Advantage Testing LEDA Scholar
College Enrollment as of September 2008
Ivy League
Brown University 5
Columbia University 1
Cornell University 4
Dartmouth University 8
Harvard University 7
Princeton University 18
University of Pennsylvania 6
Yale University 1
Most Competitive*
Amherst College 3
Barnard College 5
Boston College 4
Bowdoin College 2
Carnegie Mellon University 5
Colgate University 2
Davidson College 6
Duke University 2
Emory University 1
Georgetown University 6
Haverford College 3
Johns Hopkins University 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 10
Middlebury College 6
New York University 2
Northwestern University 2
Occidental College 7
Pomona College 1
Reed College 2
Rice University 4
Smith College 4
Stanford University 10
Swarthmore College 2
Tufts University 3
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1
University of Notre Dame 1
University of Richmond 1
University of Southern California 1
Vassar College 2
Wellesley College 3
Wesleyan University 3
Highly Competitive*
Babson College 1
Beloit College 1
Bentley College 1
Bryn Mawr College 1
DePauw University 3
Lehigh University 1
Mount Holyoke College 1
Muhlenberg College 1
Sarah Lawrence College 1
Skidmore College 2
Southwestern University 1
SUNY Binghamton 1
Texas A&M University 1
University of Texas, Austin 3
Very Competitive
Adelphi University 1
Albertson College of Idaho 1
Biola University 1
Christian Brothers University 1
CUNY- Baruch College 2
Ithaca College 1
Louisiana State University 1
Seton Hall University 1
Spelman College 1
Stephens College 1
SUNY Albany 1
SUNY Oswego 1
Texas Tech University 1
University of California, Davis 2
University of California Santa Cruz 1
University of Denver 1
University of the Pacific 2
Competitive* and Less Competitive*
University of Arkansas 1
Morehouse College 1
CUNY- City University 1
CUNY- Brooklyn College 1
Guilford College 3
San Joaquin Delta College 1
University of Massachusetts – Amherst 2
Saint John's University 1
Summary
Total 206
Ivy League 50
Most Competitive 105
Highly Competitive 20
Very Competitive 20
Competitive and Less Competitive 11
About Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA)
Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America, a 501 (3)(c) not-for-profit organization based in New York City, seeks to redress inequality of higher educational opportunity for low-income high school juniors across the United States, whose socio-economic, racial and/or ethnic background is currently under-represented at the nation's top colleges and universities. Each autumn, LEDA sends recruiters to public high schools in numerous states to begin the process of identifying 60 high school juniors of exceptional academic and leadership potential and ambition. Following a two stage written application process, those chosen as AT LEDA Scholars assemble on the campus of Princeton University in late June for an intensive 8 week program, an ambitious curriculum comprised of readings and lively discussion, role plays, films on the history and ethics of leadership. Throughout the program, Scholars receive intense tutoring in both SAT/ACT test preparation, provided free of charge by Advantage Testing, Inc. and individual instruction by specialists in writing skills. AT LEDA Scholars receive room, board and classroom space, as well as the use of sports facilities through the generosity of Princeton University. The Scholars do not pay for tuition, room, board or travel expenses. At the end of the program, AT LEDA Scholars return to their respective high schools for their senior year, during which LEDA staff supports and guides them through the college application process as they seek admission and financial aid for the country's most selective institutions of higher learning.
