Jonathan Burgos is the founder and executive director of First Gen Scholars, a nonprofit working to help first-generation college students from low-income families get into, and complete, college without debt.
Jonathan Burgos knows what it’s like to navigate young adult life as a first-generation college student — figuring out the process, needing help to learn and acquire new skills, feeling unsure that he even belonged. Fortunately, he had friends who stepped in to help him out, which is similar to the kind of help he’s been working to give local students.in 2019 to address the college acceptance, retention, and graduation rates of the most underserved San Diego communities,” he says.
While working at Hoover High School, his favorite part of the job was supporting students through their senior year, from college applications and scholarships, to celebrating acceptances and helping them understand financial aid packages. Once one group was on their way, he would connect with a new group of freshmen and see them through to their senior year.
Since our inception, program participants have consistently demonstrated outstanding college acceptance rates. The statewide average admission rate for University of California schools is 65 percent, but for First Gen Scholars, it soars to 96 percent with 117 of our students attending UC institutions this fall.
Upon arriving at the college fair, participants will receive a brochure that lists all of the colleges and samples of suggested questions to ask the admissions officers. We want participants to have face-to-face time with admissions reps who have a hand in the actual decisions for students from our region. While they may not come out with actual acceptances, it is more important for a student to have a deeper understanding of schools that may not have been on their radar.
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