Preparing Students for Life!

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

New Scholarship and College Planning Opportunity through Raise.me

Students,

 Through Raise.me, you can now earn "micro-scholarships" (performance-based scholarships) from over 165 colleges for each of your academic and extracurricular achievements beginning in 9th grade. Students are using this free program get a head start on their college search and develop into stronger applicants. 

Raise.me is a social enterprise working in partnership with the White House (Reach Higher) and over 165 colleges to expand access to higher education by improving the way students prepare for college-both financially and academically. Rather than waiting until the end of high school to award aid, which is often too late to impact a student's college ambitions or choices, Raise.me enables students to earn grant aid throughout high school, starting as early as 9th grade, for doing all the things that best prepare them to succeed, whether that's getting good grades, volunteering in the community or joining an extracurricular. The amount that students earn from a college on Raise.me represents a guaranteed minimum amount of aid they'll receive if they apply and are admitted to that college.