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Admission Possible Cited in National Report 7/16/2008 10:34 AM
ADMISSION POSSIBLE CITED IN NATIONAL REPORT
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance Commends Evaluation Standards
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Admission Possible is featured in a national report released this month by the U.S. Congress’ Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, based in Washington, DC. The report, “Early and Often: Designing a Comprehensive System of Financial Aid Information,” provided Admission Possible’s results-oriented evaluation efforts as an example of using evaluation to guide work done on behalf of the organization’s constituency. |
St. Paul Native Committed To College Access 7/1/2008 11:55 AM
ST. PAUL NATIVE COMMITTED TO COLLEGE ACCESS
Ashley Booker Joins Staff of Admission Possible
ST. PAUL, Minn. – St. Paul native, Ashley Booker, has joined the staff of nonprofit organization Admission Possible where she will serve as a Program Coordinator overseeing the college preparatory coaching of low-income high school students in the Twin Cities, including at her alma mater Humboldt High School. Booker, who started with Admission Possible on June 16, 2008, graduated from the University of Minnesota and is currently working on a Master’s degree at Augsburg College. Click here for full release. |
Admission Possible Year-End Celebration 5/19/2008 12:57 PM
ADMISSION POSSIBLE YEAR-END CELEBRATION
Students Complete Two-Year College Prep Program and Hear from Governor Tim Pawlenty
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – In this busy season of proms and graduations, awards nights and athletic banquets, more than one thousand Twin Cities students had their calendars marked for the 7th Annual Admission Possible Year-End Celebration which took 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 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. |
Admission Possible Recruits 2008-09 Students 3/11/2008 2:08 PM
Low-income Twin Cities Sophomores Interested in College Should Apply Now
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Admission Possible, the nonprofit organization providing college preparatory programming to low-income high school students for free, is recruiting now through mid-April for sophomores interested in obtaining a college education. Applications are being accepted from eligible sophomores by Admission Possible staff at each of 16 Greater Twin Cities partner high schools. Students in attendance at other high schools may contact Admission Possible headquarters to apply at 651-917-3525 or info@admissionpossible.org. Click here for full release.
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Want To Change The World?! Admission Possible Wants You! 2/11/2008 4:18 PM
ST. PAUL (February 11, 2008) – Graduating college seniors looking for a job offering them the freedom to make an immediate impact in righting one of the nation’s greatest inequities – access to higher education – need look no further than Twin Cities-based nonprofit Admission Possible for opportunities. The organization is recruiting now until March 24, 2008, for idealistic leaders who want to join a team of more than 40 full-time AmeriCorps members who, starting this fall will assist promising, low-income Twin Cities’ high school students who want to get into college, but lack the resources and experience to apply. Click here for full release. |
Admission Possible & AAUW Minnesota Team Up for Minnesota's College-Bound Students 2/8/2008 4:16 PM ST. Paul, Minn. (February 8, 2008) - Saturday's 'I'm Going to College' fair, funded by the American Association of University Women Minnesota, at Augsburg College will showcase workshops led by Admission Possible AmeriCorps service members who coach Twin Cities low-income high school juniors and seniors year-round on how to earn admission to college. Representatives from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa private and public colleges and universities will also be on site to provide information. Click here for full release. |
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