CollegeTracks – helps students manage the challenges of the college experience so they persist, graduate and find a path that allows them to achieve independence, support families and give back to the community.

2018 GRADUATION CELEBRATION

CollegeTracks Staff Welcomes Guests
Event Registration Underway
Host NBC-4 Aaron Gilchrist with CollegeTracks Guests
Thanks California Tortilla for the Tasty Buffet
Student Speaker Shirley Salazar and Parents
Students Celebrate with CollegeTracks
Coach Dennis and Coach Fenise from the CollegeTracks Success Team
Students and Families Enjoy Dinner
Access Team Program Directors
College Bound and Celebrating
Host NBC-4 Aaron Gilchrist Opens the Evening
Ike Leggett Receives the First Annual CollegeTracks Champion Award
MCPS Superintendent Dr. Jack Smith, Ph.D. Inspires Students
Joan Kleinman of Senator Van Hollen's Office Presents Proclamation to CollegeTracks Graduate Tony Ismalag
Keynote Speaker Ms. Liana Montecinos
Students Enjoy the Program
Josh Rales and Ruth & Norman Rales Award Recipients
Rales Award Recipient Gaby Maya
Happy Mom and CollegeTracks Graduate
CollegeTracks Board Members Hilary Joel and Sherry Bindeman Kahn
Looking Forward to a Bright Future
I'm Going to College
Success Coach Courtney
#Thanks Aaron Gilchrist
CollegeTracks Graduate Paves the Way

OUR VISION

Every student who graduates from high school in Montgomery County deserves the opportunity to complete college or technical school regardless of his or her family income.

CollegeTracks changes lives and communities by giving Montgomery County’s low-income, first-generation-to-college students the chance to go to colleges where they can succeed with enough financial aid and continued support to help them graduate.

The College Access Program

Our Access Program helps junior and senior high school students understand their college and career options, identify colleges that fit each student and complete the critical milestones of the college admissions process. CollegeTracks also engages parents, advises on college selections decisions, and provides hands-on help with financial aid and scholarship applications to help students avoid onerous debt.

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The College Success Program

Our Success Program supports students once they enter college. CollegeTracks coaches help students manage academic, financial, personal and social challenges they may face, and secure ongoing financial aid so they can persist and graduate. Students learn critical college success skills and develop a detailed degree plan. Coaches monitor and support students’ progress.

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OUR IMPACT

CollegeTracks students’ enrollment and graduation rates far exceed the average for low-income students nationally and in the MCPS.

See Our Results

1,300+

STUDENTS SERVED EACH YEAR

Includes 850+ high school juniors and seniors plus 450+ college students

95%+

ADMITTED ≥ 1 COLLEGE OR TECHNICAL SCHOOL

CollegeTracks seniors are admitted to more than 200 higher ed institutions.

80%

ENROLL IN COLLEGE EACH YEAR

Vs. 60% of low income students nationally and 57% in MCPS.

Are you a high school student?

If you attend Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS, Quince Orchard HS, Wheaton HS or Watkins Mill HS, click below to learn how our programs could help you get into college and graduate.

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