Jack Kent Cooke Foundation payong for bright scholars

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<p>Jack Kent Cooke foundation is helping young people of exceptional promise reach their full potential through education. This is done as there is a need for money, yet help them relaize their potential.
Kids are matriculating to many top elite colleges in the country. </p>

<p>Harvard - 6
Yale - 2
Prinecton - 1
Standford - 3
MIT - 2
Caltech - 1
Dartmouth - 1
UPenn - 1
Brown - 1</p>

<p>And Chicago, UT, Rice, Julliard, Tufts, Wellesley, Georgetown, and so many other good college choices</p>

<p><a href="http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org/jkcf_web/content.aspx?page=7442848&mode=stage%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org/jkcf_web/content.aspx?page=7442848&mode=stage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>sounds like a great organization. I wonder why they need money for their college years, though. (I understand the need for mentoring and opportunities in the pre-college years.) Most of the schools mentioned meet 100% of need, and offer low or no loans for low-income students.</p>

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<p>I think the program works in combination with available resources.</p>

<p>although the program is fantastic -- it tends to be limited in scope because it only accepts applications for gifted 7th graders, and they do mean gifted. not just hard working or intelligent.</p>

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<p>The college's idea of what amount of money would 100% of need is often much lower than the family's idea, and most colleges meet part of the student's need through loans.</p>

<p>On the other hand, the Jack Kent Cooke student at my daughter's high school really did end up at a college that meets 100% of need. He is going to go to one of the service academies.</p>

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<p>My d. was a JKC, though without the college aid. Didn't need it though, as the school met 100% of need after the EFC.</p>

<p>The fun part for us is that we convinced the Foundation we didn't need Johns Hopkins' high-fallutin' gifted stuff, and got them to give us the funds to spend the way we thought would be best. Hopkins was non-too-happy (it is a big cash cow for them.)</p>

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<p>mini </p>

<p>Few JKC young scholars choose to matriculate at John Hopkins.</p>

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<p>The Foundation supports extensively during pre college (during high school) years.</p>

<p>Last year few kids were attending exclusive TASP, RSI, etc. summer programs. </p>

<p>One of the college scholars is a Rhodes Scholar.</p>

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<p>You misread my point. JKC provides funds to Hopkins for the young scholars to take both on-line and summer courses, and for "mentors" employed by the University. Hopkins wanted all the money for these services funnelled through them (with services then offered at highly inflated rates - not to single them out, other colleges would do exactly the same thing.)</p>

<p>What we did is get the "extensive support" while bypassing JHU, and they weren't happy!</p>

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<p>I agrree with you. CTY offers basic program. Many of these kids tend to go beyond CTY courses. There are so many programs which are in depth that are avaialabale at other institutions. Many kids go for in depth progarms.</p>