CollegeSummit :: Northern California

Northern California

California is home to one of every seven Americans, and to a disproportionately large number of ethnic minorities and low-income families. More than 50 percent of California’s low-income students are African American or Latino, and an overwhelming majority are from non-college-educated families – families with no personal experience to draw from in guiding their children along the pathway to college. College Summit first took root in California in 2002 – with the support of the James Irvine Foundation – when 46 students and a handful of teachers drawn from high schools Oakland and the Central Valley took part in a workshop hosted by Stanford University.

In the ensuing years, College Summit has worked with over 5,000 students and over 35 high schools throughout California – partnering with school districts including Oakland Unified School District and San Jose Unified School District, and charter management organizations including Aspire Public Schools and Leadership Public Schools – in order to ensure that more of our low-income talent actualize their college readiness and enroll in college. We have also worked with several colleges & universities, including the University of California – Berkeley, the University of the Pacific, California State University – Chico, Stanford University, and Mills College.
We are currently working with 1,200 students and 15 high schools in the Greater Bay Area, while maintaining college enrollment rates for our student Peer Leaders of over 79%. We remain dedicated to educational access and post-secondary opportunity for all students in California.

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February 18, 2010

Peer Leaders Help Decode Financial Aid Process

High schools were busy in the fall as students finalized college lists, researched deadlines, and hit the “Submit” button on their college applications. Now, all they had to do was wait for college acceptance envelopes in the mail, right? Not exactly. Conversations immediately transitioned to finding money for college and filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

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September 15, 2009

Mandela High School Wins 2009 Deloitte Award

Mandela High School’s Law & Public Service Academy wins the 2009 Deloitte & College Summit Award honoring high schools that use innovative approaches to develop a sustainable college-going culture among their students. Mandela, part of OUSD’s Fremont Federation of small schools, will receive $5,000 from Deloitte and will be honored at a Bay Area reception in the fall of 2009, hosted by the Northern California College Summit regional office and the Oakland/San Francisco Deloitte office.

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July 9, 2009

Northern California’s 2nd Annual Wall of Honor Contest 2009

Congratulations to Media High School and Lionel Wilson College Prep!!

Honorable Mentions go to EXCEL High School and Mandela Law & Public Service Academy

College Summit Northern California held its regional “Wall of Honor” contest amongst our 15 bay area high schools for the Spring semester with the goal of commemorating the seniors as they apply and/or receive college acceptances.

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