Refer Your Top Low-Income Juniors Today for the 2022 Young Leaders Summit (YLS) – Free College Empow

Posted Date: 03/22/2022

Refer Top Low Income High School Juniors for YLS 2022!

Dear Colleague,

The 2022 Young Leaders Summit (YLS) student application is now available!

We encourage you to share this announcement with all high-achieving, low-income, high school juniors in your network who would benefit from this free college empowerment summer program. We also encourage you to refer the students via the link below, which will ensure YLS sends email reminders directly to the student encouraging them to apply.

YLS prepares juniors to successfully apply to their dream colleges and universities, and gain access to financial aid. All program expenses are paid for by YLS, including roundtrip airfare travel, food, campus housing, and materials. It’s 100% free for students!

The application deadline for students is Friday, April 1, 2022, 5:00 PM PT.

To confirm they come from a low-income background, students will be asked to complete the FAFSA4caster as part of their YLS application, a prediction tool to estimate how much federal financial aid they may receive in college. The forecaster does NOT submit any documents to any entity: it simply takes basic information, makes calculations, and provides an estimate, to determine eligibility for the YLS program. You can review this example of what the results will look like.

If you have any questions or need more information, please review our YLS page or contact us.

The Young Leaders Summit (YLS) 2022 Application is Now Open!

Greetings,

If you are a high-achieving high school junior and student leader, eager to learn everything there is to know about the college application process, then the Young Leaders Summit (YLS) is for you!

You were recommended as a competitive applicant for this highly-selective summer program, because of your strong academic performance and your College Board profile.

The deadline to apply is Friday, April 1, 2022, 5:00 PM PT. 

YLS prepares high-achieving high school juniors to successfully apply to their dream colleges and universities, and gain access to financial aid.

It is completely free:

• YLS pays for your roundtrip airfare transportation, from your hometown to Los Angeles, California (YLS 2022 will be hosted at the University of Southern California)
• YLS pays for your dorm housing for the 5 days, within the YLS dorm on USC’s campus (under supervision of YLS Staff)
• YLS pays for all your food and program materials

Don’t miss this life-changing opportunity, apply today! For more information, please review our YLS page or contact us.

We invite you to watch the short video below to learn more about YLS:

The Young Leaders Summit (YLS), presented by the Youth Leadership Consortium (YLC), is a free, multi-day, college empowerment program for a diverse cohort of high-achieving, low-income, high school juniors, selected through a competitive application process. It is designed to give these young leaders the practical tools they need to successfully apply to top universities, have full access to scholarship and financial aid opportunities, and set a course for academic and career success

YLS Dates and Location:

YLS 2022 has a virtual component (2 days), followed by a in-person component (5 days) a couple of weeks later, at the University of Southern California (USC) campus. YLS students are required to attend both, the virtual and in-person components of the program.

All expenses are paid for by YLS, including airfare, food, campus housing, and materials. It is entirely free for students to apply and participate!

VIRTUAL component:

• Where: Via Zoom
• When: Saturday, June 4– Sunday, June 5, 2022, 8:00 am – 6:30 pm Pacific Time each day (plus mandatory Code of Conduct session the evening of Wednesday, May 25, 2022)

IN-PERSON component:

• Where: University of Southern California (USC) Campus
• When: Wednesday, August 3 – Sunday, August 7, 2022

Reminder: YLS students are required to attend both, the virtual and in-person components of the program.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Students of all ethnic backgrounds are welcomed to apply
• Current high school junior (Class of 2023)
• Unweighted cumulative GPA above a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or above an 80 on a 100-point scale
• Low-income, as defined by Pell eligibility after completing the FAFSA4caster (financial aid estimator)
• Attends high school in the United States or a U.S. territory
• US Citizen, Permanent Legal Resident, or DACA
• Plan to enroll full-time in a four-year degree program, at a US accredited, not-for-profit, private or public college or university after high school graduation.
• Upon acceptance into the program, admitted students will be required to verify that they are fully vaccinated**

How to Apply:

• Create a myYLC Profile as a “Student”
• Complete “YLS 2022 Student Application” on your Dashboard

Any Questions?

If you have any questions or need more information, please review our YLS page or contact us.

About the Youth Leadership Consortium

The Youth Leadership Consortium (YLC), is a partnership, led by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, of organizations such as the American Indian College Fund, American Indian Graduate Center, APIA Scholars, College Board, College Greenlight, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Jack and Jill Foundation, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, The Steve Fund, and HSF, brought together by the mission to provide students and families of all backgrounds and ethnicities with the knowledge and resources to successfully complete a higher education. The consortium works to ensure that the families we collectively serve are representative of the diversity of the United States.

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