For the 10Th Year in a Row, 100% of Urban Prep Graduates Have Been Accepted to College

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For the 10th year in a row, 100% of Urban Prep graduates have been accepted to college.

For the tenth year in a row, 100% of the “Urban Prep’s legacy is not just one of 100% graduates from Urban Prep’s Englewood, West college acceptance; it is also about college and Bronzeville campuses have been accepted completion and career readiness. Urban Prep to four-year colleges and universities. graduates outpace Black males in college On May 15th, seniors announced their college enrollment, persistence and completion, both choices at Urban Prep’s College Signing Day on locally and nationally. Once they earn their Chicago’s Daley Plaza. Traditionally, National degrees, some return to work at Urban Prep Signing Day refers to the day when high school seniors sign their letters of intent indicating the and others go on to careers in industries college teams they will join. For Urban Prep, including healthcare, finance, advertising, it’s not about students’ athletic intent, but communications, IT, social work, music and rather their academic commitment to attend entrepreneurship. That’s Urban Prep’s legacy.” and complete college. Upon announcing their choices, the seniors donned caps representing Tim King, Urban Prep Founder and CEO their colleges to the thunderous applause of classmates, family, friends and onlookers.

The ceremony included a presentation from Top of the World Hats, the company that MEDIA COVERAGE donates the hats for each Signing Day event. Urban Prep’s 100% College Admission A TOWS representative presented a scholar- Announcement and College Signing Day ship award to Mr. Keirre Purches who was event was covered by myriad print, broadcast admitted to 34 colleges and universities— and social media outlets including: ABC7-TV the most of any senior across the network. Chicago, CBS2-TV Chicago, WBBM-Radio, The Urban Prep Englewood Campus senior plans WTTW-TV Chicago and Chicago Defender. to enroll in Indiana State University in the fall.

Over the past ten years, 1,700 Urban Prep seniors have received over 11,000 college admissions letters. Many of those Urban Prep alumni returned for the event to support their younger “brothers.” Members of the Class of 2019 have been accepted to over 160 colleges and universities and received over $10 million in scholarships and grants to date. These young men and their hard work continue to fulfill Urban Prep’s 100% Legacy! CLASS OF 2019 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS

Abilene Christian University Grand Valley State University Polk State College Adrian College Hampton University Presentation College Alabama A&M University Harris-Stowe State University Purdue University Northwest Alabama State University Howard University Robert Morris University, Illinois Albion College Illinois College Robert Morris University, Peoria Aquinas College Illinois Institute of Technology Rockford University Arcadia University Illinois State University Rust College Augsburg University Illinois Wesleyan University Saint John’s University Augustana College Indiana State University (with College of Saint Benedict) Aurora University Iowa State University Saint Xavier University Ave Maria University Iowa Wesleyan College Santa Fe College Ball State University Jackson State University Sarah Lawrence College Barry University Jacksonville University Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Beloit College Judson University Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Bethune-Cookman University Kent State University St. Ambrose University Blackburn College Kentucky State University St. John’s University Bradley University Knox College Stillman College Calvin College Lake Forest College Talladega College Cardinal Stritch University Lakeland University Tennessee State University Carroll University (Wisconsin) Lane College The University of Iowa Carthage College Langston University The University of Memphis Central Michigan University Lewis University Tiffin University Central State University Lincoln College Tougaloo College Claflin University Lincoln University Truman State University Clark Atlanta University Long Island University, Brooklyn Tuskegee University Clarke University Louisiana State University University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Coe College Loyola University Maryland University of Dayton Colorado Christian University Lycoming College University of Illinois at Chicago Columbia College Chicago MacMurray College University of Illinois at Springfield Concordia University - Ann Arbor Michigan State University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Concordia University - Chicago Midland University University of Indianapolis Culver-Stockton College Miles College University of Kansas Dean College Milwaukee School of Engineering University of Kentucky DePaul University Mississippi Valley State University University of Louisville DePauw University Monmouth College University of Miami Dillard University Morehouse College University of Michigan, Flint Drake University Morgan State University University of Missouri Columbia Earlham College National Louis University-Chicago Campus University of Nevada, Las Vegas East-West University Norfolk State University Eastern Illinois University North Carolina A&T State University University of Oregon Eastern Michigan University North Central College University of Virginia Edgewood College North Park University University of Wisconsin, Superior Edward Waters College Northeastern Illinois University Upper Iowa University Elmhurst College Northern Arizona University Valparaiso University Emporia State University Northern Illinois University Vincennes University Eureka College Northern Michigan University Virginia State University Fisher College Oakland City University Wartburg College Fisk University Ohio Wesleyan University Wentworth Institute of Technology Full Sail University Old Dominion University Western Illinois University Georgetown University Olivet Nazarene University Whitworth University Gettysburg College Paul Quinn College Wichita State University Governors State University Pennsylvania State University Xavier University Grace College Pfeiffer University Xavier University of Louisiana Grambling State University Philander Smith College Youngstown State University

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