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the need for CollegeBound Initiative
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our CBI schools
CBI results

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

A College Dream Realized

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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