LGR is a program of the National Let's Get Ready! organization, the Cornell Public
Service Center, and the Village at Ithaca. The mission of Let’s Get Ready! is
to foster the same networks of support around disadvantaged students that help
other students get to college. “Fostering networks of support,” means mobilizing
those who live and work around students to encourage their ambition and actively
support their education.
These essential players include the students’ families, schools, churches, community
centers, and local businesses. Toward this end, Let’s Get Ready! provides free
SAT preparation courses and college/financial aid advising to disadvantaged high
school students and involves these key players in offering our services. College
students from surrounding communities run the programs and serve as instructors,
role models, and mentors to our students, helping them to navigate the college
admissions process.
LGR provides 15 hours each of SAT Math and Verbal Instruction, 15 hours of College Choice Activities, and 9 hours of practice exams for participating high school students. A mentoring component may be incorporated into the program as well. Instruction is provided by trained and motivated Cornell undergraduates who work with participants in small groups of no more than 7 students to 1 instructor.
