Program Description:
College Horizons is a non-profit organization that supports the higher education of Native American students by providing pre-college (College Horizons) and pre-graduate (Graduate Horizons) summer programs open to American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian high school and college students/graduates from across the nation. College Horizons (in its 13th year) is a pre-college program for Native American high school students open to current sophomores and juniors. Each summer students work with college counselors and college admissions officers in a five-day crash course. The individualized program helps students select colleges suitable for them to apply to, get admitted to, and receive adequate financial aid. Students research their top 10 schools; complete essays, resumes, applications, and the FAFSA; receive interviewing skills and test-taking strategies (on the ACT and SAT) and financial aid/scholarship information.
Established:
1998
Number of Students Served:
200-300/year
Funding:
Foundations, Sponsorships, Tribal Nation Sponsorships
Mission Statement:
The mission of College Horizons is to encourage and facilitate the higher education of Native American young people.
Objectives:
1) increase the higher education rate of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian high school and college students by providing pre-college (College Horizons) and pre-graduate (Graduate Horizons) admission counseling programs to Native American students and, 2) to increase their college completion rate by providing an Alumni College Success program.
Specialty:
College admission counseling, SAT/ACT Test Prep, Completion of Common Application & College Essay, F