CollegeTracks’ 2014 Impact
Seniors Admitted to Over 200 Colleges
Including:
American University
Bates College
Boston University
Brown University
Bucknell University
Catholic University of America
Colby College
Colgate University
Drexel University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Frostburg State University
George Mason University
Goucher College
Grinnell College
Guilford College
Hampton University
Howard University
Johns Hopkins University
Loyola University Maryland
McDaniel College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Montgomery College
Morehouse College
Morgan State University
Northeastern University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rutgers University
Salisbury University
Shepherd University
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Stevenson University
Syracuse University
Towson University
Trinity Washington University
Tulane University
University of California - Berkeley
University of Colorado--Boulder
University of Maryland – Baltimore County
University of Maryland – College Park
University of Maryland – Eastern Shore
University of Rochester
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Virginia Tech
Washington College
Washington University of St. Louis
Wesley College
West Virginia University
Offered Over $7.3 Million
in Financial Aid
Wheaton HS CollegeTracks Team
Program Director: Meghan Lynch
[email protected] 240.560.2317
Assistant Program Director: Rebecca Keiser
[email protected] 240.560.2759
Program Assistant: Dwaine Brown
[email protected] 240.293.0324
We give low-income and first-generation-to-college students
the chance to go to college with enough financial aid and continuing
support to attain the degrees they seek.
The CollegeTracks Program
College Admissions and
Financial Aid
Advising
College Success
Advising
CollegeTracks Works
Served more than 2600 high school seniors since 2003
Admissions and Financial Aid Advising
 100% of 340 seniors in class of 2014 admitted to at least one of 220 colleges and tech schools –
58% admitted to 4-year colleges;
 $7.3M offered to 2014 graduates for first year of college; Earned high-value scholarships
including POSSE, Questbridge, Gates Millennium, Horatio Alger, Herb Denton, NAACP, and
New Futures.
 CollegeTracks students enroll at higher rates than similar students without CollegeTracks
services
College Success Advising
 97% of 270 College Success members enrolled; 95% persisted to 2 nd semester; 92% persisted
to second year
 Success Scholars enrolled at 36 colleges in MD, DC, VA, PA, DE, NJ, NY, NC, ME
Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS CollegeTracks Team
College Success Team
Assistant Program Director: Patricia Olszewski
[email protected] 202.257.4769
Program Manager
Jennifer Adams [email protected], 641.831.5038
College Success Coaches
Senior Director of Programs: Zenia Henderson Nicole Cannizzaro, [email protected], 240.207.1798
[email protected] 240.244.9783
Executive Director: Nancy Leopold [email protected] 301.986.4124 5126 Manning Drive, Bethesda, MD 20814
www.collegetracksusa.org
Some of the many employers that have hired CollegeTracks graduates:
Aarrow Inc.
Akin Gump
American Express
American Institute of Cancer Research
Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation
AT&T
Best Buy
Black Entertainment Television (BET)
Bopin Education Information Consulting Co. - Dengfeng, Henan, China
BWW Law Group LLC
Capital One Bank
Catalyst IT Services
Chevy Chase Construction
Children's Hospital
DC College Success Foundation
DC United
Department of State
Edmond Burke School
Facchina Construction
Family Enrichment Center
Federal Drug Administration
Green Peace
GWU - Bioengineering Laboratory for Nano-medicine and Tissue Engineering
High Road Schools
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
HZDG News
IBM
KIPP
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Match Education
Mercy Hospital
Montgomery County Council
Montgomery County Public Schools
Mountaintop Marketing Group
National Academies of Science
National Institutes of Health
Nielsen
Northwestern U. - Chemical and Biological Engineering Dept
Qorvis Communication
Schneider and Associates
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital
Sherwin Williams
Siena School
State Farm Insurance
T. Rowe Price
The Intuitive Group
Trader Joe's
United Technologies Corp/Sikorsky Aircraft
University of MD Medical Center
US Army - Lieutenant
US Court of Appeals
Vocus
Washington Hospital Center
Wells Fargo