Onsite Admissions Forum


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Options and Opportunities: A National College Admissions Forum

  • A list of colleges and universities from our 3rd Annual Onsite Admissions Forum. 
  • For more information please scroll down. Click on the photo, below, to view the entire photo gallery.

  • Preliminary results from the 3rd Annual Onsite Admmissions Forum can be viewed  by clicking here or downloaded icon here (2.4mb)

Students are happy to be accepted to colleges

The Chicago Scholars Onsite is designed to ensure that scholars are matched with a set of good-fit college options by jumpstarting the college admissions process. Scholars participating in the Onsite submit completed college applications by September of their senior year of high school.  Before the first school bell rings, our seniors have already researched and applied to 5 colleges of their choice!

Our programming accelerates the application cycle by having summer college application preparatory workshops which puts scholars ahead of traditional admission cycles and the college application process. This frees them up to concentrate on their academics and relieves the anxiety about the college admission process that most high school seniors and their families feel.

We are committed to having scholars receive as many options as possible by gaining admissions and scholarships from prestigious national universities.

Onsite Facts:

  • Scholars self-select 5 "good-fit" colleges to interview with
  • 86 high schools in Chicago participated at the 3rd Annual Onsite
  • 250 scholars from a majority of Chicago's neighborhoods attended
  • 50% of participating students are the first in their families to go to college
  • $1 million of financial assistance is estimated to be awarded

 Community Partners that Participated at the 3rd Annual Onsite:

  • Chicago Urban League
  • CircEsteem
  • College Bound Opportunities
  • Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund
  • Deloitte Scholars
  • The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (Know How2Go Campaign)
  • Kappa Leadership Institute
  • LINK Unlimited
  • Chicago Scholars
  • Shore Bank Scholars
  • University of Illinois - CHANCE Learning Center

2009 Onsite Fact Sheet

2009 Onsite Fact Sheet