COLUMBIA, S.C.
Better education about financial aid and scholarships and improved SAT
preparation will help more minority and low-income students in South
Carolina attend college, officials with the state NAACP said.
Minority parents and students are often intimidated by the cost of
college tuition and the admissions process, state NAACP President
Lonnie Randolph said last weekend.
At least 60 parents and students gathered in Columbia for a one-day
clinic on SAT Test Strategies, College Admissions and Financial Aid.
The event was hosted by the NAACP, The Princeton Review Foundation and
The Sallie Mae Fund as a part of the 9th Annual NAACP National Day of
College Preparation.
There were 19 cities around the country selected to hold clinics.
“What we are doing here today is giving these young people confidence
and letting them know that ‘as a man or woman thinks so is he or
she,”’ Randolph said,
Randolph says some young people improve SAT scores as much as 200 points after taking the one-day class.
