14-month scholar immersion program that in many ways is an academic and personal boot camp, if you will, it s a big climb but our students are always up to the task. oliver scholars are scholarship, leadership and service. i see myself as more of a scholarship. i work really hard in order to achieve my goals. the most i identify with is leadership. oliver has boosted my confidence a lot. and service. it s always good to give. i just really love helping people out. i graduated from oliver scholars in spring of 2018. coming from public middle school you re not necessarily ready academically for the level of rigorous classes that you will take at high school so a lot of the classes that i took at oliver scholars prepared me for them. every class has a counselor and a tutor supervising the students. one of the things that the staff would say distinguishes this organization is how deeply
joined softball team, having a lot of activities to do on campus made me feel better and more connected to middlebury college. do you think you d be in college at all if it were not for oliver scholars is this. i think i would be at college i just wouldn t have put the schools that i did on my list because i wouldn t have thought that they were in my reach. i would have definitely set the barlower if i didn t have oliver. when i saw her again i was surprised at her maturity and how confident and comfortable she seemed in herself. before she was wide eyes, now she seems like, okay, this was tough, this was challenging. but i can do this. as my mentor used to tell me, you ll be all right. i hope so. i wanted to join the oliver scholars board and have some influence on scholars because of people like sue haiti, kids from underserved communities many times only need someone just to give them the chance and if they
it s always good to give. i just really love helping people out. i graduated from oliver scholars in spring of 2018. coming from public middle school you re not necessarily ready academically for the level of rigorous classes that you will take at high school so a lot of the classes that i took at oliver scholars prepared me for them. every class has a counselor and a tutor supervising the students. one of the things that the staff would say distinguishes this organization is how deeply involved we stay with our students. we are the connective tissue that connects educational opportunity with professional opportunities. but i think our school partners understand their students and their school communities benefit from the diversity that oliver brings to their campuses. this has been a big year for you. a very big year. haley is at middlebury finishing up her first year. she had a little bit of trouble
i am an oliver scholar in my own way. so i didn t have the benefit of this organization. but i went to an independent school here in new york city so i have a very similar trajectory with that of our alumni. immediately you saw the importance of a program, really, like oliver scholars. oh, absolutely. you know, i think it s a really special journey. so once a student is admitted to oliver scholars there s a 14-month scholar immersion program that in many ways is an academic and personal boot camp, if you will, it s a big climb but our students are always up to the task. oliver scholar s core tenants are scholarship, leadership and service. i see myself as more of a scholarship. i work really hard in order to achieve my goals. the most that i identify with is leadership. oliver has boosted my confidence a lot. and service.
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