To empower underprivileged, highly motivated high school juniors and seniors

Every Future strives to break down the barriers that typically prevent inner city students from attending four year, post secondary institutions.

Our program consists of 2 components:

(1) Helping students study for the ACT college entrance exam; and (2) Pairing students with a volunteer adviser in the area who will help with every step of the college application process: assisting students in choosing colleges to apply to; writing college essays; completing college applications; and finding and applying for scholarships.

The Reasons:

College counselors at low performing Chicago public high schools are busy trying to make sure that all of the students of the senior class graduate. Often, they do not have time to focus their efforts on the top performing students who need guidance with the application process to top post secondary institutions. These students are often the first generation to apply to college and their parents therefore lack the experience and knowledge to aid their children in the application process.

A large percentage of these top students end up attending community colleges and getting two year associates degrees, instead of going to top universities to become lawyers, doctors, engineers or teachers. Every Future wants to supplement the counslers and parents and give these students every opportunity to fulfill their potential.

Our Answer:

Every Future matchs these top performing students with volunteer advisers to take them through the college application process. These advisers will help the students choose what colleges to apply to, get application fees waived, complete college applications, write essays and find and apply for scholarships and financial aid.

Unlike most mentoring programs, Every Future Volunteer Advisers will not need to make a large face-time commitment to work with a student. Volunteer Advisers can assist the students with the application process almost entirely online. This flexibility allows Every Future to recruit smart, motivated, successful professionals who are normally too busy to donate their time to charity work and allows busy professionals the opportunity to make a difference as an Every Future Adviser.

After a few years, Every Future hopes to take the students to the top post-secondary institutions in Chicago to inspire the students to think big. Every Future also plans to engage the students in seminars on pertinent topics such as essay writing, resume building, and life skills.

Currently, Every Future works in the Chicago area and is expanding to help the community in Miami, Florida. One day, we hope to have Every Future advisers and students across the nation.

info@everyfuture.org