Access to Achievement Funding Priorities

Programs to be funded by Access to Achievement will meet “best practices” criteria
as demonstrated by the Stanford Medical Youth Science Program (SMYSP) .

SMYSP is a five-week summer residential program, established in 1988 at Stanford University, that offers educational enrichment in the biological and medical sciences, and college admissions support to disadvantaged high school students who have faced personal adversity.

SMYSP has been evaluated annually since 1988, and of the 428 SMYSP alumni:

• 100% are from low-income families and communities
• 58% are from underrepresented minority groups
• 95% have been followed for up to 18 years
• 100% have graduated from high school (1)
• 98% have been admitted to college (2)
• 76% attend University of California or private colleges (3)
• 64% major in biomedical and physical sciences (4)
• 52% attend or have graduated from medical or
  graduate school (4)

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