Over 35 colleges and universities participate in annual college fair

8th Annual College Fair was a huge success! A total of 38 colleges and 1 alternative program attended, a record so far. StreetSquashers applied their lessons learned about professional introductions, and learned a ton about the schools present. I heard great comments from the colleges – “did you prep them? They were so professional” and both 9th and 11th grades got shout-outs from multiple colleges for their smart questions and genuine interest. We had visiting groups from StreetSquash Newark, CitySquash, and Harlem Children’s Zone, who helped fill the space and kept colleges busy the entire time, as well as some caregivers (Serge’s mom, Justin’s dad, Ajayla’s dad, Nasir’s mom, among others).

Overall I was really happy with behavior and engagement from all of them – so many should get shout outs but Assumpta awarded MVP to Harriet for being completely engaged the whole fair and taking it really seriously.

Huge thank you to everyone for your help today – Katie, Madeleine, Edgardo, Jenn, Assumpta, Amar for the heavy lifting this morning, Melody, Clare, Tai, Sasha, Sareen + CAS for helping keep kids engaged during the fair, Gabby, Monique, James for helping wrap up the day smoothly and efficiently.

Thank you to the following schools who came from near and far to attend our annual fair! Apple Corps at John Jay College Bates College Bay Path University Bentley University Binghamton University BMCC Bucknell University City College Clarkson University Colby College College of the Holy Cross Columbia University CUNY Hunter College Hamilton College Hampshire College Hobart and William Smith Ithaca College Lafayette College LaGuardia Community College Lehman College, CUNY Marist College Medaille College New York City College of Technology New York University NPower Purchase College – SUNY Rochester Institute of Technology Roger Williams University Simmons College Skidmore College SUNY Alfred State SUNY Cobleskill SUNY Fredonia SUNY Oneonta Syracuse University The College at Brockport, SUNY Trinity College Union College University at Albany (SUNY) University at Buffalo SUNY University at Buffalo, SUNY University of Rochester Wellesley College Wesleyan University

-Cici, Senior Director of College Access and Success

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