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LEDA Scholars

LEDA Scholars

Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America

LEDA Scholars

 

Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA) is a national organization committed to identifying and developing the academic and leadership potential of exceptional public high school students of modest means. LEDA's goal is to diversify leadership in America by providing low-income students who are currently under-represented in this country's leadership structure access to the nation's top colleges and universities. LEDA guides these students through the college application process, prepares them for the college experience, supports them while in college, and positions them for leadership in the private and public sectors.

 

LEDA News

Matriculation Statistics and Scholarship Winners

 

LEDA Scholars have done spectacularly well in the college admissions process. We are proud to note that almost 75% of our graduates have matriculated at Ivy League or "Most Competitive" schools (as rated by Barron's).  Please see our summary results below; click on the link for complete matriculation results to date.

Ivy League/Most Competitive 185 (73%)
Highly Competitive 28 (11%)
Very Competitive 27 (10%)
Competitive & Other 15 (6%)

LEDA College Enrollment as of October 2009

Scholarship Winners

Valedictorians19
Gates Millennium Scholars7
National Merit Hispanic Scholars5
Seinfeld Scholarship Recipients
4
North Fork Bank Scholarships
2
Ron Brown Semi-Finalists2
Texas Horatio Alger Scholars
2
Coca Cola Scholarship
1
Eagle Rock Foundation Scholarship 1
Ford Salute to Education Scholarship
1
Greater Generation Scholarship (NYC Board of Education)
1
Higher Education Services Corporation Scholarship 1
Jackie Robinson Scholarship
1
Mercedes Benz Scholarship
1
New York Times Scholarship
1
Wal-Mart Scholarship
1