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Chapter Three

WHAT WE DO

Long Island Scholarship Program

 

We select up to 10 public high school students by rolling application to receive up to 50 free hours of individualized educational consulting (worth up to $10,000). Interested, qualified students in Nassau, Suffolk, Kings, and Queens counties in New York are encouraged to contact us to set up an interview.

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Long Island Scholarship eligibility requirements: 

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Our program includes

  • Bias-free talents, skills, and multiple-intelligences strengths evaluation in partnership with YouScience (includes 10-year YouScience membership)

  • Strategic academic, activities, and capstone passion project planning and support

  • Meaningful internship and/or job placement assistance

  • Individualized standardized testing planning & preparation

  • Comprehensive, personalized college admissions consulting

  • Application and essay/writing support

  • Financial aid and scholarship advising

ABOUT US

LONG ISLAND SCHOLARS is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit in Glen Cove, NY, dedicated to leveling the college and career access playing fields for motivated, under-resourced public high school students on Long Island and in Brooklyn and Queens. LONG ISLAND SCHOLARS is a member of the Glen Cove, NY Chamber of Commerce.

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DIRECTOR

Dr. Shawn Marie Garrett

Co-founder and Director of Educational Consulting for Long Island Scholars and for GPS Academy Great Neck (a private global educational consulting firm).

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Associate Member, Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA)

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20 years' service on teaching faculties at Yale University (Theater, English); Barnard College, Columbia University (Theater) ; Stony Brook University (Writing and Rhetoric); and in private secondary education.

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D.F.A., M.F.A., Yale University

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B.A., Duke University

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