College and Career Planning
Every Scholar gets a customized plan to optimize their journey to and through college.
GenOne programming begins in middle school to make the path to and through college as smooth as possible for each Scholar. The planning for entry into a college or university begins before Scholars enter high school. The courses selected by Scholars for ninth grade set the pathway for high school graduation early on; GenOne Navigators support Scholars along the way to make sure each student is on track both in and out of the classroom.
Our full-time College & Career Planning (CCP) Advisor supports Scholars while they navigate high school options and courses to best meet their needs and college goals. GenOne’s Scholar to CCP ratio is 20:1, ensuring that each student from each 20-Scholar cohort receives personalized and professional advice.
The CCP Advisor helps Scholars research and select colleges, complete college admissions applications, and complete financial aid forms and scholarship applications. The primary goals of the CCP Advisor are to aid Scholars with the successful completion of high school and their enrollment in a college or university.
Financial burdens represent the number one reason students from under-served communities drop out of college. Low-income students who received expert counseling were more likely by 52% to enroll in four-year colleges where they would not face significant debt burdens – Castleman and Goodman 2018.
Nearly 1 in 4 high-achieving, low-income students applies to college completely on his or her own. GenOne ensures all students have a college advisor to advocate, inform and educate them on the college admission process.
The national ratio of high school guidance counselors to students. Counselors are overwhelmed, under-resourced and under-funded. Due to the overwhelming nature of their work, many struggle to meet with all the students on their caseload once a year.
GenOne Scholar ratio of students to expert college advisors. This ratio ensures that each student from our cohort of 20 receives personalized and professional advice.
