Nominator Breakfast

February 15, 2011

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 Welcome!

• Greeting & Introductions

– Karen G. Foley, President
• Partner Organization Recognition
• Eileen M. Rudden, Chief Officer, Office of College & Career Preparation
• Video
• Short introduction to Chicago Scholars
– Meseret Negash
– Jessica Root, Hope College
• 2011 Recruitment
– Molly Whybrow
• Eligibility
• Application portfolio
• Due dates
• Q&A

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 Meet the CS Team!

Karen G. Foley Rico Howard Stacey Kennedy

President College Fellow Program Associate
High School

Carol Sharp
Program Mgr for
College Students

Linda Jamrozy
Will Dix Catherine Mayfield
Mentoring
Dir. Of College Transition Communications
Programs Associate

Molly Whybrow
Program Mgr. High
School Launch

Alex Gagnon Marybeth Kravets Meseret Negash

Program Mgr. Dir. College Network ED
& PD Nat’l Partnerships
Careers

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 A Community of Partners
Working Together on Behalf of Students
Update on Senior HS Scholars

438 High School Seniors

Chicago Scholars 80 high schools

96% have received one or

World Sport more letters of acceptance
Chicago Scholars
$3.5 million of scholarship aid
Launch Scholars awarded

Holiday Party
Community
Webinar
Scholars
Financial Aid with mentors
with Jr. Achievement

Spring series of workshops

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 Professional Development

• Consulted on forming three scholarship organizations

• Provided professional development seminars – eligible for CPDU
– Match & Fit at selective & highly selective colleges
– The Admissions Process
– Services for Students with LD needs
– College Access & Success curriculum
• Mentoring approaches for first generation, low income and underserved
youth
• Creation of College Consulting Toolkits – Curriculum, manuals (parents,
students, mentors and counselors), forms, processes

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Meet Our Kids - Video

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 Phase I

Senior Year of High School

• Mentor Breakfast
• Orientation with parents and mentors
• 2 individualized college selection sessions with our counselors
• 3 sessions to help students navigate the application
• 2 sessions to help students prepare their essays
• 1 session on identifying other scholarship opportunities
• Application review – Q&A and completeness
• 1 session for interview prep
• Onsite – October 25
• 4 sessions on financial aid – obtain, review, negotiate, complete package
• 4 sessions on making successful transitions to campus
• 3 social events & interaction with mentors, peers and CS college scholars & grads

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College Years

• Safe home base – support when needed for academic, family, and personal issues
• Peer mentors (with a Chicago Scholar already in college) to help adjust to college
• Access to paid summer internships in a variety of career fields
• Social events to help scholars build a network of support
• 8+ summer Career workshops
• Opportunities to meet community and business leaders
• Access to older peers in college and in careers
• YPC Membership
 5-Year Service Delivery Model Outcomes

• Supportive community of
achievers for academically
ambitious, first generation, and
underserved students – every
high school, every neighborhood
• 96% college match rate
OUTCOMES • 100% college enrollment rate
• College-going culture
• Lower the out-of-pocket costs
for scholars
• 100% first-year retention rate
• 95% graduation rate
• Majority of scholars free tuition
• ~ 75% return to Chicago

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 Unprecedented Opportunities Offered to Our Scholars

Most Selective Highly/Very Selective Selective Prospective 2011

Additions
Boston College Bradley Ohio Northern Albion College 1. Stanford
Boston University DePaul University Ripon College Columbia College 2. Princeton
Carleton College DePauw Syracuse Lewis 3. Agnes Scott( Test
Colby Elmhurst University of Iowa Monmouth Optional)
Colgate Hope College University of Kansas Northern IL 4. Reed
Colorado College IL State University of Arizona Roosevelt University 5. Rice
Grinnell - yes IIT University of Dayton Southern IL 6. Emory
Harvard College IL Wesleyan University of Illinois - University of Nebraska 7. Pomona
Northwestern University Chicago Western IL 8. American University
The George Indiana University of IL at 9. Augustana
Washington Knox College Urbana – Does not offer 10. University of Miami
University -yes Lake Forest admission Onsite 11. Pitzer (Test Optional)
University of Lawrence University of Minnesota 12. Chapman
Chicago Loyola University University of Missouri 13. Occidental
University of Manhattanville University of Wisconsin 14. Redlands
Pennsylvania College – Madison 15. College of Wooster
Vanderbilt Marist College 16. Hobart William Smith
University Marquette College 17. Bucknell
Wesleyan Michigan State 18. Dominican
Williams College 19. Millikin
20. Arizona State University
(Test Optional)
21. St. Mary’ s
22. North park

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 Sources of Scholarships & Leverage
(Does not include Pell Grants or Outside Private Scholarships)

25,000,000

20,000,000
College Partners
15,000,000
Chicago Scholars
10,000,000

5,000,000

0
2005-2010

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 Why? Mentored Scholars Achieve &
Chicago’s Talent Base Grows Stronger!
Name College What They Are Doing
Grad School Now!
Juliana University of IL – Urbana ACCOUNTING
Champaign Working in the tax
department at Deloitte
Colby Syracuse University BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR
Pursuing a masters degree
and building her SafeSip
(check it out)
Rico Grinnell College EDUCATION
Chicago Scholars, Fellow
Valeria University of IL – Urbana ENGINEERING
Champaign Preparing to graduate in
2014
Marcus Prairie State ENGINGEERING
Graduates 2011
Yadi Marquette FINANCE
PNC Bank
Ruby University of Chicago HEALTHCARE
3rd Year Medical Student
Jeff Notre Dame LAW
University of 1st Year Associate at
Washington School of Holland & Knight
Law

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 Eligible Candidates

• Student must live within the city limits of Chicago and attend a high
school in Chicago
• High potential first generation, low income and underserved
students who qualify for selective and highly selective colleges
• The majority of successful candidates will have a minimum of 3.0
GPA and a 20 PLAN score or higher
• Students who are willing to be open-minded about their college
search
• Students should have a strong will to succeed, clear academic
prowess, and a desire to give back to their peers and community
 Contact Information

• If you have any questions about our program, the application process or a scholar,
please contact us!

– Main Number: 312.784.3300

– Molly Whybrow, Launch Student Manager: 312.784.3304
– Stacey Kennedy, Launch Program Associate: 312.784.3307
– Barbara Karpouzian, Director of Secondary School Counseling,
CPS Office of College & Career Preparation: 773.553.5660
– Patrick Milton, Director of College Coaches,
CPS Office of College & Career Preparation: 773.553.2134
– Website and FAQ: www.chicagoscholars.org/apply
 Important Dates

• March 11th – All Applications and Supporting Materials Due

• Week of March 28th – Notification to students regarding whether or not they are
invited to proceed to round 2 of the application process

• April 4th – 21st – Interviews

• Week of May 23rd – Final notifications sent to all students
• June 4th – Program begins with a mentor & scholar breakfast

• Please Note: To help you stay informed, a master list of all students and their status
will be shared with Barbara Karpouzian and Patrick Milton in the Office of College and
Career Preparation at CPS through each step in this process
Application Portfolio Checklist
All Materials due by MARCH 11th, 2011
 Online Application is available at www.chicagoscholars.org/apply
 1 Online Counselor Recommendation
 1 Online Teacher Recommendation
 3 Online Short Essay Questions (to be completed by the student)
 Parent electronic signature (online through application)
 IMPORTANT: we cannot accept paper applications, essays or
recommendations
 Unofficial Transcript - please mail or fax to our office:

MAIL Transcript FAX Transcript

Attn: Stacey Kennedy Attn: Stacey Kennedy
55 E. Jackson, Suite 1010 Fax to 312.784.3301
Chicago, IL 60604
Q&A

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