Boys Hope Girls Hope of NY

Our Scholar's academic achievement made for another year of great academic success. Our senior class (7 scholars) for the tenth year in a row received 100%acceptance into four-year colleges and universities. In total, they earned 87 acceptances to 55 different schools and nearly 1.3 million dollars in college scholarshipsand grant. Colleges that Class of 2021 will be matriculating in the fall include University at Buffalo, Messiah University, Villanove University, Buffalo State College,Macaulaly Honors at Brooklyn Colege, University at Albany, among others. Despite the challenges that our scholars have faced and continue to face in their lives,they consistently show the grit and determination to succeed. Their hard work, resilience, resolve, and accomplishments inspire us all, and we are grateful for thesupport of our donors, stakeholders, and community partners who share our belief that motivated youth can overcome significant barriers and develop their inherenttalents when surrounded by strong relationships and opportunities for enrichment in an environment that empowers them and allows them to focus on theirstrengths. Snapshot of the Years Success:87% College Retention Rate (Class of 2016-Class of 2019). 58 collegians out of 67 are on track to graduate within 4 years.100% of our 7 graduating scholars were accepted into 4-year colleges. Combined, they received 87 acceptances to 55 different schools. 5 out of 7 had their fullfinancial need met, 4 out of 7 received full scholarships to one more collegeOur graduating class earned nearly 1.3 million dollars in grant and scholarship aid.

Supporting Scholars To and Through Post-Secondary Education. We leverage the transformative power of education to help our scholars realize their goals. This includes providing opportunities to connect scholars to college, internships, and career tracks earlier in their lives through our Envision U week-long event, while also providing standardized test prep and support with college selection, applications, campus visits, and student aid applications, all done in significant collaboration with our university partners. We also assist graduating high school seniors with College Transition Plans that include financial planning, and collegians with College Persistence Plans that include check-ins with college success team members. To further help scholars stay on track in post-secondary education, we join forces with affiliates to reduce debt by providing scholarship support. Eligible scholars are enrolled in 15 credit hours and earn a 2.5 or higher GPA. In addition to our high college persistence rates, more than 80% of our collegians are at or below the threshold of $5,500 of debt per year, compared to the national annual average of approximately $10,000 (calculated using Student Loan Hero's four-year estimate of $39,400).