HighSight's mission continues to bring low-income high school students access to elite colleges across the United States.
From the moment our scholars walk through the doors as 8th graders, they receive the same mission: Go to the Best College Possible, with the Best Financial Aid Possible. Four years later, the school year is in full swing at HighSight and our seniors have already started the college application process. Starting in the summer before senior year even began our scholars met with college admissions reps, began working on their personal statements, and tackled the Common App.
This month, HighSight invited six colleges and universities to present to the senior class and their parents. They heard from Augustana College, Dartmouth College, DePauw University, Knox College, Juniata College, and St. Olaf College. Each institution boasted its own merits and showed the students the benefits of considering smaller liberal arts colleges.
Augustana College presents to the seniors and their parents.
This summer, in a continual effort to expand our scholar's knowledge on college, the rising freshmen and sophomores took a class titled, "College Knowledge." HighSight's expert college counselor, Patricia Hart, led the class through various exercises aimed at showing student's a new perspective on name-recognition in colleges.
Students from the Class of 2030.
This summer, I learned that [my choice of] college matters because it can help me reach my future goals. I learned that rankings do not always matter because the right college for me is more important than its ranking.
— HighSight Scholar '30
Our scholars also learned the importance of an institution's graduation rate, the percentage of need-met financial aid, and that name-recognition shouldn't be the most important factor when choosing where to attend.
