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Hello from Matriculate! We are excited to announce that the Matriculate Class of 2023 Application is open. Matriculate is a FREE virtual college advising program that connects high-achieving low-income high school juniors with a near-peer college mentor who works one-on-one with their small cohort of students throughout the college and financial aid processes.    Sign-up for our Mailing List to receive Matriculate updates throughout the year!

Matriculate is serving 3500 students in the Class of 2023! The application for this class is open, and we will accept students on a rolling basis through August 2022. Students should apply if they.. Are on track to graduate high school in the Class of 2023 Have an annual family income of less than $80,000 Attend high school in the US (including Undocumented and DACA students) Have a 3.5 Unweighted GPA on a 4.0 Scale (or the equivalent) Take a rigorous course load, and/or have a standardized test score in the 90th percentile The Matriculate Application only takes 5 minutes - we ask students to share basic personal and academic information, their goals for college, and a short bio. If students are applying without test scores, they will also be required to submit the Test-Optional Application.

If accepted, students are matched via email with a free near-peer mentor and will work one-on-one through the end of their senior year.   We call our mentors Advising Fellows - they are current college students from different schools across the country, including Yale University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Stanford University. Visit matriculate.org/college-partners to see the full list. Advising Fellows must apply, interview, and complete 15+ hours of training before they are matched with a mentee. Throughout their term, mentors complete over 40 hours of training and are closely supervised by full-time team members.

Matriculate students meet with their Advising Fellow a few times a month via video call, phone, text and email to work one-on-one on college tasks, including: College Essays College Applications Financial Aid (including FAFSA & CSS Profile) Scholarships College Interviews Preparing for College Life .. and more! Because our Advising Fellows only work with 2-3 students and are current college students, many of whom were Matriculate students themselves, they offer a unique compliment to the incredible counseling students receive from their schools and communities.

Learn more about our impact in the Matriculate 2021 Winter Update and 20-21 End of Year Report

We've created a Counselor Toolkit to make it easy for partners to share more info about Matriculate with students - here are some of the materials included: Class of 2023 Application - share the application with interested students Matriculate Flyer - print and post, or download and send, the Matriculate flyer Social Media Posts - click the link to repost to your school or organization's social media, and follow us for updates Sample Email - use the template or create your own email to send to students. Learn More: Meet with Matriculate - sign-up here or email Julia Perkins (jperkins@matriculate.org), Senior Director of Student Experience, to set up a one-on-one to learn more! Join our Mailing List - sign-up to receive updates from Matriculate Information Sessions - Coming soon! Sign-up for our mailing list to learn more. Visit www.matriculate.org/college for more information. We hope you’ll nominate some of your students for Matriculate and spread the word to your communities about our program. Thank you in advance for your help to expand college access. If you have any questions or would like more details, please email jperkins@matriculate.org.