“We uniquely select, train, and mentor academically ambitious students from under-resourced communities to complete college and become the next generation of leaders who will transform their neighborhoods and our city”- Chicago Scholars.

Chicago scholars, a seven year program contains three phases of the program that ensures success. First phase- College Access: Launch, second phase-College Success: Lift, and the third phase- College to Careers: Lead. Throughout each phase, Scholars will be receiving help from mentors, counselors, and Chicago scholars alumni in order to make the transition to college and throughout college smoother.  

“ I think that Chicago Scholars is a great program and I believe that it’ll affect my future by helping me get scholarships for different universities” said Junior Kevin Vargas.

Chicago Scholars are looking for students who will be a first-generation college student (neither parent graduated from a four-year college in the US) and/or students who come from an under-resourced community,are academically ambitious, motivated, demonstrated leaders in their schools, communities, or homes, committed to furthering their education and have a strong desire to attend a 4-year college, and have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and a minimum ACT score of 20 or PSAT score of 1020. The application deadline is Wednesday, February 13th, 2019.