College Students as Mentors for College Hopefuls
August 7th, 2006Deleware is now seeing the summer program called, “Let’s Get Ready”, which originated in New York and now has a presence in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachussetts and Rhode Island.
The program is for low-imcome or ‘first generation’ college hopefuls who are currently juniors or seniors in high school. The class consists of the students being taught by college students about preparing for college, choosing the right one, and finding financial aid assistance. Having college students as tutors brings about the advantage of having recently gone through the college admissions process. The students can also see themselves in college and can relate to the tutors since they are so close in age.
Let’s Get Ready boasts that its students, on average, increase their SAT scores by 103 points, and that 93 percent of participants go directly into college after high school.
For more information, see the Let’s Get Ready website.
Article from DelewareOnline.
