About Us

Below are brief excerpts from our Public Relations Brochure. To download the full PDF version, please click below.

Our Mission:

College Outreach USA’s mission is to identify students who are minority, from an inner city, and/or from a low income family during their early years in high school and connect them to college admissions advisors for the purpose of mentoring, preparing and admitting these students. 

Objectives:

Our objectives as we work with MIL high school students:

To acquaint MIL students and their parents with the college application process enabling them to take charge of their own application and ensure that deadlines and requirements are met.

To reduce the fear and misconception about financial aid, by familiarizing MIL students and parents with the basics of financial aid, and assuring them that any college will assign a financial aid representative to help them through the process.

Our Ongoing Objectives as an Organization:

To develop a working relationship with the MIL students, their parents, counselors, administrators, and faculty from each school district where we hold in-person seminars.

Online Magazine:

Our online magazine is where MIL students can view college articles, as well as follow direct links to college websites, their academics, campus activities, their admissions process, online tours, financial aid, student activities, college newspaper, AND MUCH MORE!

Problems to be Addressed:

MIL students continue to be under-represented in four-year colleges and universities. The reasons for this include:

Failure of mentors to advise MIL students early enough in their secondary education to allow them to adequately prepare for college.

The false assumption by many MIL students and their families that they are foreclosed from attending college for financial reasons.

Goals and Objectives:

Our goal is to dramatically increase the numbers of MIL students applying to and enrolling in USA four-year colleges and universities.

Expected Outcome:

MIL students who do not consider college a possibility discover that they CAN attend college. MIL students who already plan to attend college will be empowered by knowing HOW to prepare and apply. 

College Outreach USA Major Activities

College Information In-Person Seminars:

The most effective way we reach out to MIL students is by conducting in-person seminars which are geared specifically toward MIL students their parents and their mentors. Representatives from our member colleges serve as the experts who present information, answer questions, and provide their personal insight on college admissions.

College Outreach USA MIL students are handpicked by academics in your high school. We call our students: USA HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARS.

Outline of a Typical In-Person Seminar:

College information tables for MIL students, parents, and high school staff.

Brief (ten-minute) presentations cover college guidance topics like:

Choosing challenging high school courses.

Participating in co-curricular and community service activities.

Taking SAT and ACT exams, timing, and meeting deadlines for registration.

Financial aid options, including work-study.

Concepts of “meeting financial need” and “need-blind application”.

How to research college websites to match a MIL student’s interests in academics, athletics and the arts.

Small group question and answer sessions follow the main meeting, to continue discussion between college experts and MIL students. A special Question and Answer session for parents explains the specifics of financial aid.

MIL students are encouraged to request further information or ask for advice via email after the seminar and to participate in online seminars.

College Information Webinars:

College Outreach USA has run three live webinars using our staff and the staff of our member colleges as hosts/presenters to small groups of up to 100 MIL students. Each hour-long webinar began with a short presentation, and then gave the attendees a chance to have their questions answered live, from the source, in the moment. Future webinar topics will include writing the college essay, how to choose the right major, private colleges vs. public colleges, etc.

Virtual High School Visits:

In our virtual high school visits, the college uses a multi-media presentation and a live member of its staff to talk with and answer attendee’s questions about their college, in real time. This makes it possible for our colleges to have a presence at high schools they don’t have the travel budget to visit in person.

College Outreach USA Mentor Program:

Selected high school counselors, honor students from designated high schools in affluent areas, and honor students from each of our colleges will be part of our community service program to help mentor our MIL students. Please click the Mentor Program button below for additional information.

Plan for Measuring Project Results:

MIL students who attend seminars are asked to complete a registration form. College Outreach USA staff, as well as our colleges’ staff, follow-up via email.

The college educated MIL students will ultimately benefit their respective communities, as they return home as role models for others to emulate.

What Makes College Outreach USA Unique

Our uniqueness comes from the fact that our college information in-person seminars, webinars, and virtual high school visits are conducted by our Deans and Directors of Admission, their staff members, alumni from your college, as well as high school and independent guidance counselors aligned with College Outreach USA. Each in-person seminar, webinar and virtual high school visit is conducted by a college staff member and run by College Outreach USA staff and/or our Board Chair and Founder, Anthony F. Capraro III, Ph.D.

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