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Who Are Admission Possible Students?

Admission Possible students let their creativity shine as they recreate the gate logo.

In 2007-2008, we are serving 1,200 students. The 1,200 students currently in the program reported an average family income of less than $25,000. Females account for 60% of our student population, and the average grade-point-average of our students is 3.1.

Overall the racial and ethnic demographics are as follows:

35% Hmong
21% African-American
16% African Immigrant
8%   Latino/a
7% White
7%   Biracial/Multiracial/Other
5%   Asian (Non-Hmong)
1%   American Indian/Alaska Native

Admission Possible recruits students who have the potential to succeed in college but are not likely to obtain admission to a four-year college without our help. Of the current seniors in our program, their average baseline ACT score as juniors (before receiving our services) was 14.5, which places the students in the 10th - 15th percentile of all ACT test-takers.

We're Getting Some Great Results!

Overall, 98% of the students we assisted have been admitted to college. In the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years, 100% of our seniors earned admission to college! 95% of our seniors in 2005-2006 were admitted to a four-year college.

Approximately 80% of our students are currently enrolled in college or have already graduated. Click here to see where our alumni attend college. By comparison, only 7% of all low-income students nationwide earn a college degree by age 24 (Education Trust). Click here to see graduation rates from Minnesota colleges and universities.

Students in our program have shown an average ACT score improvement of greater than 18%! Leading for-profit companies, by comparison, advertise average increases of 12-14%. In the 2006-2007 school year, the average score of our students moved from 14.3 to about 17.3 - more than a 20% increase!