We concentrate on English Language Arts (Grammar, Critical Reading, and Critical Writing) and Math. In the spring of junior year, all students attend free SAT prep classes given by highly trained SAT prep instructors.

SEO Scholars recognize that success in college means preparing in high school. As an SEO Scholar, you can expect to attend programming at the following times*:

• Saturday Academy: 8:30-4:30, 3 Saturdays a month
• Weekday Programming: 4:30-6:30, one afternoon a week
• Summer Academy: 8:30-4:30, five weeks over the summer

*Sample schedule. Check your location for up to date days and times.

Scholars experience the most academic growth in the summers and return to school primed for the next grade. Since learning can slow during the summer, our program ensures you retain and grow your knowledge for the next school year. Summer is also a crucial time for building relationships with fellow Scholars and SEO team members, and provides meaningful college and career exposure opportunities as well.

Yes! This is an exciting journey, and we encourage parents to be as active as possible. SEO partners with parents to give your child what they need to matriculate and graduate from college. This includes, but isn’t limited to, having you participate in orientation, attend annual meetings, and more.

We look for driven and eager students who are willing to put in the extra time and effort to succeed academically. In addition, we know that a college education can have the greatest long-term impact on lower income families. Therefore, we do not make admissions decisions based solely on income, but we do consider this factor in our deliberation process.

Financial eligibility is assessed on a case by case basis. While financials are evaluated alongside all parts of each students’ application, SEO Scholars have an average income of $40,000.

Application requirements differ by location, so please check your region for the most up to date information.

• NY
• San Francisco
• North Carolina
• Miami

We concentrate on English Language Arts (Grammar, Critical Reading, and Critical Writing) and Math. In the spring of junior year, all students attend free SAT prep classes given by highly trained SAT prep instructors.

SEO Scholars recognize that success in college means preparing in high school. As an SEO Scholar, you can expect to attend programming at the following times*:

• Saturday Academy: 8:30-4:30, 3 Saturdays a month
• Weekday Programming: 4:30-6:30, one afternoon a week
• Summer Academy: 8:30-4:30, five weeks over the summer

*Sample schedule. Check your location for up to date days and times.

Scholars experience the most academic growth in the summers and return to school primed for the next grade. Since learning can slow during the summer, our program ensures you retain and grow your knowledge for the next school year. Summer is also a crucial time for building relationships with fellow Scholars and SEO team members, and provides meaningful college and career exposure opportunities as well.

Yes! This is an exciting journey, and we encourage parents to be as active as possible. This includes, but isn’t limited to, participating in orientation, annual meetings, etc.

Saturday and Summer Academy are held at Baruch College and LIU Brooklyn.

Attend a presentation at your school. SEO Scholars will be visiting most SFUSD High Schools this fall. Fill out this interest form to be notified when we’ll be visiting your school. You can also email: info.sf@seo-usa.org

We encourage you to apply if you have great time management skills and know how to balance your workload, as SEO is a huge time commitment with weekday, Saturday, and Summer programming.

We concentrate on English Language Arts (Grammar, Critical Reading and Critical Writing), Identity and Empowerment (I&E) and Math. In the spring of junior year, all students attend free SAT Prep classes given by highly trained SAT prep instructors.

SEO Scholars attend classes three Saturdays a month, at least once a week after school, and for five weeks during the summer. Students that join SEO Scholars commit to the following mandatory programming:

• Saturday Academy: 3 Saturdays/month from 8:30am – 4:00pm
• After School Programming: 2-3 hours of afternoon academic classes 2 times per week
• Summer Academy: 5 weeks of hybrid academic classes during summer
  • Monday through Thursday: in-person programming in San Francisco at the UC Law Campus 
  • Friday: Virtual Programming 
• Taking Community College Classes throughout the summer before 10th grade through 11th grade.

All programming is mandatory! However, we understand that life happens sometimes. Communicating and being transparent with your Program Manager is the best way to go about your attendance.

We concentrate on English Language Arts (Grammar, Critical Reading, and Critical Writing) and Math. In the spring of junior year, all students attend free SAT prep classes given by highly trained SAT prep instructors.

Scholars experience the most academic growth in the summers and return to school primed for the next grade. Since learning can slow during the summer, our program ensures you retain and grow your knowledge for the next school year. Summer is also a crucial time for building relationships with fellow Scholars and SEO team members, and provides meaningful college and career exposure opportunities as well.

Students can expect to complete an average of 10 hours of online supplemental learning per week.

• Bichronous: A fully online academic learning program that contains asynchronous and synchronous components.
• Asynchronous: learning that allows students to view instructional materials each week at any time they choose and does not include a live video lecture.
• Synchronous: Learning where students are required to log in and participate in an online class at a specific time each week with SEO instructors.

Yes! This is an exciting journey, and we encourage parents to be as active as possible. This includes, but isn’t limited to, participating in orientation, annual meetings, etc.

We concentrate on English Language Arts (Grammar, Critical Reading, and Critical Writing) and Math. In the spring of junior year, all students attend free SAT prep classes given by highly trained SAT prep instructors.

Scholars experience the most academic growth in the summers and return to school primed for the next grade. Since learning can slow during the summer, our program ensures you retain and grow your knowledge for the next school year. Summer is also a crucial time for building relationships with fellow Scholars and SEO team members, and provides meaningful college and career exposure opportunities as well.

Yes! This is an exciting journey, and we encourage parents to be as active as possible. SEO partners with parents to give your child what they need to matriculate and graduate from college. This includes, but isn’t limited to, having you participate in orientation, attend annual meetings, and more.

Miami Scholars experience afterschool learning online on weekdays and out-of-school learning on Saturdays and during the summer. All students participate in in-person community days throughout the year and a five-week online Summer Academy, which includes five days of in-person summer activities.

We look for driven and eager students who are willing to put in the extra time and effort to succeed academically. In addition, we know that a college education can have the greatest long-term impact on lower income families. Therefore, we do not make admissions decisions based solely on income, but we do consider this factor in our deliberation process.

SEO Scholars is NOT a college access program, it’s a college success program. SEO Scholars MUST commit to the full eight years which includes high school and college participation. SEO Scholars differs from other programs in two major ways:

• In high school
  • We provide an engaging and challenging college preparatory curriculum in addition to an array of other services, including SAT prep, college trips, college admissions advising, and scholarship and financial aid services. This academic programming makes a huge difference to our Scholars’ success on the SAT and in college admissions. Our Scholars also enter college ready to succeed.
• In college
  • Scholars receive 1:1 ongoing support from a College Persistence Advisor through college graduation. This includes support with college adjustment, academic advising, and career advising, internships, etc. Career readiness workshops are provided during college vacations.
  • Our outcomes demonstrate the success of this approach. 100% of SEO Scholars are admitted to college and 85% of SEO Scholars graduate, a rate higher than the national average for all college students (~60%) and dramatically higher than the average for students from similar backgrounds (20%).

No. We’re committed to getting students academically prepared for college, which makes them more likely to earn admission to competitive schools and to earn financial awards like scholarships and grants. The SEO Scholars program assists students in navigating the college admissions, scholarship, and financial aid processes with the goal that they’ll attend a good college without incurring large debts. In the end, however, the student’s effort and commitment is what will determine their admission to colleges as well as their scholarships and/or financial aid packages.

Highly-trained College Persistence Advisors (CPAs) — masters-level educated with a background in either social work or education — provide you with meaningful  support throughout your college career. The impact is powerful, with an 85% college graduation rate.