Young Women's Leadership Network

Nationally, only 46% of low-income students enroll in four year colleges.

Our impact continues! Here are some of the highlights from our most recent graduates, Class of 2009:

92% college placement rate for graduating seniors at all CBI schools
$6.86 million generated in grants and scholarships for students
$15,460 average financial aid package (excludes loans)
83% of students were the first in their families to go to college
66% of students were low-income by NYS standards
CBI counselors helped students gain prestigious awards and scholarships for college including two Millennium Gates Scholars (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) and eight Posse Scholars.
The CBI program at TYWLS at Rhodes (Philadelphia) was recognized as the best counseling program in the city in Philadelphia Magazine’s September 2009 issue.

CBI graduates from the Class of 2009 enrolled in the following colleges and universities:
Albertus Magnus College Alfred State University Barnard College Bates College Binghamton University Bowling Green State Univ. Bronx Community College Brooklyn College Buffalo State College City College Colgate University Columbia University Cornell University Daemen College DePauw University Fairfield University Fordham University Gettysburg College Georgia State University	Hampshire College Hartwick College Hofstra University Hunter College Ithaca College John Jay College Lafayette College La Salle University Liberty University Long Island University Manhattanville College Marist College Medgar Evers College Meredith College Middlebury College Mount St. Mary College NY Institute of Technology New York University Niagara University	Pace University Pennsylvania State University Pratt Institute Purchase College Skidmore College Smith College St. Bonaventure University St. John’s University St. Lawrence University Stony Brook University SUNY, Old Westbury Syracuse University Trinity College University of Richmond University of Rochester Wesleyan University Williams College Wheaton College York College

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