Academic Success Program (ASP) Dallas

Program Description

ASP is the leading provider of college access education for 20 high schools in the Dallas Independent School District (DISD), making college an option for more than 3,000 high school seniors a year, with college placements across the country. We are Dallas' only nationally recognized college access provider and the 2016 recipient of the National College Access Network (NCAN) College Access Organization Award of Excellence. The Academic Success Program is a comprehensive high school program that helps inner-city students in the 9th through 12th grades prepare for college. Students who would not have otherwise considered going to college now attend Top-Tier universities with 100% of their financial need met.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

• White: 5%
• Hispanic/Latino: 70%
• African American: 23%

Populations Served

• Academically High-performing

First-Generation

• Between 50% and 75%

Representative
Colleges Attended
by Alumni

• Boston College
• Bowdoin College
• Brandeis University
• Brown University
• Colgate University
• Cornell University
• Dartmouth College
• Duke University
• Harvard College
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• New York University
• Princeton University
• Southern Methodist University
• Texas A & M University-College Station
• The University of Texas at Austin
• Wellesley College
• Yale University