Thrive Scholars

Thrive Scholars has been around since 2002, and ten years in, 90% of our Scholars were graduating from top colleges around the country. But after speaking with many of them, they did not feel like they succeeded. They didn’t get the competitive internships they sought, weren’t getting into top graduate schools, and were graduating without the degrees needed for the jobs they wanted. We dove into the data and learned why. These nearly straight-A high school students had an average GPA below 3.0 in college, and 80% were Student seated on campus groundsleaving their STEM majors. We soon realized that the under-resourced high schools they attended had not prepared them for the rigorous coursework they would encounter at top colleges—especially in math and writing—so they struggled academically in their first year. Knowing our students did not have access to the same number of AP courses, out-of-school opportunities, social networks, or resources at home as their more privileged peers, we changed our program in 2012 to provide more support through a Summer Academy experience that would prepare top students to excel academically in top colleges.

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