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Applicant
4 Months
Applicants must establish their eligibility for the program through our rigorous application process and attend an information session as they work toward Candidacy.
A Better Chance
A Scholar’s Journey
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Candidate
14 Months
Candidates go through an intensive cycle of preparatory workshops on everything from essay-writing to mock interviewing. At the same time, A Better Chance works to connect each Candidate with their best fit Member Schools. Candidacy ends upon a student's enrollment at one of these Member Schools.
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Scholar
3-6 Years
A Scholar, once enrolled at a Member School, has access to incredible benefits. These include summer abroad programs, support getting ready for college, and more. Each Scholar is also part of an incredible network that celebrates together and supports each other.
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Alumni
For Life
More than 16,000 trailblazing Alumni found a turning point in their lives through A Better Chance. They are leaders across the United States, in every imaginable industry, and their influence has already been instrumental in shaping the world as we know it. They are also part of a vital, supportive community.
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$18.2 million
in Financial Aid leveraged for our new 2019 Scholars
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96%
of A Better Chance graduating high school seniors immediately enrolled in college
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83%
of Alumni have earned a Bachelor’s degree
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50%
of Alumni have earned a Master’s or other
professional degree
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2,206
Current Scholars supported by
A Better Chance
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Exemplary Member Schools
Meet Our Scholars and Alumni
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Apply. Your life will change. Not only will you get into an amazing school, but you will have a family that will always have your back and makes sure that you have all of the resources necessary to succeed. Plus, it's fun. Trust me.
Kendall O.
Current Scholar at Lawrenceville School
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A Better Chance put me on the path to have options that allowed me to travel around the world ten times over and currently have my dream job.
Michael Gary
Head of the Friends Select School, Nonprofit Founder, and Life-Long Learner &
A Better Chance Alumnus in Pomfret School's Class of 1982
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Having been an A Better Chance Scholar gave me a great head start with respect to confidence and got me used to living a life with very high standards. The Hotchkiss School simply expected nothing less than excellence. It's hard to come down from that.
Dina D. Strachan, M.D.
Internationally-Recognized Dermatologist, Entrepreneur, Best-Selling Author &
A Better Chance Alumna in The Hotchkiss School's Class of 1984
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More than just one single event, I remember bonding with other A Better Chance Scholars throughout my entire time in high school. It was a source of comfort to know that you were not alone. We all were there for a reason and had something to prove to ourselves and each other.
Justin Ifill
Owner of an Event Planning & Production Company, Yoga Teacher, &
A Better Chance Alumnus in Groton School's Class of 2002
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Coming from a coal mining town in West Virginia where my expectations weren't much greater than perhaps going to college (perhaps not), to going to a private school with young boys who were CEOs' sons and generals' sons and who came from these incredibly varying backgrounds really helped me to think about the world in a very different way and helped me compete academically in a way that was very different than I ever had before.
Theo Killion
Retired CEO of Zales Corporation, Consummate Executive &
A Better Chance Alumnus in Hill School's Class of 1970
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