At Collegewise, we make our living working with families who can afford to hire us. But we’ve always felt a responsibility to be generous with our time, our resources, and our counseling to help get information and assistance to kids who won’t have a Collegewise counselor to guide them. One of the ways we’ve done that is to work with students pro-bono. What we haven’t done is formalize this work. We’ve never established how many pro-bono kids we can help through the process while doing a good job for both them and for our customers. We’ve never publicized any program like this or offered an organized way for students to raise their hand for consideration, or for counselors on the high school side to identify kids they believe would benefit. That’s about to change.
The Collegewise Scholarship Program
This week we’re proud to announce the Collegewise Scholarship Program. Championed and brought to fruition by our own Casey Near, this program will assist U.S. students of limited means who would benefit from working one-on-one with a Collegewise counselor. We’ll help them build their college lists. We’ll help them craft their applications and essays. We’ll act as the project managers, answer their questions, and cheerlead them through a successful college application process.
How to apply
This year, we’re accepting applications from rising seniors in the class of 2019 residing in the United States (including DACA students). For students interested in applying—and for high school counselors who’d like to share this opportunity with particular students—the application is available here. The deadline to apply is June 22nd. If spaces are still available after that date, we’ll consider applications on a rolling basis. If you have any questions, please email scholarship@collegewise.com. We’re excited to have the opportunity to help more kids find their way to the right colleges, and to do even more to help level the college access playing field.