The LEDA admissions process is a highly competitive but rewarding experience for those students seeking opportunities to develop and improve their leadership skills. Though our application is not the only part of the admissions process, it is an integral component from which we determine your potential as a LEDA Scholar. Please take your time with each section and make sure all material is submitted in a timely fashion.

Guidance counselors provide the LEDA Scholars Program with exceptional nominees each year. These counselors devote long hours to providing opportunities beyond secondary schooling for all of their students. LEDA seeks to develop and foster relationships with these counselors in order to discover untapped potential in places often overlooked by many colleges and universities.

As a counselor, you have the chance to nominate the next LEDA Scholar from your community. To do so, please complete the Nomination and Academic Forms found in Application Part 1. As a public school guidance counselor, you can select students you believe would be great additions to the LEDA Scholars program or help a student already interested in the program.

We also strongly encourage you to review the Guidance Counselor Information Packet. It contains helpful information about our eligibility guidelines, mission and programs, and statements of support.

As a student, you have the opportunity to participate in a life-changing opportunity to enrich your leadership and critical thinking skills. LEDA will build on your high school experience by helping you develop:

• Critical reading, writing, research, and numerical skills
• The ability to organize information and to study in an efficient way
• The critical thinking skills required to analyze, synthesize, interpret, and critique ideas and information

As a LEDA Scholar you will also learn how:

• To organize and manage your time
• To articulate and support your own ideas and opinions and to formulate your own questions in class discussion and written work
• To feel confident—even as you compete with many other equally qualified students

All materials should be returned by mail or email to:

Assia Elgouacem, Director of Recruitment
Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America
56 East 41st Street
New York, NY 10017
(Phone) 212.867.7118
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THIS YEAR'S APPLICATION PROCESS IS NOW CLOSED. PLEASE CHECK IN WITH US NEXT FALL!

 

November 20, 2009	Part One of AT LEDA Scholars Program Application Deadline
December/January	Students Notified of Advancement to Second Level
February 2010	Part Two of AT LEDA Scholars Program Application Deadline
February 2010	Candidate Screening
March 2010	Students Notified of Advancement to Third Level
Early April 2010	Interviews of Third Level Finalists; Talent Search Officers Will Schedule Appointments With Individual Candidates
April 2010	Final Candidate Screening
Late April 2010	Notification of Admission–All Third Level Finalists will be Notified of Their Admission Status: Accepted, Waitlisted, or Denied
Early May 2010	Candidates Selected as AT LEDA Scholars Will Receive Information Regarding Participation in the AT LEDA Scholars Program Aspects of Leadership Summer Institute
Late May, 2010	Deadline for Student Acceptances of AT LEDA Scholar Position
June 2010−August 2010	AT LEDA Scholars Program Aspects of Leadership Summer Institute
July 2010	Columbia College Fair
Mid-August 2010	Closing Exercises: Cohort V Talent Show; End of the Summer Social Event
Fall 2010	College Admission Process; Recruitment Weekend Visits and Flyouts; Scholarship Applications Due
November 2010	Early Action and Early Decision Deadlines
Mid-November 2010	College Scholarship Service (CSS) Profile Form Due
December 2010	Early Action and Early Decision Notification
January 2011	Regular Decision Deadlines
Mid-February 2011	Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Form Due (Must Complete 2008 Federal Tax Return)
April 1, 2011	Regular Decision Notification