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College Greenlight unites a collective of advocates to improve postsecondary outcomes for underserved students. We make higher education more accessible by bridging information & opportunity gaps with free resources for community & school-based advisers. We partner with colleges and universities to diversify their campus communities and help them realize important institutional goals.

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Counselors and Advisers

Visit our experience made just for you, designed with counselors and advisers in mind. Find information on upcoming virtual events, resources, articles, and best practice information for how to connect with our 400+ college and university partners. No need to create an account.
 

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Students

Students

If you work with a college readiness organization or a community-based organization (CBO), you can unlock access to our tools on Cappex. Be sure to choose your organization during the sign-up process so you can research schools, find scholarships, and understand where you fit — at any stage of your college journey.

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Admissions Staff

Connect with our expansive advocacy network to identify, recruit, and enroll students from BIPOC, first-generation, lower-income, and other underrepresented backgrounds. Partner with College Greenlight to build brand awareness, connect with CBO counselors, and engage students to meet your enrollment goals.  

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About Us

What is College Greenlight?

College Greenlight is the leading college admissions ally for underserved students and the counselors, advisers, community-based organizations, and schools supporting them. 

College Greenlight provides free tools and resources to simplify the college and scholarship search and bridges the information gap to connect underserved students with unprecedented opportunities.

How Do We Support Students?

College Greenlight works to improve outcomes for students, organizations/schools, and colleges with:

  • College resources to help students along the journey to find and enroll at the college that’s right for them--- self exploration, participation in summer programs and unique campus visit opportunities, and guided college list building.
  • Scholarship resources to help students easily find and successfully apply for local and national scholarships to help close financial gaps. We combine best in class scholarship search, the nation’s largest database of scholarships, and relationships with scholarship organizations to provide students with unmatched opportunities and support to win money.
  • College networking resources like our CBO directory, in person and online events, and personalized college connections---highlight your organization,  help expand your college network, connecting you and your students to wider opportunities.

Who We Serve

College Greenlight is dedicated to supporting underserved students and the advocates who work tirelessly to help them during each stage of the process. College Greenlight is completely free for students and committed to accelerating the success of millions of students by helping them reach day one and, ultimately, graduate from the institution that’s right for them.

A Community for Change

Our community is built by Community Based Organizations (CBOs), local nonprofits, mentor programs, college prep high schools, and colleges and universities that are dedicated to making education equitable. These mutually beneficial partnerships highlight post-secondary opportunities for students.   

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60% of the Nation's Top Colleges

College Greenlight helps college partners build strategic relationships with Community-Based Organizations to maximize impact.

  

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1,500+ Organizations

Our network of over 1,500 community-based organizations (CBOs) offers hands-on support to students navigating the college search process.

 

 

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750,000+ Students

When colleges partner with Greenlight, they partner with CBOs to facilitate relationships with thousands of first-generation, lower-income, and historically underserved students.

 

 

Email us to learn how you can become part of the community.

Cappex and College Greenlight

At Cappex, our mission is to help every single student get closer to day one at the college that’s right for them. That’s why we started College Greenlight, a dedicated experience supporting the college aspirations of first generation and underserved populations on the nation’s college campuses. College Greenlight works to address important barriers to college access, leading to more students obtaining a degree, the most reliable path to economic mobility.

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College and University Partners

Varying from small private institutions to larger public schools, our partners all have a common goal: make education accessible to an increasingly diverse group of students. These institutions build mutually beneficial partnerships with CBOs to develop a network of admissions and financial aid support for Greenlight students.

Click any of the links within these tabs to learn more about admissions and financial aid opportunities for Greenlight students by state.

 

Florida

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Southern College
Saint Leo University
University of Florida
University of Miami
University of South Florida
University of South Florida - Sarasota
University of South Florida - St. Pete.
University of Tampa

 

Georgia

Emory University
Georgia College and State University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Gordon State College
Kennesaw State University
Ogeechee Technical College

 

Illinois

Arrupe College of Loyola University
Augustana College
Bradley University
Columbia College Chicago
DePaul University
Dominican University
Eastern Illinois University
Elmhurst University
Illinois College
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois State University
Knox College
Lewis University
Loyola University, Chicago
Millikin University
National Louis University
North Central College
Northeastern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University
Northwestern University
Oakton Community College
Moraine Valley Community College
North Central College
Northeastern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University
Northwestern University
Roosevelt University
Saint Augustine College
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
St. Augustine College
University of Chicago
University of Illinois Chicago
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of St. Francis
Waubonsee Community College
Western Illinois University
Wheaton College (IL)

 

Indiana

Butler University
DePauw University
Hanover College
Indiana State University
Indiana University-Bloomington

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Manchester University
Purdue University
Saint Mary’s College (IN)
University of Notre Dame
Valparaiso University
Wabash College

 

Iowa

Cornell College
Grinnell College
Upper Iowa University