COLLEGE CHANGES EVERYTHING
Reality Changers transforms lives by providing youth from disadvantaged backgrounds with the academic support, financial assistance, and leadership training to become college graduates.
A THREE-STAGE COLLEGE READINESS PROGRAM
We surround struggling 8th graders with positive peer role models so that they can succeed together. By the time they reach 12th grade, all students are prepared for our intensive, year-long course to guide them through the college application process. After graduating from the program, our alumni network offers lifetime support to our students, for college and beyond
HOW WE HELP
• Comprehensive weekly 1:1 tutoring programs
• College readiness and youth development programs
• Community service weekends – Over 2,500 hours/yr.
• Scholarships to UCSD’s Academic Connections
• Summer leadership camp
• School research and selection
• College essay writing and editing
• Financial aid and scholarship support
AMERICA'S FINEST STORIES
Some people view gangs, poverty, violence, homelessness, and refugee camps as obstacles. Reality Changers students use such circumstances as the inspiration to become first generation college students. View stories below.
Reality Changers is absolutely a model – not for the city, not for the state, but for the country.
Family income less than $10,000 *$300,000 Gates Scholarship*
Survived drive-by shootings on home
*$91,000 Scholarship*
Bombs dropped on his house during the Iraq War
*$102,000 Scholarship*
