Sentences with phrase «college acceptance in»

«Urban Prep Academies» three campuses in Englewood, Near West Side and Bronzeville and Young Women's Leadership Charter School in Bronzeville reported 100 percent graduation and 100 percent college acceptance in recent years.»

In his time as principal, the HOPE team increased their student's ACT average to outperform the city, state and national averages for African - American students and achieved 100 % college acceptance in each of those three years (a first in the city of Milwaukee).

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According to IHSNO, about a dozen of students in the class of 2018 have each received 20 or more college acceptance letters.

Stanford is the most selective college in the US — aside from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, which has an acceptance rate of about 4 % but is more of a conservatory than a traditional university.

This Christian college in Missouri has a lower acceptance rate than Cornell, the Ivy with the highest acceptance rate, and requires students to show financial need for admission.

In the coming weeks, millions of college freshmen will know the joy of acceptance and the agony of money anxiety as they figure out whether they and their parents can afford the college of their choice.

Orthodox Jews have been expelled from the military for wearing yarmulkes; a religious community in which all members worked for the church and believed that acceptance of wages would be an affront to God has been forced to yield to the minimum wage; religious colleges have been denied tax exemptions for enforcing what they regard to be religiously compelled moral regulations; Amish farmers who refuse Social Security benefits have been forced to pay Social Security taxes; and Muslim prisoners have been denied the right to challenge prison regulations that conflict with their worship schedule.

After spending four years at a very academically competitive public high school, I found it astonishing how every action in many teenagers» lives revolves around one common goal: college acceptance.

I have always valued my college experience, but it wasn't until that conversation with Jon — 22 years following my graduation — that I realized how holistically instrumental my professors at Wheaton College were in expanding my mind and helping me think critically, yes, but also in delivering the support and unconditional acceptance that was lacking during my chicollege experience, but it wasn't until that conversation with Jon — 22 years following my graduation — that I realized how holistically instrumental my professors at Wheaton College were in expanding my mind and helping me think critically, yes, but also in delivering the support and unconditional acceptance that was lacking during my chiCollege were in expanding my mind and helping me think critically, yes, but also in delivering the support and unconditional acceptance that was lacking during my childhood.

In private sessions Saturday, 22 school teams from around the country will toss around ideas on how schools can help to broaden the rigid notion of «success» that has taken hold on so many hyper - competitive campuses — high grades, top test scores and acceptance into prestigious colleges.

Back to the feeling that we have to be ever - vigilant in order to optimize our children's performance and hoping that somewhere down the line, whether that's this year or in a decade, it will all pay off with a letter of acceptance (preferably several) from a prestigious college or university.

In her acceptance speech, Nixon, 52, voiced the view of her nearly 200 backers who gathered in the ballroom at the basement of the Albany Hilton: Cuomo's move to the left on free college tuition, minimum wage and other policies was too little, too latIn her acceptance speech, Nixon, 52, voiced the view of her nearly 200 backers who gathered in the ballroom at the basement of the Albany Hilton: Cuomo's move to the left on free college tuition, minimum wage and other policies was too little, too latin the ballroom at the basement of the Albany Hilton: Cuomo's move to the left on free college tuition, minimum wage and other policies was too little, too late.

A Bronx teenager whose joyous, dream - fulfilling Ivy League college acceptance was captured on national television drowned in Ithaca just before he was set to start at Cornell University, officials said.

The study also looked at whether students» acceptance of evolution increased following exposure to the topic in college classrooms.

Rory has never been all that good of a person, but that fact was shielded in the original series with witty repartee, college acceptance letters, and big, big stacks of books.

Shit really hits the fan for Cat when her angry ex-boyfriend leaks these boudoir photos of her to everyone in the entire town and the all over the internet getting her acceptance to college revoked.

Over 50 percent of LeagueLove couples went to colleges that were ranked similarly in terms of cost and acceptance rate — and over 80 percent had obtained the same level of degree.

Beyond the girls, grades and graduation, «The Spectacular Now» is interested in the idea of Sutter's acceptance — by college, peers, parents, bosses and most significantly and hardest to come by, himself.

Life - changing events for this protagonist (her father losing his job, acceptance into college, the loss of her virginity) bump up against funnier, more inconsequential ones; it's one of the most authentic depictions of that tumultuous period on the cusp of adulthood I've ever seen in a film.

One of the things that I found so compelling about HEAF when I joined the organization in 2002 was that the walls were covered with college acceptance letters.

Saint Benedict's Preparatory School, a high school in Newark, New Jersey, run by the Benedictine monks of Newark Abbey, has recorded a near 100 percent college - acceptance rate for their predominantly African American and Latino young men — a rate that soars well above the average for the city.

However, in 2011 KIPP released its College Completion Report, which changed the existing narrative from «college acceptance» to «college completion.College Completion Report, which changed the existing narrative from «college acceptance» to «college completion.college acceptance» to «college completion.college completion.»

It was April of my senior year, and I was walking into the guidance office, college acceptance letter in hand.

Colleges take account of students» aptitude, high - school grades, extracurricular activities, and character in making acceptance decisions, so the selectivity of a teacher's college summarizes a complex set of information on aptitude, work ethic, leadership, creativity, and so on.

Teens are well versed in social media, and now they are able to leverage a platform designed specifically for professional adults to grease the path to college acceptance.

The senior speaker that day, Fordham - bound Briana Mitchell, took justifiable pride in the accomplishment of her classmates, who have already beaten the odds simply by graduating and winning acceptance to college.

In the years since, we've opened two additional schools, launched additional programs to support students» success beyond high school, and achieved a 100 % college acceptance rate for our graduates.

And in 2017, the school saw a 100 percent graduation rate — 17 percentage points above the national average — and a 98 percent college acceptance rate.

Our report card reflections have evolved to include post-secondary planning, in which students compare their grades and GPAs with college benchmarks and learn how their transcripts relate to college acceptance.

Based on my observations, the lives of the high school students I teach are hemmed in everywhere by social pressures and expectations: high - stakes testing, the looming shadow of college admissions, the fiercely competitive school system, the painful process of figuring out who you are, and the ubiquitous desire for peer acceptance.

Today, HCZ reports that it currently has 913 HCZ students in college and boasts a 93 percent college acceptance rate from its programs for 2015.

Speaking to graduates of the Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts in Thornton, CO, President Obama congratulated them on the achievement of taking a school with a 50 % college matriculation and turning it into a 100 % acceptance rate in only three years.

Democracy Prep's results are incomparable: 100 percent of graduates are college - bound (two college acceptances are required for graduation); 95 percent pass the Regents exams; and the schools are leaders in urban charter turnaround (with Harlem Prep skyrocketing from the third to the 96th percentile from one school year to the next).

From the early 1940s through the 1980s, community colleges changed in every conceivable way — their size, types of students they served, their prominence, breadth of curricular offerings, and acceptance within the larger framework of American higher education.

(Calif.) Students stressed out over impending college acceptance and rejection letters drop by a teacher's class to spend time brushing the therapy dog in her class just to calm their nerves.

In the two years before that, HOPE's college acceptance rate was 87 percent and 92 percent, respectively.

Amistad High School in New Haven was ranked as the number 3 high school in Connecticut thanks to its 100 % college acceptance rate.

The 41 seniors in the class of 2002 gained acceptance at 31 different colleges and earned over $ 450,000 in scholarships and financial aid.

When student test scores on the Ohio Academic Assessment indicated that only 33 % of Jones sixth graders were at the minimum state acceptance rates, middle childhood education students at Lourdes College stepped in to volunteer an hour each week to work with the sixth grade students to improve their reading proficiency.

A while back, there was an article in the Hartford Courant, of all places, that claimed to do a follow - up on the college - acceptance rate of Achievement First and its twin, the Amistad Academy.

Our strong results in college - readiness, achievement measures, and other areas show we are on our path to fulfilling our mission — 100 % acceptance to and graduation from college for all students on our PreK - 12 superhighway.

Guggenheim unfairly puts a large emphasis on the role of charter schools, showing that they are intensely effective when it comes to test scores and college acceptance rates when they are only 17 % superior in math test scores.

Andrea has led her campus to 100 % college acceptance five years in a row and has matriculated 350 students to college in four years.

HOPE Christian High School's graduating seniors have achieved 100 percent college acceptance for six years in a row.

When UPCS graduated its first class in the spring of 2003, every student had received a college acceptance letter, and the school has continued to improve student achievement each year.

The mission of Charleston Acceleration Academy is to provide a comprehensive education to at - risk students which leads to students» attainment of a diploma, acceptance to college or pursuit of a career, and culminates in each student having positive impact in their community.

«Further, we know from the summer melt research that just because a qualified student has an acceptance letter in hand, it doesn't mean that he or she will show up to college on day one,» she said in an interview «So how can schools support students in following through on their post-secondary commitments?»

In this role, he leverages strategic community, district, and cross-network charter partnerships to increase proficiency, graduation, and college acceptance rates for students of color, while focusing on reversing the under - representation of minorities in STEM - related fieldIn this role, he leverages strategic community, district, and cross-network charter partnerships to increase proficiency, graduation, and college acceptance rates for students of color, while focusing on reversing the under - representation of minorities in STEM - related fieldin STEM - related fields.

In this role, she coached a team that supported 100 % of students in the school's founding class to secure acceptances to four - year collegeIn this role, she coached a team that supported 100 % of students in the school's founding class to secure acceptances to four - year collegein the school's founding class to secure acceptances to four - year colleges.

Her work at City High resulted in a 95 % college acceptance rate and 75 % college retention rate.