Before my College Summit Experience, not only did I think I couldn’t make it to college but I also thought that I wasn’t college material. Being born to Dominican Immigrants and being raised in the heart of Washington Heights, I was immediately exposed to drugs and violence which affected me deeply. I lost my father to the streets, the drugs that he sold, and his incarceration. At the age of 15, I had no role model. Imagine a teenager without a role model, living with a single mother in the Bronx, surrounded by drugs, violence, and gangs. It’s no surprise that I got sucked…

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A wonderful account of a recent workshop experience, as told by a volunteer.

1. Join us on Facebook.

2. Upload your workshop videos to our Youtube channel. While you’re there, check out some of the fantastic student-made videos in our collection.

3. Watch the PBS Newshour special on College Summit.

4. Twitter? We’re there! @collegesummit.

5. Read our
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We’ve recently refined and updated the way we articulate our values. We’re still wanting to live up to the same ideals we had before, but we realized that we needed the articulation to be fresher, more memorable, more evocative. Over the last fifteen years, College Summit has grown in size, matured in processes, and in relationship clarity. So importantly, we’ve added more diverse voices, and increased our emphasis on listening to each other and including each other, knowing…

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