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We prepare students for selective colleges by helping you build awareness of your options, providing you weekly guidance, and supporting you to build confidence in yourself.

100% of our students are accepted to a 4-year college.

Students begin Minds Matter as high school Sophomores and spend three years in the program. If you are selected to participate, you will attend weekly sessions on Saturdays during the school year. Each session is 4 hours. The first 2 hours are focused on classroom instruction and test prep. The latter 2 hours are focused on mentorship, academic and career exploration, and social-emotional learning.

Our curriculum and community is focused on ensuring you are accepted to, have the financial means to attend and graduate from top colleges all over the country. Our program embeds career exploration into each year of your high school curriculum and helps you access multiple hands-on academic opportunities during high school and through college. By doing so, we help you secure a pathway toward the career of your dreams.

Minds Matter students have access to:

  • You will be paired with two dedicated young professional volunteers who will act as your mentors. Mentors provide support throughout the school year, coaching you through professional development workshops, summer program and college applications, personal statement writing, and more. Mentors are also a critical part of your support system, so the more you invest in building this relationship, the more you will learn and gain from this meaningful and unique friendship.

  • Minds Matter Houston provides funding for students to attend local academic summer programs your Sophomore summer with the option of traveling domestically in your Junior summer. The academic summer programs help you get a glimpse of college campus life, and allow you to deepen your exploration of an academic subject or career path such as psychology, computer science, biology, medicine, business, filmmaking, and architecture. You can take courses at college campuses like Boston University, Georgetown, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and UCLA (just to name a few).

  • MMHou provides opportunities for you to cultivate communication and presentation skills that are critical to navigating academic, professional, and social settings. Through discussions and debates about current events and articles, interview workshops, presentation practice, essay writing, and much more—you will develop critical skills for success in college, career, and life.

  • Sophomores develop critical reading and listening skills, capacity for self-reflection, and confidence with language in our writing program.

    Juniors and seniors join our test prep program, where you focus on either the ACT or SAT and receive small-group instruction.