McCorkell ’90, Admission Possible Growth Plans Covered By Politics in Minnesota Blog
Jim McCorkell ’90, founder and chief executive officer of Admission Possible, is profiled by the blog Politics in Minnesota, as he prepares to grow his brainchild program that assists kids from low-income families get into college. The post traces McCorkell’s path from Northfield, attending Carleton, and then through earning master’s degrees at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University. Admission Possible currently works in two dozen high schools in the Minneapols/Saint Paul area and four schools in Milwaukee, reaching 6,000 students annually—2,200 in college, 1,500 in high school, the rest in ninth- and 10th-grade workshops. About 1,500 juniors and seniors are involved this year, and nearly all are people of color and from families earning less than $25,000 annually, according to McCorkell. He announced this year his goal of adding 10 more cities to his roster by 2015.
Jim McCorkell ’90, founder and chief executive officer of Admission Possible, is profiled by the blog Politics in Minnesota, as he prepares to grow his brainchild program that assists kids from low-income families get into college. The post traces McCorkell’s path from Northfield, attending Carleton, and then through earning master’s degrees at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University. Admission Possible currently works in two dozen high schools in the Minneapols/Saint Paul area and four schools in Milwaukee, reaching 6,000 students annually—2,200 in college, 1,500 in high school, the rest in ninth- and 10th-grade workshops. About 1,500 juniors and seniors are involved this year, and nearly all are people of color and from families earning less than $25,000 annually, according to McCorkell. He announced this year his goal of adding 10 more cities to his roster by 2015.