let s get ready inc. type non profit organization founded 1998 headquarters new york city boston ma key people jeannie rosenthal founder lauri novick executive director website http www.letsgetready.org let s get ready lgr is a non profit organization that provides low income high school students with free sat preparation admissions counseling and other support services needed to gain admission to and graduate from college . trained college student volunteers deliver these services and offer encouragement inspiration and confidence . programs are based at colleges staffed by college student volunteers . let s get ready is the largest network of student run college access programs in the u.s. serving approximately 2 500 u.s. high school students per year . 1 contents 1 mission and vision statements 2 history 3 the let s get ready model 4 programs 4 4.1 fall and spring 4.2 spring 4.3 summer 5 alumni 6 see also 7 references mission and vision statements edit vision let s get ready envisions a future when students from all socioeconomic backgrounds have the support they need to attain a college education . mission let s get ready provides low income high school students with free sat preparation admissions counseling and other support services needed to gain admission to and graduate from college . trained college student volunteers deliver these services and offer encouragement inspiration and confidence . history edit started in 1998 by a group of college age students in westchester ny the organization grew from a local program to harvard university . in 2000 the college board gave lgr money to replicate their program in nyc schools . in 2007 goldman sachs gave the new england lgr programs 400 000 to help expand programs . this money accounted for one third of the budget for these programs . 2 as of 2007 update lgr ran 40 programs throughout the northeast . the program has a partnership with teach for america . the let s get ready model edit lgr runs afterschool programs that prepare students for college and tutor them for the sats . 3 the course is open to high school juniors and seniors grade 11 12 in usa . lgr program managers recruit highly skilled college students who are passionate about education and or college access to serve as paid site directors . new site directors are chosen for each site each semester although there is room for continuity . site directors recruit talented college coaches and eager high school students typically working with a site partner which may be a community center for example lgr works with the goddard riverside center a college program for example lgr works extensively with the cuny black male initiative or a high school for example lgr runs a program that sends columbia university students to frederick douglass academy . lgr then provides training to the college coaches and support to site directors and the program begins . each high school student receives 39 hours of completely free sat preparation lessons including practice tests and 15 hours of college guidance . students and coaches often develop powerful bonds and many coaches return year after year . students benefit greatly from lgr posting an average 110 point increase in sat scores . many students have seen scores rise by 300 400 points . over 90 % of lgr program graduates go directly to college after high school . programs 4 edit fall and spring edit barnard college bates college boston college bowdoin college clark university columbia university dartmouth college fairfield university harvard university mount holyoke college new york university university of pennsylvania temple university tufts university vassar college wellesley college wesleyan university macaulay honors college spring edit baruch college colgate university cornell university hamilton college princeton university upper darby high school summer edit boston ma bridgeport ct brockton ma bronx ny brooklyn ny cambridge ma dorchester ma harlem ny hartford ct lawrence ma manhattan ny mount vernon ny new haven ct new rochelle ny new york city norwalk ct queens ny stamford ct summit nj upper darby pa white plains ny worcester ma providence ri alumni edit the organization has over 10 000 alumni who have studied at prestigious universities across the country . alumni go on to become leaders in diverse fields with a passion for their communities . the organization prides itself on the number of program participants who have returned to lgr as coaches site directors and staff members continuing the cycle of service . see also edit college board sat college admissions in the united states references edit let s get ready 2013 . http www.letsgetready.org about missionandvision retrieved 01 october 2013 student s plan sat prep . http thedartmouth.com 2007 03 06 news students retrieved 12 november 2008 winerip michael november 20 2011 . learning to play the game to get into college . new york times . retrieved 23 february 2012 . let s get ready 2008 . http www.letsgetready.org programs programs retrieved 17 october 2008 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title let % 27s get ready organization & oldid 667359035 categories educational organizations based in the united stateshidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from 2007all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 june 2015 at 15 07 . text is available under the 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