Prospective Scholars

YES-App Recruitment Details

WHO?

  • Promising students who are intellectually curious and who value higher education

  • Low-income, first-generation college student, and/or member of other historically underrepresented communities

  • Current 6th graders from the following 7 elementary schools:

        • Bethel School

        • Cove Creek School

        • Green Valley School

        • Mabel School

        • Blue Ridge Elementary School

        • Mountain View Elementary School

        • Westwood Elementary School

  • Applicants are not required to be previously identified as “Academically and Intellectually Gifted” (AIG) at school

HOW?

  • Teachers and administrators at the affiliated schools nominate qualifying students

  • Nominated students are invited to attend a YES-Appalachia Information Session. Those who participate in a YES Information Session will be invited to apply to YES-Appalachia. Print and digital versions will become available in late January.

  • Students who submit a COMPLETE application will be invited to interview with YES-App staff

        • Interviews go for 30-45 minutes

        • Conducted via Google Meet in a group setting

        • Interviews are only with students, not parents/guardians

  • After interviews, YES-App staff will conduct a holistic review of all applicants in order to select the new cohort

        • There is no minimum or maximum amount of students that will be admitted to YES-Appalachia

        • YES-Appalachia staff are interested in inviting and supporting students who are good fit for YES and who will take advantage of the resources offered to them by YES-Appalachia

WHY?

  • It is completely FREE! There is no cost associated with being a YES-App scholar

  • YES-Appalachia is committed to scholars from identification in 6th grade, through high school, college, graduate/professional school (if that is a path that the scholar chooses), all the way up to career placement

  • Become part of a larger, national YES family

        • YES-App scholars have a large peer network that extends to the other three YES branches in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles

        • Visit our national website to learn more!

Program Overview