Bright Prospect is an independent not-for-profit organization in Pomona, CA. Our mission is to increase the number of low-income students who enter and graduate from four-year universities.
We achieve our mission through two successful programs, both of which provide the counseling and guidance students need to gain admission to the best colleges they are qualified for with the financial aid they need, and also provide a comprehensive support system throughout students' college years so that they graduate with a bachelors degree.
Bright Prospect Scholar Support Program
Our original and more selective Scholar Support Program helps high-achieving, low-income high school students from 13 high schools gain admission and comprehensive financial aid at the nation's premier private liberal arts colleges and universities. Bright Prospect Scholars now attend 12 of the 15 highest-ranked national universities (among them Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, MIT, Dartmouth and Brown), and 21 of the top 25 liberal arts colleges (among them Amherst, Swarthmore, Bowdoin, Wellesley, Pomona and Williams). The program provides ongoing personal mentoring throughout the college years and supplementary financial support, leading to a 96% college graduation rate.
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Bright Prospect Academy of Young Scholars
Our Academy of Young Scholars provides college-knowledge and guidance to a broader range of students than those served by our Scholar Support Program, starting at an earlier age, with the goal of preparing larger numbers of primarily low-income students to be academically qualified for four-year (primarily public) universities. The Academy program accomplishes this goal by developing both the skills and the peer-support network students need to persist through to graduation. Beginning in 2006 with just 22 students at one high school, this program grew in just four years to serve over 400 students at five high schools and many colleges.
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Our original and more selective Scholar Support Program helps high-achieving, low-income high school students from 13 high schools gain admission and comprehensive financial aid at the nation's premier private liberal arts colleges and universities. Bright Prospect Scholars now attend 12 of the 15 highest-ranked national universities (among them Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, MIT, Dartmouth and Brown), and 21 of the top 25 liberal arts colleges (among them Amherst, Swarthmore, Bowdoin, Wellesley, Pomona and Williams). The program provides ongoing personal mentoring throughout the college years and supplementary financial support, leading to a 96% college graduation rate.
More about the program >>
Bright Prospect Academy of Young Scholars
Our Academy of Young Scholars provides college-knowledge and guidance to a broader range of students than those served by our Scholar Support Program, starting at an earlier age, with the goal of preparing larger numbers of primarily low-income students to be academically qualified for four-year (primarily public) universities. The Academy program accomplishes this goal by developing both the skills and the peer-support network students need to persist through to graduation. Beginning in 2006 with just 22 students at one high school, this program grew in just four years to serve over 400 students at five high schools and many colleges.
More about the program >>