During times of change and stress, it takes courage to make big decisions. Our high school seniors are stepping up to the challenge as they navigate college decisions this year. We are so proud of all the BEAM students who are starting college in the fall!
We're pleased to announce the schools that the following students will be attending:
Images from left to right display: Jennora (Brown), Tiffani (Georgetown), Bob (Syracuse), Nhyira (New York University), Crystal (Wesleyan), Deoles (Skidmore), Adrian (SUNY Plattsburgh), Rebecca (Tufts), Karoline (Vassar), Joel (Babson), and Yohely (Wesleyan).
In addition to the 11 students pictured above, we want to congratulate all our graduating seniors. Here's a list of BEAM students currently ready to announce their college decisions:
Aamari: SUNY Oneonta
Adrian: SUNY College at Plattsburgh
Alberto: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Amerie: CUNY Lehman College
Boburmirzo: Syracuse University
Brianna: Wheaton College
Chaille: College of Mount Saint Vincent
Chukwuka: Rochester Institute of Technology
Crystal: Wesleyan University
Deoles: Skidmore College
Eliana: SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Esteeven: Columbia University
Isabella : Vanderbilt University
Jennora: Brown University
Joel: Babson College
Johnathan: Wheaton College
Karoline : Vassar College
Kaylee: Syracuse University
Malachi: SUNY at Albany
Mariam: Barnard College
Michael: CUNY Hunter College
Nhyira: New York University
Olivia: CUNY Hunter College
Rebecca: Tufts University
Sam: SUNY College at Geneseo
Sonobia: Marymount Manhattan College
Tiffani: Georgetown University
Veronica: CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Yohely: Wesleyan University
Zoë: Amherst College
BEAM students were also awarded many scholarships and other forms of financial aid:
Alberto (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Isabella (Vanderbilt), and Jonathan (Wheaton) were selected to be part of the Posse Scholars Program, which provides students with a full-ride scholarship, as well as connections to other students in their area who attend the same college they plan to attend.
Esteeven (Columbia) and Yohely (Wesleyan) were selected to be part of the QuestBridge National College Match Program, which provides a full-ride scholarship through college to students who are accepted at one of the program's partnering schools.
Jennora (Brown) earned a Gates Scholarship, which provides funding for the full cost of attendance that is not already covered by other financial aid and the expected family contribution.
And numerous other students were offered amazing financial aid packages by the colleges they will attend. The scholarships provided by Amherst, Bowdoin, Brown, Columbia, Harvard, University of Chicago, and Vanderbilt are particularly generous, as these schools meet 100% of demonstrated need (without loans). Some scholarships are even generous enough to cover additional expenses that may come up, such as flights to and from home at the start and end of each semester.
Our seniors did an incredible amount of work to get through high school. Congratulations to you all! 11th graders: now it's your turn and BEAM is here for you.
For those following along at home, here is a list of the colleges to which BEAM students were admitted this year:
Adelphi University
Alfred University
Adelphi University
Alfred University
Amherst College
Babson College
Bard College
Barnard College
Bowdoin College
Brown University
Cedar Crest College
College of Mount Saint
Vincent
Columbia University
Cornell University
CUNY Bernard M Baruch
College
CUNY Borough of
Manhattan Community
College
CUNY Bronx Community
College
CUNY Brooklyn College
CUNY City College
CUNY City Tech
CUNY Hostos Community
College
CUNY Hunter College
CUNY John Jay College of
Criminal Justice
CUNY LaGuardia
Community College
CUNY Lehman College
CUNY Medgar Evers College
CUNY Queens College
CUNY York College
Drew University
Fordham University
Franklin & Marshall
College
Georgetown University
Georgia State University
Goucher College
Grinnell College
Harvard University
Hawaii Pacific University
Hofstra University
Howard University
Ithaca College
Juniata College
Knox College
Lehigh University
Long Island University
Macalester College
Manhattan College
Manhattanville College
Marymount Manhattan
College
Middlebury College
Monroe College
Morgan State University
New York Institute of
Technology
Northeastern University
Notre Dame de Namur
University
New York University
PACE University
Pennsylvania State University-
Altoona
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute
Rochester Institute of
Technology
Siena College
Skidmore College
Spelman College
St John's University-New
York
Stockton University
Stonehill College
SUNY at Albany
SUNY at Binghamton
SUNY at New Paltz
SUNY at Purchase College
SUNY Buffalo State
SUNY College at Geneseo
SUNY College at Oswego
SUNY College at Plattsburgh
SUNY Cortland
SUNY Oneonta
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
SUNY Stony Brook
University
SUNY University at Buffalo
Syracuse University
The College of Saint Rose
Tufts University
University of Chicago
University of Connecticut
University of Minnesota-Twin
Cities
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Puerto Rico -
Mayagüez
University of Rochester
University of Virginia-Main
Campus
University of Wisconsin-
Madison
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Washington University in St
Louis
Wesleyan University
Wheaton College
Williams College
Worcester Polytechnic
Institute
York College