Eligibility

At this time, the Double Discovery Center is only enrolling 9th & 10th-grade first-generation high school students.

Enrollment Requirements: 

  1. Be a first-generation college-bound student
  2. Live in a low-income household (according to the guidelines as defined by the U.S. Department of Education)
  3. Live or attend school in Harlem, Morningside Heights, Washington Heights, and Inwood
  4. Priority given to students:
    • attending a NYC Public High School in Manhattan’s District 6, District 7, District 9, District 10, or District 11.
    • with a minimum 3.0/85% Cumulative GPA (for 10th graders)

First-generation and meet low-income guidelines as defined by the following guidelines: [https://www.ed.gov/about/ed-offices/ope/trio/federal-trio-programs-current-year-low-income-levels] 

  • First-generation, as defined by the U.S. Department of Education, means that the student is the first in his or her family to attend college, and that neither of the student’s parents or legal guardians has a bachelor's degree from an institution of higher education in the United States.
     
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