End Celebration taking place from 9:00am to 3:00pm on Saturday, May 17, 2008, at the University of Minnesota’s Ted Mann Concert Hall.  Click here for full release and audio files

Admission Possible Seniors Setting the Pace in College Scholarship Awards
4/29/2008 2:15 PM

13 Gates Millennium Scholarships and 34 Horatio Alger Scholarships Awarded

 

ST PAUL, Minn.Low-income seniors participating in Admission Possible’s programming in the Greater Twin Cities are winning national and local scholarships at rates higher than even last year’s successful Admission Possible seniors.  Already, Admission Possible seniors are averaging 5.5 private scholarship applications per student, and more than 150 scholarships have been awarded to Admission Possible seniors this year, including the nationally recognized Gates Millennium and Horatio Alger Scholarships.  Click here for full release and audio clips

Admission Possible Seniors Ready For 'Decision Day'
4/8/2008 2:14 PM

Admission Possible Seniors Ready For ‘Decision Day

 

ST. PAUL, Minn. – College-bound high school seniors nationwide have come to know May 1 as ‘decision day’ – the deadline by which students must accept or reject admissions and financial aid pending offers from colleges and universities.  While low-income students across the country will enter college at less than one-third the rate of their wealthier peers [Post Secondary Education Opportunity, June 2006], Admission Possible’s low-income seniors are proving why this does not have to be the case.  Click here for full release and audio clips

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