During my second year at Colgate University, I got involved with Let’s Get Ready upon a suggestion from a random classmate. Yet, as I look back at my career as a classroom teacher, admission counselor, and college advisor, my time with Let’s Get Ready doesn’t feel random at all. Initially, I was apprehensive about [...]
I first joined the Let’s Get Ready team as a Verbal SAT content coach in the Spring of 2019. My undergraduate program had a requirement for volunteer hours and coaching seemed like a way to complete those in an enjoyable way. That one night a week spent at our NYU site quickly became one [...]
Southern Maine Community College has launched a new mentoring program where students will receive guidance and support via text from other college students as part of SMCC’s commitment to student success. The program is offered in partnership with Let’s Get Ready (LGR), a nonprofit organization that provides support with its near-peer coaching model to [...]
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.