October 2023 Mini Newsletter
Student Success Website
Ed Equity Lab alumni and current scholars can visit our Student Success Website here (password: success) to access more resources for college planning & advising, study skills, and to stay updated on exclusive events and opportunities! Check back often as new info, programs, and scholarships are being added all the time.
College Advising
GetSchooled: Get Schooled is your free, digital college and job advisor. They’ve got the best and most up-to-date content on everything from applying to college and jobs, paying for college, and taking care of yourself.
Benefits of joining Get Schooled:
FREE review of your college application and scholarship essays
Emails on scholarships, college resources and deadlines, and job advice
Personalized college and job advice over text messages
EXCLUSIVE scholarships and internships
Scholars of any grade level can sign up for email support and text advising here! You can also text #edequity to 33-55-77 to sign up!
Matriculate: Matriculate is a national nonprofit that provides free virtual college advising to low-income high-achieving students across the country through a near-peer mentorship model. If accepted, you will be matched with a near-peer college advisor who will guide you through every step of the college application process, including filling out the FAFSA and CSS profile, applying to scholarships, editing college essays, and more!
Current HS seniors can apply here byTuesday, October 31st
Upcoming Events:
October 25th: Young Womxn’s Leadership Council Introductory Meeting @ 6 - 6:30 PM ET
Female Scholars: Are you interested in hearing from inspiring speakers and connecting with an amazing community of strong women? Then join the YWLC! This virtual community of women hosts a monthly Women’s Empowerment speaker series, and will give you a chance to flex your leadership muscles. Check out our flyer and RSVP for the intro meeting here to learn more about the speaker series and our YWLC Board: Leadership Program. (Open to HS and College students!)
October 26th: Common App Student Training @ 6 - 7 PM ET
During this session, you will receive training on how to fill out the Common App – a college application that is accepted by over 900 colleges and universities around the world. Please join Common App’s Jameia Tennie to learn about how to set up an account to save time (and money!) when applying to schools. RSVP for the training here.
November 8th: First Generation College Celebration Day @ 6 - 6:45 PM ET
In honor of First Generation College Celebration Day, the Ed Equity Lab is excited to recognize all of the incredible First-Gen scholars in our network. We’ll be hosting a panel of first gen folks, including Lab staff and alumni, teaching fellows, and Prof. Miguel Centeno from Princeton University, to share about their experiences navigating the college process as FG-college students. Mark your calendars and register here!
Call to Action: If you’re a First Gen college student, over 18 years old, and want to be featured on the Ed Equity Lab’s Instagram as part of our First Gen Celebration Month, send an email to success@edequitylab.org with the following information - we can’t wait to highlight all of our incredible scholars!
Send us a picture along with your preferred full name, personal email address, what course(s) you took through the Lab, your current college/university, your major (or anticipated), a sentence or two about what it means to you to be a First Gen student, and a piece of advice for future first gen scholars!
College Corner
University of Pennsylvania: Application Fee-Waiver Code
UPenn is offering a special code for low-income students considering Penn to waive the $75 application fee. Just enter the code below when you fill out your Common App or Coalition application—it's that simple!
PENNAPP28
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