Navigating the college admission process is challenging for many high school students and their families who want the best for them. The process requires significant knowledge and nuance, a privilege and resource many families do not have. This is why Let’s Get Ready is committed to making the process accessible to students and [...]
Let’s Get Ready is a community of many. Students, alumni, staff, and partners work together to advance a mission that supports students from underserved backgrounds as they pursue their goal of earning a college degree. Our collective dedication to the mission, however, comes from our unique lived experiences that have shaped who we [...]
College Signing Day is an opportunity to celebrate students committing to pursue their educational goals. Here at Let’s Get Ready, we want to champion, support and celebrate our Transition students that have selected their new home away from home. Coming off #GradWeek2021, we are excited to usher in the next crop of students beginning [...]
Thank you for celebrating the Let’s Get Ready Class of 2021 with us last week! If you missed the celebration, you can view a quick two-minute highlight reel to the left. If you want to check out the full events, you can do so here: Student and Coach Panel Graduation Celebration [...]
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Thanks to lots of hard work and the support of the LGR community, the class of 2021 is getting ready to graduate in just a few weeks. Over the next month we’ll be sharing the stories of some of our graduating college seniors and all that they’ve accomplished. We hope you’ll join us [...]
With colleges closing classrooms and dormitories, high schools suspended for uncertain amounts of time, and college admissions decisions delayed, on top of the overarching health and safety concerns, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students across the country has been enormous.
There is much to reflect on, but we must begin by sharing deep gratitude for the consistent support of our community in this time of uncertainty, and unending admiration for the resilience and creativity of LGR students, coaches, and staff.
On June 5th, we shared a message unequivocally stating that Black Lives Matter at Let’s Get Ready. As we witnessed the shooting of Jacob Blake last week and the aftermath, we remain vigilant in our support of the Black community and those advocating for justice. In our message we promised to follow-up on our [...]
A message from the Let's Get Ready Team: The protests across the country display the pain, anger and outrage not only over the killing of George Floyd, but over the pattern of callous and unjust violence towards Black Americans. The specific weariness and grief experienced by the Black community of living this perpetual cycle [...]