On Friday, May 10th, BEAM students joined 12th graders across the city for College Decision Day at the Apollo Theater! Eight BEAM 12th graders joined 200+ high school seniors from around the city who announced their college plans on stage... at the Apollo Theater!
We're pleased to announce the schools that the following students will be attending:
Images from left to right display: Teo (City Tech), Kadija (Princeton), Felix (Syracuse), Kiana (Howard), Mayra (Lehigh), Moses (NYU), and Crisleidy (Baruch).
In addition to these seven students, we want to give a shout-out to all our graduating seniors. Here's a list of BEAM students currently ready to announce their college decisions:
Maria
Naz
Viri
Zeñia
Afia: University of Pennsylvania
Amanda: New York University
Ashley: New York University
Concepcion: St John's University
Crisleidy: Baruch College, CUNY
Daniel: Le Moyne College
Elisa: Whitman College
Eric: City College, CUNY
Felix: Syracuse University
Jayden: Dartmouth College
Jessie: Bard College
Justin: Purchase College, SUNY (deferred for 1 year)
Kadija: Princeton University
Kellyann: Southern Connecticut State University
Kiana: Howard University
Kwabena: Howard University
Lennin: Franklin & Marshall College
Maria: Stony Brook University, SUNY
Mayra: Lehigh University
Moses: New York University
Naz: Baruch College, CUNY
Odalys: University of California San Diego
Rashik: University of Albany, SUNY
Reem: John Jay College, CUNY
Teo: New York City College of Technology
Viri: Columbia University
Zeñia: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Zyan: New Paltz, SUNY
BEAM students were also awarded many scholarships and other forms of financial aid:
The Posse Scholars Program provides selected students with a full ride, as well as connections to other students in their area who attend the same college they plan to attend. (awarded to Lennin)
The QuestBridge National College Match Program provides a full ride through college to students who are accepted at one of the program's partnering schools. (awarded to Kadija)
And numerous other students were offered amazing financial aid packages by the college they will attend. The scholarships provided by Columbia, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Franklin and Marshall are particularly generous, as these schools meet 100% of demonstrated need. That means that a low-income student can expect to pay nothing for college. Some scholarships were so generous that student will actually get money back to pay for 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 and to this day. Congratulations to you all! 11th graders: now it's your turn and BEAM is here for you.
Finally, for those following along at home, here is a list of the colleges to which BEAM students were admitted this year:
|
Albright College
Antioch College
Bard College
Baruch College, CUNY
Binghamton University, SUNY
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Brooklyn College, CUNY
Buffalo State College, SUNY
Canisius College
The City College of New York, CUNY
Clark University
Columbia University
Dartmouth College
Franklin & Marshall College
Guttman Community College
Howard University
Hunter College, CUNY
Iona College
Ithaca College
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
|
Le Moyne College
Lehigh University
Lehman College, CUNY
The New School
New York City College of Technology, CUNY
New York Institute of Technology
New York University
Norwich University
Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University
Purchase College, SUNY
Queens College, CUNY
Quinnipiac University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Seton Hall University
Siena College
Smith College
Spelman College
Southern Connecticut State University
St. John’s University
|
Stony Brook University, SUNY
SUNY Geneseo
SUNY New Paltz
SUNY Oswego
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
University at Albany, SUNY
University at Buffalo, SUNY
University at Connecticut
University of California San Diego
University of Pennsylvania
University of Rochester
Vanderbilt University
Wells College
Wheaton College
Whitman College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
|
How time flies! Students seen here at Bard and Siena in 2014 are going off to college next year!