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Can't afford to work for free? Shatter the Ceiling offers grants to women of color to offset the costs of unpaid or underpaid internships.

Shatter The Ceiling Intern Grant – $1000 | HER AGENDA Shatter The Ceiling offers a $1,000 grant to help offset the costs of housing, airfare, or other incidental costs for women of color who will be completing unpaid or underpaid internships this summer.

University of Delaware will soon be test optional for all in-state applicants!

UD Faculty: Make SAT optional The Faculty Senate voted to allow students to choose to take test scores out of their admissions application.

An updated list of free summer programs. Includes new programs and current deadlines. Many deadlines are fast approaching!

80+ Free Summer Programs for High School Students

"Spending enormous amounts of money in order to have an unpaid is never an ."

How poor and middle class students can gain career experience without making too many financial sacrifices:

Can’t Afford to Work for Free: How Low-Income Students Can Engage in Meaningful Experiences A couple of weeks ago, David Hyde, a United Nations (UN) intern from New Zealand, received worldwide media attention when he resorted to living in…

The QuestBridge College Match 2015 application is open! Apply for a chance to get "matched" to one of the nation's top colleges and engage in the QB alumni network. Deadline is September 28th.

Who Should Apply for the National College Match? QuestBridge connects the world's brightest low-income students to America's best universities and opportunities.

Thank you to our #13 wonderful donors and more than $250 in donations!

We're more steps closer to the $800 non-profit IRS fee and finally being able to apply for grants, receive tax deductible donations, and post our volunteer positions on internship websites!

We're also hoping to give scholarships to mentees who still cannot to buy non-COA expenses such as books and health insurance!

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THANK YOU!

One of our co-leaders was on the campus today searching for sustainability features for a 2015 Mapping initiative. Some cool SU will be featured on the map.

Our founder Hope Brinn was at the U.S. today listening to Justice Kennedy's majority opinion on .

We continue to support our mentees, mentors, and alums on this special day and proud that we've always made it a priority to help LGBT students from impoverished backgrounds get into college!

Check out our campaign at http://bit.ly/1K5JaqS.

Why does our co-leader Jennifer Tran, Trinity College CT '17 return for the third year to ?

"Because I know that high-achieving, low-income students can attend debt-free if they receive the right information on financial aid and scholarships from someone who has gone through something similar. I know, because I was one of those high school seniors."

When you our mentoring program, you will directly build a to help students gain access to college. You'll also help us register for non-profit status so that we have the ability to expand our future cohorts.

Our 2015-2016 cohort comes from 11 U.S. states and 2 countries ( and ). Out of our 39 mentees:
- 35 are low-income
- 23 are first-generation college
- 8 are LGBT
- 23 minority
- 2 reside in rural areas
- 7 undocumented.

CLICK HERE to support Our Mentoring Program For Underprivileged Youth With your help, you can make college accessible to talented low-income students. | Crowdfunding is a democratic way to support the fundraising needs of your community. Make a contribution today!