Admission Possible graduation will take place on Saturday May 17th. Click the photo for full release and audio files.

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 is a nonprofit organization founded in September of 2000 and dedicated to helping promising, low-income students obtain admission to college. We serve 1,200 students in 15 public high schools and charter schools in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Robbinsdale and St. Louis Park.

• Overall, 98% of the students we assisted have been admitted to college.
  
  
• Approximately 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 greater than 18%! 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.