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SOURCE trains smart, energetic college and graduate students to be informed college advisors.  SOURCE aims to help as many students as possible submit competitive applications to four-year colleges and universities. SOURCE strives to provide students with a wide range of "good fit" post-high school options by helping students research colleges, sign up for entrance exams, write application essays, fill out applications, fill out financial aid forms, apply for scholarships, and make good choices once they are accepted to schools.

The SOURCE program provides advisors with training, materials (including step-by-step worksheets to work through with students), and consistent online and in-person support.  These advisors then work individually with low-income high school students during a 15 month program, from spring of students' junior year in high school through high school graduation.

Our advisors provide information, encouragement, personal support, consistent reminders (e.g., a little friendly nagging), and an outside point of view to help keep students on track and help parents and students make good, informed decisions about the student's educational future.  

The entire SOURCE Program, which includes SOURCE materials, on-line support, and consulting, is available to universities, outreach programs, and youth groups looking to increase college-going among low-income, under-represented, and first-generation college-going youth.  

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SOURCE served 1,000 students in Los Angeles Unified School District's class of 2007. SOURCE benefits both advisees and their college-student advisors:

Results from SOURCE Advisees*:
  • 96% will attend college and 72% will attend a 4-year college in fall 2007.
  • 90% of advisees applied to 4-year colleges; 84% were accepted to 4- year colleges.
  • 78% of advisees applied to CSUs; of those who applied, 90% were accepted. 35% of advisees enrolled in CSUs.
  • 53% of advisees applied to UCs; of those who applied, 90% were accepted.  26% of advisees enrolled in UCs.
  • 11% of advisees enrolled in private or out-of-state colleges, including: Amherst, Bowdoin, Brandeis, Claremont McKenna, Cornell, Harvard, MIT, Reed, Rice, Stanford, Tufts, Penn,  and Yale.
  • 89% of SOURCE students said that their advisors were as helpful or more helpful than the college counselors at their high schools.
  • 97% said that they would recommend SOURCE to a friend or relative.
Results from SOURCE Advisors*:
  • 84%  intend to go into teaching or another youth-related field.
  • 81% reported that their SOURCE experience either created or strengthened their desire to work with youth in the future.
  • Of advisors who are changing jobs or academic programs, 44% are going into education (e.g., M.A. programs in school counseling or Teach for America).  
Keep checking for SOURCE's first evaluation report!

* Control group responses are still being compiled.  Check back!
 Are you a university, community group, or mentoring program looking to add an outreach or college advising component to your program?  Check out SOURCE!  Use SOURCE curriculum, training, and materials to turn your mentors and undergraduate students into college advisors! Click here to read more.

SOURCE is not currently accepting applications for students or advisors.  

SOURCE is currently raising money to implement the program for the LAUSD class of 2009 (that program will begin in spring 2008).

If we receive enough funding to relaunch SOURCE in 2008,  we will post recruitment announcements between December 2007 and January 2008.

To learn more about SOURCE, please contact Ernesto Flores, SOURCE Coordinator, at ernesto@edboost dot org or 310-559-2017.
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