Boosting Under-Resourced and First-Generation Students into College
Flipped Admissions (aka Direct Admissions) enables students who would otherwise not be in college get the chance of a lifetime by “flipping” the traditional college admissions process. Your organization nominates prospective students you deem worthy of the opportunity into a flipped admissions pool, where NewU University offers them guaranteed admission and scholarships within 24 hours. Students don’t apply, don’t get rejected or waitlisted, and don’t need to provide SSN, government ID, tax, or immigration documents. This innovative admissions process eliminates access barriers for those who deserve to be in college but didn’t qualify or could not afford it otherwise. There is no obligation to enroll until the student decides. Make college possible for someone today – nominate a prospective student here.
Bringing Flipped Admissions to Washington, DC
Direct Admissions is Already Used by These Education Leaders:
- EAB (the organization behind Naviance, RepVisits, Cappex), launched Project Greenlight last year in 6 major metropolitan areas across the US
- SAGE Scholars launched FastTrak last year
- Common App Direct Admissions launched 2 years ago
- Niche launched Direct Admissions in November 2022
- NewU is the only Washington, DC-based university to partner with both EAB and SAGE Scholars as part of their direct admissions programs, but DMV students were unable to benefit from these opportunities…until now!
Advantages of Flipped Admissions
Empowers public school educators, community-based organizations, government offices, and select invited counselors to put forward students who are at a disadvantage under the status quo highly selective, discriminatory, and elitist system even if prospective students:
- Missed deadlines
- Didn’t get into college
- Got in but didn’t get adequate Financial Aid
- Didn’t complete or can’t get FAFSA/Pell grant
- Never thought could navigate the complex admissions process
- Never thought could afford college
Eliminates college access barriers for students:
- No deadlines and no cost
- No test scores, no essays, no recommendation letters
- No SSN, no tax, no immigration documents
- No anxiety: never get a rejection letter, only get Letter of Admission and scholarships
- No risk: Admission Letter is an invitation, not an obligation to enroll
How It Works
Identify
Counselor/Mentor identifies prospective students who can benefit
Nominate
Counselor/Mentor nominates one or more students into the Flipped Admissions Pool
Admit + $$$
NewU issues Admission and Scholarship Letters to each person in the Pool
Consider Offer
Counselor/Mentor discusses the NewU offer with their student
Enroll
Student chooses whether to secure the NewU admission and scholarship. No action needed otherwise.
Bachelor's Degree in 3 Years with No Student Loans
NewU is Designed to Support Those Who Need College the Most:
- 80% of our students could not afford college if not for NewU
- None of our students take student loans to afford college
- 50% are African-American or Black, 40% Hispanic or Latino, and 10% are 2 or more races
- 70% are DMV residents
- 90% come from public high schools
- Outcomes for current NewU students after our first semester: 94% retention and median college GPA > 3.2