Schuler Family Foundation

11/19/2008

As thousands of high school students across the country are trying to get noticed by selective colleges, Schuler Scholars are winning opportunities to increase their chances for admission to some of the best schools in the country. During the fall semester, a large number of colleges invite high school students to apply for fall fly-in programs, for which colleges fund students to visit campuses for an overnight stay, sit in on classes and interview with admissions reps. While many students have access to this type of opportunity, few visits are actually fully funded by each college. Much like a job interview, fly-in programs allow colleges greater access to potential students who would otherwise be unable to visit the campus.

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More than any Illinois high school January 23, 2009 By RYAN PAGELOW rpagelow@scn1.com The Waukegan News Sun While at a basketball game in December, three Waukegan High School seniors found out that they were accepted to Stanford University. Cynthia Perez, a 17-year-old senior, received a call from her mom, who read the acceptance e-mail aloud to her daughter.

SUCCESS STORY A high truancy rate. Below average test scores. A revolving door of principals. And after a foundation partnered with the school to give teens an academic boost—a remarkable feat By Tara Malone | Tribune reporter January 21, 2009 It was a notable first for Waukegan High School. Despite a truancy rate that last year was seven fold the state's, test scores that lagged the average across Illinois in every core subject and its seventh principal in six years, the school saw three seniors accepted to Stanford University. Officials said it was the first time in recent history so many Waukegan seniors won early admission to the top-ranked school in a year. No other high school in the state did better, said Stanford admissions director Shawn Abbott, who called the group "